Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[pennyJo1960]

hey been fighting with myself about the new coop and nest boxes use tubs with the front cut out but none here to snitch already did for main coop so he suggested we changed out the water buckets out yesterday in the main coop had then screwed into upright 4 x 4 about sixteen inches each they started swaying back have them on cinder blocks in the new coop buying tubs at even wally world they want upwards of 15 for bigger ones BF suggested buckets from main coop we took out these are all from home depot 5 gallon

 

[Hinotori]

The Dogslayer!

Can you tell how chicken friendly Zeus is? He actually laid there for almost 5 minutes with the boy on his chest.

 

[pennyJo1960]

wow now that is good chicken dog

 

[pennyJo1960]

had a fart egg one of the barred rocks today

 

[Hinotori]

I started collecting eggs today to set. I need a few replacement hens for the layer flock. They will be half silkie and half EE or ameraucana. They should lay a light green egg, though some from the hen that lays green with brown spots will be going in.

They are older hens so I can only cross fingers for fertility. I'll look when I crack open the refrigerated eggs from last week. I know the silkie boys are doing their job.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I started collecting eggs today to set. I need a few replacement hens for the layer flock. They will be half silkie and half EE or ameraucana. They should lay a light green egg, though some from the hen that lays green with brown spots will be going in.

They are older hens so I can only cross fingers for fertility. I'll look when I crack open the refrigerated eggs from last week. I know the silkie boys are doing their job.

maybe we can trade I give you a ameracauna cockerel when we figure who is who you give me a silke girl then I buy one ?

 

[Hinotori]

maybe we can trade I give you a ameracauna cockerel when we figure who is who you give me a silke girl then I buy one ?

My ameraucana are wheatens.

I'm just being able to fully tell male from female on the chicks. One positive girl has bad toes so she's on the cull list. There will be more

 

[pennyJo1960]

My ameraucana are wheatens.

I'm just being able to fully tell male from female on the chicks. One positive girl has bad toes so she's on the cull list. There will be more

she has bad toes? Gena said my lavender will breed black to anything but lavender maybe you won't want to dilute your wheatens that way

 

[Hinotori]

Lobster claw. Has an extra toe tip coming off at an odd angle. And doesn't have right number of toes.

Doesn't effect the bird. Is a disqualify fault and not something you want to breed from.

No one has crippled feet or curled toes.

 

[Hinotori]

Yeah, lavender is recessive and impossible to find and remove easily once introduced. I wouldn't want that headache in another flock.

Introducing silkie into my layers just makes them better mothers when they go broody. Which 4 of them currently are.