Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[pebcrb]

Hi, does any one here have sfh pullets or hens for sale?

 

[DeltaBluezTess]

Hi, does any one here have sfh pullets or hens for sale?

I have chicks but no pullets or hens.

 

[pebcrb]

I have chicks but no pullets or hens.

I will pm you. Thanks

 

[AletaG]

Hello WA!

Just a happy little note to say thank you to naillikwj82 in Sequim for the tour and detailed information about raising his flock.

I'm so glad this thread is here. I've met several lovely people this way. Go slugs! (I live on the Peninsula, we vote it state bird)
-Aleta G.

 

[jillstu]

Does anyone know what breeds lay through the winter here in WA?

I have 2 buckeyes, a speckled sussex, a gold-laced wyndotte, and a cuckoo maran, live in greater seattle area, and am wondering if any of them are likely to lay through the winter (naturally - I don't plan on doing the artificial light thing). All the info I can find is generic, and it would make sense to me that birds that would lay through the winter (buckeyes, for example) if living in a colder, but more sunlit location, would not lay here in temperate, but dark, dark, dark seattle.

 

[sarinar]

Does anyone know what breeds lay through the winter here in WA?

I have 2 buckeyes, a speckled sussex, a gold-laced wyndotte, and a cuckoo maran, live in greater seattle area, and am wondering if any of them are likely to lay through the winter (naturally - I don't plan on doing the artificial light thing). All the info I can find is generic, and it would make sense to me that birds that would lay through the winter (buckeyes, for example) if living in a colder, but more sunlit location, would not lay here in temperate, but dark, dark, dark seattle.

I've been doing similar research since I also live in Seattle, and I'm coming to the conclusion that the Scandinavian landraces (Swedish Flower Hens, Icelandics, Norwegian Jaerhons) come from somewhat similar maritime climates. My guess is that they would all be well adapted to our dark, rainy winters. However, being small and adapted to free-ranging, they're more likely to be flighty and not do well in the confinement of an urban coop set-up. I've also heard that Cuckoo Marans, RIR, Welsummers and Partridge Chantecler/Albertans will lay well through the winter, but I don't know if that's more of a cold but sunny kind of winter.

Honestly, I think the thing to do is start with some of these landraces and some of the more calm, hardy breeds, and let them interbreed to create a super-PNW chicken that will turn coffee grinds into eggs.

 

[mikeyb]

Does anyone know what breeds lay through the winter here in WA?

I have 2 buckeyes, a speckled sussex, a gold-laced wyndotte, and a cuckoo maran, live in greater seattle area, and am wondering if any of them are likely to lay through the winter (naturally - I don't plan on doing the artificial light thing). All the info I can find is generic, and it would make sense to me that birds that would lay through the winter (buckeyes, for example) if living in a colder, but more sunlit location, would not lay here in temperate, but dark, dark, dark seattle.

I have RIR layers and they produced last winter without additional lighting. The production dropped by 50% as expected.
Sunlight is needed but not an every day thing. 14 hrs of light is needed to keep production up.

 

[Totalcolour]

Does anyone know what breeds lay through the winter here in WA?

I have 2 buckeyes, a speckled sussex, a gold-laced wyndotte, and a cuckoo maranS, live in greater seattle area, and am wondering if any of them are likely to lay through the winter (naturally - I don't plan on doing the artificial light thing). All the info I can find is generic, and it would make sense to me that birds that would lay through the winter (buckeyes, for example) if living in a colder, but more sunlit location, would not lay here in temperate, but dark, dark, dark seattle.

Even for a single birds, the MaranS has an "S" on the end - it is named from the place in France (Marans) where it comes from.

Wikipedia
Marans is also famous as the home of the Marans chicken. Marans chickens are famous as the layers of the darkest shell color of all chickens. This breed was originally developed in Southwest France between the 12th to the 14th century. The present form of this chicken was refined during the 19th century in the village of Marans. While fairly common in France, this breed is rare in America. Marans chickens lay exceptional eating gourmet eggs that are highly prized by chefs around the world.

 

[LittleLaneFarm]

Even for a single birds, the MaranS has an "S" on the end - it is named from the place in France (Marans) where it comes from.

Wikipedia
Marans is also famous as the home of the Marans chicken. Marans chickens are famous as the layers of the darkest shell color of all chickens. This breed was originally developed in Southwest France between the 12th to the 14th century. The present form of this chicken was refined during the 19th century in the village of Marans. While fairly common in France, this breed is rare in America. Marans chickens lay exceptional eating gourmet eggs that are highly prized by chefs around the world.

Maybe she missed the "S" by accident. Even I have misspelled without realizing it.

 

[Totalcolour]

Quote: Entirely possible. I only made the post for an FYI. Many people also get the "Ameraucana" wrong, and they often use the word waddles instead of wattles. I'm just a bit anal when it comes to spelling and grammar, and I just noticed my own faux pas! <kicking self in posterior>