Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[clawstar]

A poor bunny needs a home she is so cute I had to help find a home...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/853394/mini-rabbit-mix-needs-home-northern-cali/10#post_13010666
NO SHIPPING

 

[CarolynF]

My DP and I have done a few quilts. She has mad skillz with her sewing machine and I help with design, cutting, pressing, whatever she tells me to do as long as I don't have to run the machine

Here's our latest:

Gave to my mother for a throw, she hung it up on the wall

Gorgeous! Paper pieced, right? It's a terrific example of what you can do with the right color combinations and a twist on the traditional log cabin block! Really striking!

 

[elizmartin]

http://www.merckmanuals.com/vet/pou..._bursal_disease_in_poultry.html?qt=infectious

Perhaps you can show where it says older birds may be carriers? Oh wait you can't because it doesn't exist. Don't spread misinformation. Birds over 18 weeks are not affected, period. Immune.

Also confirmation came this morning via email PNPA has cancelled their April show because of the ignorant masses panicking about this and worry about low attendance numbers. Good job "sky is falling" type people, you have once again ruined things for people that know what they're doing.

Matt, The canceling of the PNPA show affects everyone that had their heart set on attending, The show is not limited to only adult birds or people only from Washington State…. People bring poultry of all ages, some stay in their vehicles, or carried all over by their loving children, 4-H kids,or usually brought to sell in the show building. There is a lot of cross handling. People attend a lot of events, shows & fairs, not just this one…Do we know if any poultry or people from the affected location has been to *any* poultry event in the last 9 months? If so was it an event that you attended?

Some key words in Your Merck Link that jump out to me:

"Detected in the USA in 2009", hasn't been in the US long enough for non commercial farms, ie-us to become familiar with it, especially til recently, limited to only a few states, but now affecting us in Wa. Still new and learning how widespread. We have to understand testing procedures and when one should consider the need for them, what symptoms to keep an eye out for. the same learning as for other diseases.

IBDV, is "shed in feces", "is stable & difficult to eradicate from premises". Everyone needs to be even more concious of their bio-security measures, with their birds and ourselves at home & being at events where poultry attends, washing hands, careful of clothing touching surfaces, changing shoes before getting into Your car after attending before getting home to disinfect,( what kind) or the reverse before coming to the show.

"Control, There is no treatment, Rigorous disinfection of contaminated farms after depopulation has achieved limited success". The potential vaccination necessity may be more than some people can handle. The possibility of having IBDV is still too new to most here in Washington State,

to understand what that really means.

 

[Lutefisk]

Gorgeous! Paper pieced, right? It's a terrific example of what you can do with the right color combinations and a twist on the traditional log cabin block! Really striking!

Thank you! You're not the first to ask that, but no, it's a block from Easy Pieces by Margeret Miller. The book has several examples of stunning effects you can get with the block. That quilt is actually just 2 blocks same pattern with the colors reversed from left to right. Very easy, but precision is key.

 

[Melnurse]

My DP and I have done a few quilts. She has mad skillz with her sewing machine and I help with design, cutting, pressing, whatever she tells me to do as long as I don't have to run the machine

Here's our latest:



Gave to my mother for a throw, she hung it up on the wall

Absolutely fabulous!

 

[Melnurse]

For the quilters in the group, remember there is a quilt show at the Monroe Fairgrounds on Saturday, and if you're planning ahead my guild is having their show at the Kitsap Fairgrounds in September. Shows are a great way to get inspired, find new ideas, and see free demonstrations.

...and buy more fabric to add to your stash!

 

[CATandTIM]

Hi. Im new here! We've got our brooder set up and are in the process of building our coop. Just wondering if anyone has recommendations for where to get chicks locally? We're out in the fall city/carnation/ duvall area, but dont mind traveling a ways for better/healthier chicks. Im looking for wyandotte's, orpingtons, and barred rock's. Thank you!!!

 

[ShockValue]

Hi all. My family and I have finally cleared a nice spot for a coop and the (yet unpurcharsed) chickens to range. The brooder is set up, but empty

We are really interested in Faverolles but can't seem to find anyplace locally that has them. We would have to wait until mid-june to get chicks mail order from Meyer, and would prefer to skip the post office entirely if possible.

Does anyone know where we might get some Faverolles in Western WA? We are in Port Orchard, but would be happy to drive anywhere this side of the Cascades.


McMurray has them as well, but we really don't want 15 chickens (we are looking for 8, ideally.)

 

[BGMatt]

Hi all. My family and I have finally cleared a nice spot for a coop and the (yet unpurcharsed) chickens to range. The brooder is set up, but empty

We are really interested in Faverolles but can't seem to find anyplace locally that has them. We would have to wait until mid-june to get chicks mail order from Meyer, and would prefer to skip the post office entirely if possible.

Does anyone know where we might get some Faverolles in Western WA? We are in Port Orchard, but would be happy to drive anywhere this side of the Cascades.


McMurray has them as well, but we really don't want 15 chickens (we are looking for 8, ideally.)

Michele DeCicco is in Washougal and has some top notch wonderful Favorelles. Can't recommend her highly enough, there's other breeders around to, no need to resort to a hatchery. :-(

 

[ShockValue]

Thank you - I shot her a message on FB. Google didn't offer any other contact info