Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[jbkirk]

If you want to get a price heart attack, look at some of the breeds at Greenfire Farms like this one http://greenfirefarms.com/store/category/chickens/ayam-cemani/ . Then wait and buy them from someone else for less.

Oh my. I had no idea that birds like this could even exist

, nor most of the other kinds on their website.

 

[Hinotori]

I should be having 19-22 week old partridge silkie trios for sale for soon. I want them to go in pairs or trios. (male x female. male x female x female). I have some 10 week old pairs and will have chicks hopefully after this weekend.

The older cockerels.




Older pullets.

 

[Tytyvyllus]

I'm a newbie chicken keeper, and have found everyone here to be so very helpful. Do you already know what breed(s) you are interested in acquiring?

I was hoping for a mix of some sturdy simple breeds like rhodies, orps, barred rocks, etc. On the more fun side, maybe olive eggers,or arucanas. Prefer breeds that are good layers. Edit: I would be just as happy with some random off shoot goofy breed chickens from someone's mad science breeding projects as I would with any "true" bred critters, for the record.

 

[Tytyvyllus]

I am looking forward to getting my posts high enough to be allowed use of the trading Post.

 

[Theegoliath]

I am looking forward to getting my posts high enough to be allowed use of the trading Post.

That was my initial point of joining the forum. But since then, I have yet to make one trade post. Instead, I have meet people like Carolyn in real life, and talked to a few other local chicken people. I have gotten birds from Tanner Markson down in Graham, Farmland in Silverdale, and am finding asking around and making friends is more fun then simply buying chicks from someone I don't know : )

 

[Farias1124]

Some people will put a singleton like that with some younger birds that need a bit of mothering and they form a nice unit.  You might try that with the SLWs you're looking for.    In the meantime, I've had good luck putting a rubbermaid type tub and 5 gallon buckets, usually near a corner, in the run to give the singleton a place to dodge the others and get a bit of peace.

That's a very good idea. Will she accept the new chicks? She's not being picked on by any means just lonely. The rest of the flock will be scratching or foraging together somewhere and she'll be off on her own like her and her pal would do. She has nothing to do with them and they have nothing to do with her. Well except the roo on occasion but we know what his motives are.

My neighbor is looking for a  new hen.  Are you in Roy?  We're near Maple Valley.

Yes I am. Live in Roy and work in the Port of Tacoma.

 

[CharMac76]

Well, I guess it was bound to happen one of these days. My Blue Wydotte has gone broody. She just sits in the nesting box, sometimes on a fake egg (which I've since removed), sometimes on a real one. I've moved her several times, but I think I may need to separate her.

 

[Farias1124]

Well, I guess it was bound to happen one of these days. My Blue Wydotte has gone broody. She just sits in the nesting box, sometimes on a fake egg (which I've since removed), sometimes on a real one. I've moved her several times, but I think I may need to separate her. 

Is this a bad time for a hen to go broody? My little bantam went broody for the first time last week so I gave her two barred rock eggs to sit on. She seems to be doing a great job so far. Should I separate her and the eggs from the rest of the flock?

Brian

 

[Ashley Stroud]

My girl and one of her pup-chicks. She is fiercely protective of our hens (which she also helped raise) and just adores these Orpington chicks snuggling into her!

 

[Hinotori]

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I move the large fowl broodies to my old coop away from the others to make sure they are in a quiet place and no hen disturbs her to try and lay eggs in with her.

The silkie broodies stay in with the rest of the silkies normally. The chicks can sleep under any bird they want instead of just mama so they can spread out. There are to many silkies in the pen right now, so about 2/3 of them are getting moved so there is no danger of a newly hatched chick getting crushed. I'll leave a few of the calmest girls in with them. After the chicks hatch and are a couple days old, I can move them back together. The head rooster helps take care of chicks and at least one of his sons is following his lead.