Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[CarolynF]

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[urbanchange90]

I'm really excited! It came at a good time since I just lost one of my girls and have been feeling a little regretful about this whole thing but finding that egg today and seeing that proud chicken standing over it was worth it

 

[Duck Drover]

My egg production has dropped in this heat but I can't complain since I have been selling hens to make room for chicks. I still have more chicken eggs than I need but I am not getting any duck eggs at all. Either they are not laying, they are hiding the eggs where we are not able to find them, or something is getting the eggs. I have some ducks I brought in and they may still be settling in and I may have disrupted some hens by selling pairs if I sold the drake they were bonded with so hopefully they adjust to the changes in the flock so we get eggs again. My daughter has to wrap up her duck project this summer for her Silver Award and then we need to decide how many ducks we want to run in the flock for the winter.

 

[Manningjw]

Duck Dover - the little chicks i hatched from your eggs were very cute, and they put on weight fast compared to my lighter breed large fowls. It's amazing how much selective breeding changes their body shape even when young.

My egg production has dropped due to BROODY HENS! Argh. Luckily my absolute favorite hen is easy to break when she broods, it takes about 2-3 days in the broody buster and she is over it. Her daughter on the other hand spent and entire month with me trying everything to break her broodiness without result. I think I am going to get hatching eggs for her instead cause I don't want to fight her for a month again.

 

[KendyF]

Hello Washington,

From Nine Mile Falls, I just saw this thread. Anyone else near Spokane?

 

[Manningjw]

Hello Washington,

From Nine Mile Falls, I just saw this thread. Anyone else near Spokane?

I believe Pips & Peeps is over by Newman Lake, WA. Pretty close to you!

I am the other side of the mountains near Seattle. Welcome to the thread!

 

[KendyF]

I believe Pips & Peeps is over by Newman Lake, WA. Pretty close to you!

I am the other side of the mountains near Seattle. Welcome to the thread!

Thank you!

 

[urbanchange90]

I'm in Spokane in the 5 mile area

 

[ochochicas]

My egg production is down a bit, too, probably from the heat. It is kind of hit and miss though. One day I got only 2 eggs, but yesterday I got 5 and I got 6 on Tuesday. Some of the eggs have been pretty small as well.

The pullets should start laying soon. My RIR pullet has always been gigantic. At 15 weeks she is over 4 pounds and bigger than my mature Red Star hen. I think she'll be the first one to lay an egg.
Here she is at only 15 weeks!

 

[Hinotori]

Hello Washington,

From Nine Mile Falls, I just saw this thread.  Anyone else near Spokane?

Welcome!