Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Chickielady]

Do you have any pictures of a Muscovy? I'd like to know more about this. We have a severe slug issue (boggy/marshy part of the yard) and would love a slug eater, but don't want the noise of geese.

Skovies are awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am looking for 5-6 or more for a neighbor.

 

[bikerchicky]

Cooked rice, millet & quinoa, and after they get used to it they will drive you nuts for it !
I usually make a big pot of it 1 X a week & dish my chicks a small plant pot bottom (plastic) with an ice cream scoop of the micture.
Keep the rest in the fridge.

Do you cook them separately or together? What is your recipie? I want to get a head start on things to feed my girls when they come home.

 

[Chickielady]

Do you cook them separately or together? What is your recipie? I want to get a head start on things to feed my girls when they come home.

Say you have a bag of millet, a bag of brown rice and a bag of quinoq, and a 50# sack of chicken scratch.
You get 1 cup of each & dump in a big pot & add 2 cups of water for every 1 cup of grains.
If you want less, devide the recipe in half.
So 1 cup of quinoa, 1 cup of rice & 1 cup of scratch would need 6 cups of water.
Bring the water to a boil, dump the grains in & cook as you would rice.
When done, keep in a big container in the fridge and dish out as necessary.
If you have alot of babies you would do more, less, do less.
I feed mine a CUP of this 2X a day...especially turkeys and Large fowl that need the extra protein.
These large boned breeds, as well as Cornish cross, get Broiler Max in their water, as well as Corid in their water and fed Flock raiser or Turkey/gamebird starter...they need the higher protein until they are grown...after that, high protein feed can be too much for their kidneys & even give them fatty liver disease and gout.

 

[Chickielady]

Bring appropriate amount of water to a boil, toss in the grainS...(as in ALL the grains you are cooking) and then COVER with a lid...turn fire down & simmer or turn fire off til the grains soak all the water up...later, scoop out to a fridge container & seal.

 

[VelvettFog]

DW and I have safely arrived at Monroe. We're in the Best Western Sky Valley Inn, looking for a place to go eat.

 

[pbjls]

two suggestions for food. adams in monroe or trails end in snohomish. trails end is really really good. if you pick that one you will drive by my place.

paul

 

[bikerchicky]

so I have a full set of processing equipment and a wonderful coverd pad that looks out over snohomish valley. I was thinking that may be some people would like to raise small batches of meat birds. If they were started at the same time I would offer my place and expierence to have a group processing class. If everyone pitched in a little for propane and shrink bags for thier own birds I would teach/share equimpent for free. I would want at least 4 or 5 people to come out and to have at least 50 birds to make it worth it, but more would be fine.

what do ya think?

I would be interested...except I don't have the room for more than my 5 babies right now. If someone is willing to brood/raise some for me I'd be willing to pay for the chicks and help with feed costs.

 

[pbjls]

I bought a new thermo-hygrometer today. Iwas way way off. temp over 103 and humidity around 25.

 

[VelvettFog]

OK .. Adams Northwest Bistro and Brewery -- that's the place!

 

[Flaming Chicken]

That expl

I bought a new thermo-hygrometer today.   Iwas way way off.  temp over 103 and humidity around 25. 

That explains a lot. Hopefully if you correct your settings you'll have much better luck. I just put 15 eBay Breda eggs and 8 cream legbar eggs in my hovabator.