Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[pennyJo1960]

Junebug- glad she is safe.

Oooohh... found hatching eggs on eBay. Only 7 up for sale but... decisions, decisions....

what kind of eggs? please

 

[pennyJo1960]

on another not noticed a bare spot on

the breast of a barred rock it has been the awhile no hardness no injury?

 

[Duck Drover]

I took 3 roosters to the auction today and I have a few more that will need to go at a later time. I probably should have taken them too just to get rid of them but they really have no value before they are big enough to butcher. The pullets are well worth the effort, though, so I can't wait to see how they mature and what color eggs they lay (they should be blue). I have one beautiful rooster I will take pictures of when I get pictures of the pullets because he should get to live. I need to move them all out of the Silkie coop but I don't want to stress them when it is raining because it takes time to teach them to use a new coop. If it ever clears up today I will move them to another pen so they can spend the night in a new coop. We have to round them up at bedtime to teach them where to go or they will get stuck outside all night (usually under the coop).

 

[Hinotori]

It's supposed to be dryer tomorrow

 

[pennyJo1960]

It's supposed to be dryer tomorrow

gonna be basket case then

 

[JDelage]

We just got our first chickens yesterday - 3 easter eggers, 2 welsumers, 1 Baxter Barn leghorn, 1 wyandotte, and 1 barnevelder. They're 12 week old. I have a couple questions:

1) During heavy rain, they're completely unwilling to go out from under the coop (we have an elevated coop with a little enclosed run directly under it). I suppose that's to be expected? I don't much want to go out either quite frankly.
2) They seem unwilling or unable to climb the ladder to the coop and the roosting bars. Is that normal? Yesterday they were falling asleep in the enclosed run under the coop (where I've put quite a lot of straw - they were quite cozy). I carried them one by one to the roosting bars. Is that normal at first?

Thanks,

JD

 

[pennyJo1960]

We just got our first chickens yesterday - 3 easter eggers, 2 welsumers, 1 Baxter Barn leghorn, 1 wyandotte, and 1 barnevelder. They're 12 week old. I have a couple questions:

1) During heavy rain, they're completely unwilling to go out from under the coop (we have an elevated coop with a little enclosed run directly under it). I suppose that's to be expected? I don't much want to go out either quite frankly.
2) They seem unwilling or unable to climb the ladder to the coop and the roosting bars. Is that normal? Yesterday they were falling asleep in the enclosed run under the coop (where I've put quite a lot of straw - they were quite cozy). I carried them one by one to the roosting bars. Is that normal at first?

Thanks,

JD

Hello JD glad you found us and

chickens are new to both of you then? what fun
you may have to show the peeps my moving them in a
few times but they will get the hang of it

 

[Leigti]

Agreed. Take them to the bottom of the ladder and sort of help them up into the coop. You might have to do this a couple times but they should get the hang of it.

 

[beautifulchaos]

New and saying hi from N. Pierce county!

 

[theceltichorse]

Hi! I'm Marcell from Lacey. Just joined and am picking up some eggs from Penny1960 on Wednesday to hatch. I have been wanting chickens since moving down here from Alaska.

I have a Farm Innovator Model 4250 Pro Series incubator. I am picking up a separate thermometer and hygrometer tomorrow to prepare for my eggs. I originally bought it for a lone duck egg that I brought home from the wildlife rescue I volunteer at- nothing happened with the egg unfortunately (well, maybe fortunately- I would have been at a loss with just ONE duck!).

Lots of questions. Lots of learning to do. Would love to get to know some more fellow Washington friends.

If you have suggestions on coops, I am all ears!

Thanks all- looking forward to getting to know you all better.