Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[pennyJo1960]

View attachment 1398875 This little silkie/ameraucana cross has better foot feathering than I've seen on many hatchery silkies. And she's only got one copy of the gene!

I may breed her and her sister to one of my big silkie roosters. Work towards a silkie-ish blue egg layer.

Means I should keep their brother and use him over a couple big hens as well. Just a fun thing, nothing really serious

How adorable why not give it try I am getting my 4 silky eggs a day right now the two hatchery birds I bought they have raised are close to grown but may end up the marans of it is a cockerel comb a tad to red for that age still about just about half size

 

[pennyJo1960]

so two hatched today left them in bator to dry laid a cloth on the top of the other incubator top will make that the brooder for them tonight first photos think I will pull them about nightfall

 

[Hinotori]

so two hatched today left them in bator to dry laid a cloth on the top of the other incubator top will make that the brooder for them tonight first photos think I will pull them about nightfall
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Yay! Hope more hatch soon

 

[pennyJo1960]

Have another 8 pipped so see in the morning going to try to sleep won't happen any faster

 

[mixedbreeds]

Have another 8 pipped so see in the morning going to try to sleep won't happen any faster

Hope they do well. Had a long day went fishing again we caught 12 walleye came back fillet and packaged all but dinner for tomorrow then cut up and packaged 3 Cornish x then gathered eggs packaged those had dinner and it’s bed time.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Have 4 one may not make make it no new this morning leave them another day

 

[mixedbreeds]

Well that doesn’t sound to good hope things get better. On another note I have stayed signed in to this site for a long time now starting yesterday I have to sign back in every time I go to the site what changed?

 

[mixedbreeds]

Have 4 one may not make make it no new this morning leave them another day

So Penny if you don’t get a good hatch would you want more eggs? I just happen to have an opportunity to get you some more on next Wednesday, let me know and I will start collecting eggs today.

 

[pennyJo1960]

think I am set pretty good have 1 hatchery one if not pullet can go to auction the silky raised it and a creme legbar last week I bought 5 black marans pullets from a gal in Olympia.. if all four are cockerel I will want more but will pay you for them like I would anywhere else

 

[mixedbreeds]

Ok hope more hatch out my sister is here fishing with me and she is running home next week for a couple days so could meet you at the same spot as last time. I just wanted to make sure you got a good deal. Taking care of those cockerels was payment enough.