Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[SeattleSelkie]

CUTE CHICK ALERT!

First babies of the year for me.



Welsummer--Blue Wheaten Ameraucana Olive Eggers




Heritage Welsummers

 

[Bridebeliever]

Oh be still my heart! Adorable!

 

[JulesChicks]

CUTE CHICK ALERT!

First babies of the year for me.



Welsummer--Blue Wheaten Ameraucana Olive Eggers




Heritage Welsummers

I know I already told you this, but those are just too stinkin' adorable! Can't wait to see how the OEs grow up too! The Wellies are beautiful too How many did you hatch total and what was your hatch rate?

 

[pennyJo1960]

awful adorable

 

[SeattleSelkie]

I know I already told you this, but those are just too stinkin' adorable! Can't wait to see how the OEs grow up too! The Wellies are beautiful too How many did you hatch total and what was your hatch rate?

I set 25 eggs (mix of OE and Welsummers) and got a 89% hatch rate. I had three at the end that didn't pip. One not fertile, one late quiter guessing around day 18 and one dead in the shell wrong way round with no internal pip. Not sure what happened there......my humidity was good. I have a mixed batch of eggs to go in a bit later this week with a number of different breeds. That will be fun.

 

[CarolynF]

I know what you mean... Feed store had speckled Sussex....had to overcome strong urge to get a few. Stocked up on supplies so I don't have to see this too often.

Any idea how to convince DH we need to move to large property?

Oh wow! I want a speckled Sussex. I would have come home with A couple of them. I think they are absolutely gorgeous.

They're awesome birds! Sweet, curious, personable, consistant eggs, and good broodies to boot! Speckled Sussex are one of my number one breeds for best of show!

LF Speckled Sussex and/or Light Sussex are at the top of my list! I tried to get SS last year and oh what a run-around that turned out to be! In the end no SS which really bummed me out. So now they are on my hit list for the future. I want to get nice quality birds rather than hatchery. I know a perfect source for SS... Tony Albritton. He judges at some of the poultry shows, and shows too, so although he lives in Idaho he travels to our area at least twice a year. And at the last show I found a local breeder that's gotten several of his birds to start her own breeding (and showing) program.

If you're really interested, I'd highly recommend picking some up from Tony at a show. You all know about the WFF show in Monroe on March 19, right?

 

[Cockatrice6420]

LF Speckled Sussex and/or Light Sussex are at the top of my list!  I tried to get SS last year and oh what a run-around that turned out to be!  In the end no SS which really bummed me out.  So now they are on my hit list for the future.  I want to get nice quality birds rather than hatchery.  I know a perfect source for SS... Tony Albritton.  He judges at some of the poultry shows, and shows too, so although he lives in Idaho he travels to our area at least twice a year.  And at the last show I found a local breeder that's gotten several of his birds to start her own breeding (and showing) program. 


If you're really interested, I'd highly recommend picking some up from Tony at a show.  You all know about the WFF show in Monroe on March 19, right? 

My family would relocate me to the compost pile. I've already got ducks going in the bator for my bro and my project. Then I've got a broody on a half dozen she's decided are good, plus the 4 EE pullets I picked up, lol. I think I'm done for this year. Next year it's guinea fowl...

 

[Manningjw]

Hey everyone my parents have a 2-3 cockerels that need new homes. They are from a blue egg laying line, specifically University of Arkansas cockerel over a White Leghorn and cross of Ameraucana/White Leghorn bred down several generations (making them very much like the U of A lineage). They were hatched December 6th, 11 weeks old now.

The two they for sure need homes for are the Blue cockerel with some slate color in legs and the white cockerel (this one was from the White Leghorn hen egg, he has barring under dominant white). The third one is blue/barred cockerel with yellow legs due to barring suppressing shank color. I am secretly hoping they keep the Barred cockerel

. They aren't crowing yet but should be soon. My cockerel was a late bloomer and still very quiet so I am hoping they will be the same.




Parent stock is the blue cockerel and the clean faced barred hen and clean faced black hen for the two blue cockerels, and the White Leghorn for the white cockerel.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Hey everyone my parents have a 2-3 cockerels that need new homes. They are from a blue egg laying line, specifically University of Arkansas cockerel over a White Leghorn and cross of Ameraucana/White Leghorn bred down several generations (making them very much like the U of A lineage). They were hatched December 6th, 11 weeks old now.

The two they for sure need homes for are the Blue cockerel with some slate color in legs and the white cockerel (this one was from the White Leghorn hen egg, he has barring under dominant white). The third one is blue/barred cockerel with yellow legs due to barring suppressing shank color. I am secretly hoping they keep the Barred cockerel

. They aren't crowing yet but should be soon. My cockerel was a late bloomer and still very quiet so I am hoping they will be the same.




Parent stock is the blue cockerel and the clean faced barred hen and clean faced black hen for the two blue cockerels, and the White Leghorn for the white cockerel.

Sorry no rooster allowed here

they are very nice looking birds otherwise is very tempting.

 

[JulesChicks]

I set 25 eggs (mix of OE and Welsummers) and got a 89% hatch rate. I had three at the end that didn't pip. One not fertile, one late quiter guessing around day 18 and one dead in the shell wrong way round with no internal pip. Not sure what happened there......my humidity was good. I have a mixed batch of eggs to go in a bit later this week with a number of different breeds. That will be fun.

Sounds pretty good. I am planning a small hatch of my own eggs since they're free and it'll be my first time hatching and I want a few from my own. Then, I'm going to get some eggs of other breeds I want to bring in and hatch those.

What other breeds are you hatching and will they be your own eggs?