Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[pennyJo1960]

I do not think we had that much down here it was like 15 minute sprinkle.
Went out to lock the coop it is raining now pretty decent.

 

[Smokerbill]

@Hinotori , sorry about your hen. 12.5 years was a good run, though.

I did some work in the garden today. When I planted my last batch of lettuce seeds I just planted them close in a little 2 foot square area. Once they came up and got big enough I started transplanting them to places in the garden where I had room. I moved 14 of them today, adjacent to a row of summer squash that's just coming up.

Got all my tomatoes pruned again and tied the new growth to their supports. Trimmed off a few butternut squash leaves that were blocking light from my latest planting of green beans. And I stood up a circular fence around my horseradish plant. Deer have been eating the leaves, a little at a time. No more!

My basil looks like it's getting ready to bloom. I think I need to pinch off the buds before they bloom to keep the plants growing, don't I?

And I picked my first green beans of the year, about 10 pods. Not much, but they were pretty good. Ate a few of them raw, and lightly cooked the rest of them with some zucchini I fried for supper. Also picked a big leaf lettuce and a turnip. Cooked up a pot of tasty turnip greens in some chicken broth. Good stuff!

 

[Marleeschicks]

hi there!
Is there anywhere on BYC that I can list Roos needing homes?

 

[Sequel]

Lost my old lady hen yesterday. She'd been going downhill for the last couple weeks where I knew it was coming soon. She had her scratch in the morning and was dead under the roosts where it looked like she'd gone to nap in the evening. 12.5 years old. Her best friend passed 2.5 years ago.

Gosh I’m sorry to hear that. What a tremendous lifespan! She obviously had excellent care.

 

[Grandmas Coop]

@Hinotori , sorry about your hen. 12.5 years was a good run, though.

I did some work in the garden today. When I planted my last batch of lettuce seeds I just planted them close in a little 2 foot square area. Once they came up and got big enough I started transplanting them to places in the garden where I had room. I moved 14 of them today, adjacent to a row of summer squash that's just coming up.

Got all my tomatoes pruned again and tied the new growth to their supports. Trimmed off a few butternut squash leaves that were blocking light from my latest planting of green beans. And I stood up a circular fence around my horseradish plant. Deer have been eating the leaves, a little at a time. No more!

My basil looks like it's getting ready to bloom. I think I need to pinch off the buds before they bloom to keep the plants growing, don't I?

And I picked my first green beans of the year, about 10 pods. Not much, but they were pretty good. Ate a few of them raw, and lightly cooked the rest of them with some zucchini I fried for supper. Also picked a big leaf lettuce and a turnip. Cooked up a pot of tasty turnip greens in some chicken broth. Good stuff!

More greens-- I need to seed some
My tomatoes are doing great, I actually have 3 ripe ones
No green beans yet , just now flowering
My turnips did not do well at all AGAIN! Beets are ready, carrots ready, onions doing good, garlic ready, cabbage-Almost ready
I do have corn just about ready, I bought seed from Baker Creek- Art Verrel's sweet white, he developed it just for germinating in cool soil of the PNW-- it has done fantastic!!!

 

[Grandmas Coop]

Good morning all,
I have had a busy morning, its 55 out and we have a wonderful soaking rain yesterday, the ground drank it all up.
I need to walk down with my big 2 wheel wheelbarrow to my neighbors sawmill and get more wood chips for my run--- I can handle pushing 3 loads and 4 maybe, I need 8 or as much as I can get. I want to fill the entry way and all of the thin spots before fall.
Before, just dirt and mud


After


Have a great day!

 

[Sequel]

hi there!
Is there anywhere on BYC that I can list Roos needing homes?

Hi and welcome to the thread! This is a good start! Where are you located? What breed are they? Also if you have pics of the birds that helps. I’m sorry I can’t take any but hopefully someone will! Good luck!

 

[ValerieJ]

Lost my old lady hen yesterday. She'd been going downhill for the last couple weeks where I knew it was coming soon. She had her scratch in the morning and was dead under the roosts where it looked like she'd gone to nap in the evening. 12.5 years old. Her best friend passed 2.5 years ago.

So sorry. Sounds like you gave her a good long life.

 

[Smokerbill]

Good morning all,
I have had a busy morning, its 55 out and we have a wonderful soaking rain yesterday, the ground drank it all up.
I need to walk down with my big 2 wheel wheelbarrow to my neighbors sawmill and get more wood chips for my run--- I can handle pushing 3 loads and 4 maybe, I need 8 or as much as I can get. I want to fill the entry way and all of the thin spots before fall.
Before, just dirt and mud
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After
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Have a great day!

I need to do that with the extra run space I set up for my chickens last week. Now it's just dry, dusty dirt. When I let the chickens spend the day there, I think they eat too much dirt. Some of the poop looks like mud, and it can't be good for them.

I still have a good 5 or 6 yards of partially composted woodchips in my pile. I might haul a few wheelbarrows full into that run today. I need to work up a good sweat anyway. It's been a while...

 

[pennyJo1960]

hi there!
Is there anywhere on BYC that I can list Roos needing homes?

What part of the state are you in please ? what breed are they ?