Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[pennyJo1960]

They can be that for me too I was labled hyper active. Grandma saw it as a advantage and just knocked me in head from time to time.. as we hugged

 

[fanatic291]

Hello everyone. I am new to the forum. I am starting a first time flock with my wife and 4 kids on Key Peninsula near Gig Harbor, WA. We got our backyard setup with a garden last year and next year we are going to start our chickens and hopefully rabbits.

We started with 8 little chicks from Wilco. 2 easter eggers, 2 olive eggers, 2 barred rocks, and 2 blue saphires. We brought the chicks home in mid September and we are hoping to have the run built and attached to the coop this month.

The chicks are growing fast. I got some local advice that the cold and wet is harder for the little birds, so 12 weeks in the goal to get them out of the brooder and into the coop.

 

[WhySayWhat]

Hello everyone. I am new to the forum. I am starting a first time flock with my wife and 4 kids on Key Peninsula near Gig Harbor, WA. We got our backyard setup with a garden last year and next year we are going to start our chickens and hopefully rabbits.

We started with 8 little chicks from Wilco. 2 easter eggers, 2 olive eggers, 2 barred rocks, and 2 blue saphires. We brought the chicks home in mid September and we are hoping to have the run built and attached to the coop this month.

The chicks are growing fast. I got some local advice that the cold and wet is harder for the little birds, so 12 weeks in the goal to get them out of the brooder and into the coop.

Welcome!

 

[CrazyCochin]

Hello everyone. I am new to the forum. I am starting a first time flock with my wife and 4 kids on Key Peninsula near Gig Harbor, WA. We got our backyard setup with a garden last year and next year we are going to start our chickens and hopefully rabbits.

We started with 8 little chicks from Wilco. 2 easter eggers, 2 olive eggers, 2 barred rocks, and 2 blue saphires. We brought the chicks home in mid September and we are hoping to have the run built and attached to the coop this month.

The chicks are growing fast. I got some local advice that the cold and wet is harder for the little birds, so 12 weeks in the goal to get them out of the brooder and into the coop.
View attachment 2889213

Welcome Fanatic! We are glad to have you stop by!
That little flock of yours is absolutely darling!

 

[Sequel]

Hello everyone. I am new to the forum. I am starting a first time flock with my wife and 4 kids on Key Peninsula near Gig Harbor, WA. We got our backyard setup with a garden last year and next year we are going to start our chickens and hopefully rabbits.

We started with 8 little chicks from Wilco. 2 easter eggers, 2 olive eggers, 2 barred rocks, and 2 blue saphires. We brought the chicks home in mid September and we are hoping to have the run built and attached to the coop this month.

The chicks are growing fast. I got some local advice that the cold and wet is harder for the little birds, so 12 weeks in the goal to get them out of the brooder and into the coop.
View attachment 2889213

It’s great to have you here! Glad you found our state thread!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Hello everyone. I am new to the forum. I am starting a first time flock with my wife and 4 kids on Key Peninsula near Gig Harbor, WA. We got our backyard setup with a garden last year and next year we are going to start our chickens and hopefully rabbits.

We started with 8 little chicks from Wilco. 2 easter eggers, 2 olive eggers, 2 barred rocks, and 2 blue saphires. We brought the chicks home in mid September and we are hoping to have the run built and attached to the coop this month.

The chicks are growing fast. I got some local advice that the cold and wet is harder for the little birds, so 12 weeks in the goal to get them out of the brooder and into the coop.
View attachment 2889213

Welcome to the site and state thread .. Our birds don't have problem with the temps here as long as they have dry place

 

[WhySayWhat]

I caught my little Shadow hopping out of the nest box this morning!

I've thought she was an EE this whole time (her feathering isn't great), it's so hard to really tell///I think she's the result of some pen mix ups at the hatchery. Her feathers under her wings look more like long cat fur than feathers (Silkie?), but after seeing a photo of Barnevelder eggs the other day...I am definetly getting a Barnevelder egg now (I've collected 2 now)! Could she be a really poor quality Barnevelder? When she has feathers around her face, there is no beard (when they were tearing out her tail feathers, they also clucked most of her face and head feathers too).

I sort of gave up hope that she'd ever lay because we struggle to keep her fed well due to the scissor beak, so I was super surprised to see that she was the lady in the nest box! Makes sense though, because everyone else was outside...she avoids the flock for the most part.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I caught my little Shadow hopping out of the nest box this morning!

I've thought she was an EE this whole time (her feathering isn't great), it's so hard to really tell///I think she's the result of some pen mix ups at the hatchery. Her feathers under her wings look more like long cat fur than feathers (Silkie?), but after seeing a photo of Barnevelder eggs the other day...I am definetly getting a Barnevelder egg now (I've collected 2 now)! Could she be a really poor quality Barnevelder? When she has feathers around her face, there is no beard (when they were tearing out her tail feathers, they also clucked most of her face and head feathers too).

I sort of gave up hope that she'd ever lay because we struggle to keep her fed well due to the scissor beak, so I was super surprised to see that she was the lady in the nest box! Makes sense though, because everyone else was outside...she avoids the flock for the most part.

Sorry Morning but no Idea from here does not show signs of Silkie to me

 

[WhySayWhat]

Sorry Morning but no Idea from here does not show signs of Silkie to me

yeah, I need to get a good pic under her wings, its the only place her feathers are furry instead of feathery, lol.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Huh I have the banty here in their own coop .. I have a frizzle/silkie cockerel really pretty but will not keep him..
Never had a rooster in that coop