Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[hallerlake]

My Golden Laced Orpington eggs came from the UK today and only one was cracked and that one was the only one that looked like the air cell had detached. I hope these hatch!!

On another note: I am going to be placing an order with Ideal soon and I'm not purchasing enough so there will be extra males in the box. Will anyone want them for free??? PM me if that sounds like something you're interested in.

Tell me about ordering eggs from the UK, please!!!!

 

[hallerlake]

Getting really frustrated, we wrote this Grant guy, on April 21, and then again on the 25th asking if he had received our email, asking to reclassify chickens as pets so that we could have chickens in Yelm city limits. My husband as called his office number NUMEROUS times, and we can get this guy to respond or answer his phone. I'm really upset by what seems to be this mans work ethics!

He doesn't want to deal with you, and he's hoping you'll go away if he ignores you long enough. At least that's my guess.

 

[hallerlake]

Quote: Importing eggs is not illegal. It is complicated and one must do all the proper paperwork. Whether they can be mailed, I don't know.

 

[melissaG]

My Chick's came today!! I ordered the from mypetchicken.com, and went with the assortments. I got 5 "Brown Egg Layer's" and 3 "assorted Silkie's" I can't wait until they grow up enough that I know what they are! I know two of the Silikes are buff, but the third I "think" is going to be white. Not sure.

This is one of the buff silkie babies.






Now we just gotta finish their coop!!! Good thing the weather has been so great.

WoOt!! Congrats

 

[SplendidsChicke]

WoOt!! Congrats

Thanks! I'm super annoyed that I only go to spend the morning with them before I went to work.... 3pm cannot come fast enough!

 

[fikeyismybaby]

Anyone live near Spanaway? On the 19th at the Del's there will be a 4-h group advertising for paper clovers you can donate $1 or $5. They also come with a purina coupon.

 

[Slinglings]

Hey Guys, I am a new member. I live in downtown Puyallup. I was directed here from the new meber forum. I joined because we are looking at starting our own chicken coop. I was hoping to find someone local who might be willing to show me there set up and/or maybe come take a look at what I have to work with and bounce my thoughts off of. I want to make sure that I get set up correctly and preferably learn from someone else's mistakes/experience. Any help would be much appreciated!!!

-Peter

If you are considering not putting in an extra door somewhere because they are a pain to build, just build the extra door.  You will be glad you did in the long run.  That's my 2 cents!

Yes, I want a coop made entirely of doors

 

[pips&peeps]

Importing eggs is not illegal. It is complicated and one must do all the proper paperwork. Whether they can be mailed, I don't know.

It is illegal to bring them into WA unless the flock they came from was pullorum tested and AI tested. They don't generally do pollurum in the UK. I understand that there is paperwork that can be done to appease the Feds, but the State Law is more strict. The Feds don't require pollurum testing for some reason, but want all of us to do it here in the US......

 

[BGMatt]

Hey Guys, I am a new member. I live in downtown Puyallup. I was directed here from the new meber forum. I joined because we are looking at starting our own chicken coop. I was hoping to find someone local who might be willing to show me there set up and/or maybe come take a look at what I have to work with and bounce my thoughts off of. I want to make sure that I get set up correctly and preferably learn from someone else's mistakes/experience. Any help would be much appreciated!!!

-Peter

Welcome, one of the biggest coop tips I can give you is, build it bigger than you think you need. You will never regret that decision.

 

[fikeyismybaby]

Quote: Yeah. Chicken Math!