Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[pennyJo1960]

How many birds do you have ? I think I dropped an oar
I have 11 silkie and one easter egger banty ..
I had 4 almost 5 years from @Hinotori lost them the last couple years

 

[Hinotori]

I have no idea how many have. Um 63 I think. That's just a rough guess. I need to eat a few.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Miss my 4 still but getting eggcited about the new ones all of them are splash Bf and Son want to keep the frizzle seems she is pullet so is the easter egger blue girl ?

Cannot tell pullets till they lay but cockerel seem to hold themselves up taller with the silkie ?

 

[Hinotori]

Cockerels are heavier. Combs stand up a little bit around 8 weeks. On bearded if you look where the tiny wattles will be, there is be this itty bitty show of what's to come and a light hint of mulberry color. In my experience only males ever get any at all.

It's easier as they get older. Boys get streamers on their crests.

Most of mine are partridge so I learned to see the differences easier because you can color sex them around 8-12 weeks. Definite girly girls sex earliest by color. Yes I can tell boy from girl on partridge silkies at around 6 weeks and sometimes earlier. Ive only ever been wrong on which I thought were boys. Sometimes they are actually girls.

White I usually cant tell until 10 weeks. Sometimes they are obvious though.


Me guessing on easter egger chicks doesn't work well. Too many of both sexes feather in that reddish brown then totally change around 10-12 week. After that pullets in the standard color are easy. White EEs confuse me apparently. I thought it was a girl until recently. He doesn't act like the others.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I was using the same as other birds, boys tend to hold themselves up stand straighter.
I have downsized to one Rooster would like to stay there..
Also never had one in the banty coop ..
Do not see me breeding banty

 

[Chickielady]

Hey guys, have a Silver Wyandotte and a gorgeous Black Cochin cockerel, each is about 5 mo old.
Free to good home.
Im in Raymond WA but can deliver to Aberdeen/Elma/Montesano and often Olympia or Astoria Oregon.
Send me a message please !

 

[pennyJo1960]

Hey there where you been how ya doing ?

 

[Kmaria187]

I'm a new chicken owner in Washington in fact I'm new to Washington as well we have 4 chickens (long Island Blues) and 2 dogs

 

[Sequel]

I'm a new chicken owner in Washington in fact I'm new to Washington as well we have 4 chickens (long Island Blues) and 2 dogs

Welcome to the state and to the thread! What area do you call home? I’m in Kitsap.

 

[Hinotori]

Welcome to the thread.