Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[SadieSue]

Thanks. She was cold, stiff and I thought for sure dead. 

Here she is this afternoon acting all normal.

I'm glad she's OK.

I am too! SO glad you found her in time and were able to revive her. She's a real cutie. I don't have any splashes in my little flock but I sure do like them.

 

[SadieSue]

Oh hey! That Manna Pro is fast! Apparently both of my egg skelters arrived yesterday but had been left on my front porch. I had no idea since I never left the house. DH hasn't been feeling well so I was waiting on him all day pretending I was a good wife while I putzed around the house in between cooking, serving and doling out meds.

Egg Skelter is on my kitchen table now just waiting for eggs. Maybe one day, (like next spring) I'll get more than one egg per day to put in the Skelter! Only one laying with any regularity right now is the pullet I got from CL at the Monroe show last year. Everyone else is on strike. Good thing I like those girls... I do have one silkie and two Seramas who give me eggs to eat and bake with so all is well!

 

[Hinotori]

Well, apparently the little, previously squished, silkie is a grateful thing. She was being very friendly today. I'd been working on her for the last several weeks and she resisted being picked up. Today she didn't mind so much and came over to see me. I carried her around a bit and gave her some broken up, unsalted peanuts. Everyone loves peanuts. They fight over them, so she got special all to herself.

 

[JennS]

Well, apparently the little, previously squished, silkie is a grateful thing. She was being very friendly today. I'd been working on her for the last several weeks and she resisted being picked up. Today she didn't mind so much and came over to see me. I carried her around a bit and gave her some broken up, unsalted peanuts. Everyone loves peanuts. They fight over them, so she got special all to herself.

I'm also glad she turned out okay. Good thing you found her! Now I'm leery of what I put in my run.

Maybe she's trying to figure out how to get back inside the house, in front of the heater!

Jennifer

 

[itsren]

It's been one those days...

I've been so focused on all the different Cub Scout activities this week, I haven't gone shopping. Woke up this morning to no breakfast foods in the house. No bread. No cereal. No milk. Only 4 eggs. Couldn't make breakfast for the kiddos so we skipped church. I could only imagine how crazy they would have gotten in Sunday School if they had to go on an empty stomach. Went to Subway to eat, then shopping at Sam's Club. The kids got into their "me first" out the van door modes and I stopped to deal with it. While I was talking to them, not paying attention, I locked and shut all the doors. Got ready to walk into the store only to look in and seeing my keys hanging in the ignition.

Had to wait for DH to get off work, drive home, get the keys, and meet me at Sam's Club. So, the kids and I spent the day wandering around the Supermall. Every time they started in with "Can we go now" all it took was a quick glance and they stopped whining. LOL. Having to wander around the mall for hours was an annoying natural consequence, but I think it may have been an effective one!

 

[JennS]

I finally got my "outdoor brooder" set up in the pen. It was a total PITA to cut a hole in the plexiglass. Turned out to be 1/4" thick, and no matter how slow I went with the jigsaw it melted the plastic, bound the blade, and closed up the cut behind it.

I ended up using a handsaw with a fine blade, drilling extra holes, and banging on the plexi to make cracks jump from hole to hole. So it's not pretty, but it should work. I've got a 100 watt CHE and a 100 watt light bulb (on a timer for 14 hours) set up on the cage, and piled a bunch of hardware cloth scraps on top to discourage the chicks from getting up there. I think I'll take another look at it in the morning. I'll check the temps overnight. After I first set it up, it was 39 degrees in the run and 50 in the cage. I still have to dig out my wireless thermometer set and put a sensor in the cage so I can keep an eye on it tonight.

Not much else getting done today, other than fighting a huge battle with our 2 year old. That deserves a couple more:

Jennifer

 

[itsren]

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Oh boy, do I have a lot to learn! I was thinking Cocci was the reason for quarantine. I'll see if I can find some threads on it. I may see if I can rig up some sort of physical space barrier between the chicken tractor that they'll be in and my other three when they free-range. I could probably use the T-posts from my asparagus bed. Hmmmm... thinking cap on.

 

[Chickielady]

OK so now I am confused. See I also thought he said ELgin and that is what I searched for. I didn't notice that I found EGlin !!!

I have no clue now!!!
This design is so AWESOME !!!! I guess I am going to have to post a pic of my "baby" quilt my Great Grandma made for me a few years ago when I was like 5. It was a bribe in trade for my bottle. (which is another funny).
I have all of my water's inside the coop or barn and they always freeze! BUT Maybe it's just that by the time you wobble yer old crippled self out to the coop the temp has warmed and they are all thawed !

Maybe due to the fact you are
#1 at a HIGHER ALTITUDE than I am and
#2 your barn is more open than my coops are.

 

[Chickielady]

My father was in the Air Force for a long time. I was born in Wiesbaden, Germany. He had been flying helicopters and then switched to C5s, so we eventually ended up in Delaware. He left the military and we were able to convince him that we should move out here in 2002.

My mom had her own problems with the whole process, like being stuck for a while in the south where there were lots of cockroaches and large spiders. At least she only had me to deal with!

My Mother tells horror stories of the tarantulas in the desert at Eddie's Air Patch...we had a wee trailer to live in off base & she had to put coffee cans full of water on every crib leg to keep the tarantulas from climbing into the crib...LOL
She said they were everywhere !
Open a cupboard and out one would jump !!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Chickielady]

My mother-in-law had 4 kids and was a Navy wife. My mom had 3 and was an Air Force wife. Both of our families moved all over the US. I grew up in military housing and went to 3 different elementary schools and 2 high schools. It's been so nice to live in one place for the past 12 years!

Jennifer

I agree !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Funny what happens when someone asked me "where ya from ?"
LOL
Edwards, Andrews, Vandebburg, White Sands, Cape Canaveral...so many more I cannot recall............