Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Hinotori]

Mine stay in when it's pouring or driving rain. They come out when it's only drizzle. They LOVE the puddles. They hunt for bugs and worms in them.

 

[DeltaBluezTess]

FREE:I have a over 6 week old Olive eggers roo....very stunning, feather legs, tri color, spotted and sweet. dad was my show quality BCM and mom was my fav EE. he is in Carnation and you pick up.

 

[Bleenie]

Anyone else lose power last night in the storm? I ran otuside all set to have 30 chicks sleeping in a box by the wood stove, thankfully one of the hens in the coop re-assumed the role of momma quite readily!

If anyone is looking for some more layers, I have 4 girls I'd like to sell, just decided to keep only my Wyandottes and Cochins. Already have someone interested in my White Rocks as a set The girls are all young and have only been laying 2-3 months(MAX). Just getting too many eggs and no one here seems to care if they're fresh or store bought.

I have them posted on Craigslist for $20 each.(search FOR SALE: young laying hens) all their info is there.

 

[hennotrooster]

checked her for mites she's clean but she did drop a clear shelled egg the next morning she seems to be doing fine now. I need to find a vet that treats chickens in our area tonight one that was given to us looks like she is losing a toe so tomorrow this is my mission. she must have got tangled in something while scratching around. going out to get her while she is sleeping. poor thing is afraid of people. thank you for the advise.

 

[Stumpfarmer]

Predictably enough, this is the morning that the heavy lifting part of the past three days kicked me quite literally in the tailbone. I still have to go do everything I always do, but today I've got the extra added attraction of not being able to stand up straight, and the fun of one knee that occassionally decides not to bear my weight.

The chickens are all fine-ish; Janis Joplin, the self-blue Bd'A decided to take a little tour of the nearer bits of the pasture, including a particularly narsty bit of briar patch and a close inspection of the bull's front feet (he was amused, or bemused, or something) before I caught her and cuddled her a bit before putting her back in with her family. That little tap-dance around the fenceposts, in the rain, was probably the straw that broke the Julia's back.

I have 16 extra chickens, (five of the eight Am/Am+Au hatch, three Hamburg cockerels and one straight comb Hamburg pullet of eight left from that group , four of the Barbu d'Anvers) although I have two of the splash pullets promised to Total Colour, one Blue cockerel is going to my cousin, and four Bd'As go back to the young scientist I got the eggs from. I am also two permanent pens short, one of those a matter of some urgency. My apprentice has followed her parent's wishes and got a job, which is good for her long-term prospects in life but does nothing for the reasons I offered her a place to live: since she has no encumbrances besides her work for me, she's working the hardest shift for fast-food people to fill, opening until mid-afternoon and I will soon be without assistance in daylight.

And it's raining again, oh goody.

 

[hallerlake]

The house is painted, but the painters still haven't taken all their stuff away so I can clean up the patio, and let the chickens out of their run. They've been "cooped up" for two weeks. They're not happy about it, especially since the grass is greening and the apples are falling from the trees. I can't have them eating lead based paint chips. I also can't set up my grow out coop properly. The Spitz chicks (two months old) are stuck in an undersized A frame I borrowed. At least the house looks nice.

The chicks were hatched by Sudsy Chick's champion broody, Juno. The two little cockerels look promising. I think I'll keep one to replace Gunther, my Spitz rooster. Gunther's eyes are too light. In fact, I've decided to get rid of all my light eyed Spitz. There are two hens as well as Gunther. They all have good crests, spangles, legs, and body type. I hope I can find someone who wants them as a trio. They're really very handsome birds.

 

[Stumpfarmer]

The house is painted, but the painters still haven't taken all their stuff away so I can clean up the patio, and let the chickens out of their run. They've been "cooped up" for two weeks. They're not happy about it, especially since the grass is greening and the apples are falling from the trees. I can't have them eating lead based paint chips. I also can't set up my grow out coop properly. The Spitz chicks (two months old) are stuck in an undersized A frame I borrowed. At least the house looks nice.

The chicks were hatched by Sudsy Chick's champion broody, Juno. The two little cockerels look promising. I think I'll keep one to replace Gunther, my Spitz rooster. Gunther's eyes are too light. In fact, I've decided to get rid of all my light eyed Spitz. There are two hens as well as Gunther. They all have good crests, spangles, legs, and body type. I hope I can find someone who wants them as a trio. They're really very handsome birds.

Every time I see that photo I like the color scheme better. I can understand why you want to get shed of the less than SOP animals; I'm spending way too much time staring at the baby bantams and trying to figure out which cockerel to keep, since Deary doesn't have a sufficiently erect tail carriage. Luckily the 75% Blue Quail pen (Jack, Splash Quail, and Meg, Blue Quail, from last May's incubator hatch, and Cheery, Quail, who I bought as a friend for Deary, which so very did not work out) all are structurally good and well marked, although mayyyyybeeee Meg's beak is a little long?

 

[nbd3um1]

Hello Fellow Staties!

Our first year with chickens, we are loving it. I love that there is a spot for us "locals" to talk.

Are you or have you already prepared for the wet winter? We have been trying to figure out what we should do as not only are we new to chickens but have only been here in WA 3 winters.

Any pointers for a Southwestern Washingtonian?

 

[Totalcolour]

Hello Fellow Staties!

Our first year with chickens, we are loving it. I love that there is a spot for us "locals" to talk.

Are you or have you already prepared for the wet winter? We have been trying to figure out what we should do as not only are we new to chickens but have only been here in WA 3 winters.

Any pointers for a Southwestern Washingtonian?

Teach your chickens to hibernate, and while you are at you may as well too!

And a BIG

 

[Hinotori]

Hello Fellow Staties!

Our first year with chickens, we are loving it. I love that there is a spot for us "locals" to talk.

Are you or have you already prepared for the wet winter? We have been trying to figure out what we should do as not only are we new to chickens but have only been here in WA 3 winters.

Any pointers for a Southwestern Washingtonian?

Welcome!

Make sure your birds have a nice dry, draft free place to hang out if they want. Other than that, mine go out in the rain as long as it isn't pouring. They got extra hay during the ice storm we had. They love alfalfa leaves and the stems help with walking. The first time it snows each year, they all freak. "OMG! The white stuff! It burns!" Then they get over it and don't care.