Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Chicken Rustler]

http://blog.mcmurrayhatchery.com/2011/06/03/how-to-introduce-new-chickens-into-your-flock-part-2/

Does anyone do this? After the initial quarantine period is over, move only 1 bird from your existing flock over to live with the new birds for a while and see if the bird from your existing flock gets sick?

I'm tempted to do this with Rhodie. Quarantine the new birds for 30 days, and during that time get the 2nd coop/run done. THEN, move Rhodie in with the new birds and see what happens. Oh, can you imagine? Rhodie will instantly drop to the bottom of the flock order.

Yes, I know... a little mean of me. But, I've never said I was always nice.

While it is a good plan of sorts. There is a down side. By putting only one bird in you risk that lone bird getting picked on and also causing it more stress which could throw the results. What I do is I add all new birds at night. Then in the morning they all wake together and have no clue that they aren't one big happy family.

 

[FirewifeJess]

Renee I think I missed this part: what chickens are you getting? Something from the show? I thought you were sticking with hatching your own?

 

[justbugged]

JB here is the quilt...it is huge, floor to floor & is extra long to accomidate pillows as a bed spread does, Queen bedspred.
One day (soon) I am going to send it off to a woman in So Bend here who can long arm quilt it.
I have several STUFFED one gallon ziplocks of these pieces with the white square already sewm to the long piece, if you'd like to have them, let me know.
Would not take much to sew them together, and sash them.

What does the gal in South Bend charge to long arm a quilt for? I have a gal in Smithfield UT that has long armed a number of my quilts. My gal charges much lower fees, that anyone that I have ever found locally. It's been roughly less than a quarter of the price, and I have always been happy with the results. I haven't had her do anything complex, but then I haven't been willing to pay for extra either. I am just happy to have the quilt done, and usable.


I would be interested what you have leftover. I just turned down a block swap here on BYC. I have a hard time with no basic requirements about the fact that some were talking about using fabric of uncertain age vintage, and non or partial content cotton. I could understood if the group was making crazy quilts, but I don't think that this was the point of the swap.

Now I just need to get into the sewing room, and get it tidied up enough to be able to think. lol

 

[itsren]

Last evening my 8-year-old daughter made a poster for the Veterans and would like to share it with those who have served our country. She made this on her own and came and asked me what can we do with it. I told her I would scan it and make sure some veterans saw it. She's very happy about that.

On the poster, she wrote:

"If you love America then
you love the veterans
Thank
you
for fighting
for the U.S.A. veterans"



To all the veterans and current military personnel, we thank you!

 

[itsren]

Renee I think I missed this part: what chickens are you getting? Something from the show? I thought you were sticking with hatching your own?

I have pre-arranged to get a couple of BCM pullets from the show.

 

[itsren]

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Since the new birds will ultimately end in a new coop, should I just plan to winter those two together and then move Drama in next spring then? At the risk of this sounding very pathetic... the new coop was designed with Drama in mind.

Yes, I really am pathetic enough to design an entire coop around one chicken. And, yes, I tend to think with my heart and not my head (think I'll run and hide now).


ETA... wait a minute... when I add Drama, is she gonna get picked on? Aaagh. How do I do this so Drama remains the Drama QUEEN?

 

[itsren]

When the chicken musical chairs are over, I plan to have 3 birds in each coop/run. At least until my city will change regulation and let me have 8 so I can have 4 in each.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Last evening my 8-year-old daughter made a poster for the Veterans and would like to share it with those who have served our country. She made this on her own and came and asked me what can we do with it. I told her I would scan it and make sure some veterans saw it. She's very happy about that.

On the poster, she wrote:

"If you love America then
you love the veterans
Thank
you
for fighting
for the U.S.A. veterans"



To all the veterans and current military personnel, we thank you!

Very Nice GOOD JOB to her. While I am not nor have I ever tell her thanks for the show of support to those.

 

[itsren]

Quote:
And yes... we are hatching again. But, this time around, we decided to get a couple of black pullets to guarantee that we have a black chicken in our flock for youngest DS. He's been disappointed from the day we bought our first three that I didn't buy a black chicken. Unfortunately, he didn't say anything until we got home that day. Then, we hatched Blackie and he was happy as could be. Now we think Blackie may be going bye-bye in the next couple of months...

 

[lovinchickypoos]

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 !

I had mine freeze in the coop also, but I guess it's because I'm in the desert. I used a cookie tin with a light socket and bulb inside it and just plug it in at night and it worked great last year!

My mom just called. She contacted a company up here that sells and installs nice wood burning stove inserts. They paid for one FOR US! They're installing Friday. Um...WOWZA! Thanks mom and dad, I'm so excited to be warm in the house again! We can't afford to have the heat higher than about 66 all winter and I'm always cold. Not anymore! They also said they'd pay for our first cord of wood! Free heat for the winter = awesomeness!

What a wonderful momma!!!! We are starting to look for a wood stove also so we have an alternative way of heating. Emergency preparedness has been on my mind a lot (no, I'm not worried about the Mayan calendar thing

).

Made the Toll house cookies all the while & with Pamela's GF baking mix rather than wheat flour, the cookies turned out exactly the same as with wheat flour !!!!!!!!!!!
EXCELLENT !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyone who has to go GF, Pamela's baking mix, and Pamela's bread mix is the way to go !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the recommendation!!! I got my results back from my endoscope and it looks like I have to definitely go back to the GF thing

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Last evening my 8-year-old daughter made a poster for the Veterans and would like to share it with those who have served our country. She made this on her own and came and asked me what can we do with it. I told her I would scan it and make sure some veterans saw it. She's very happy about that.

On the poster, she wrote:

"If you love America then
you love the veterans
Thank
you
for fighting
for the U.S.A. veterans"



To all the veterans and current military personnel, we thank you!

How sweet!!! It's wonderful that your kiddos have learned to respect the veterans!