Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Sequel]

I was wearing my flip flops walking around. I took them off when I kicked back in my camping recliner, and my toes were at eye-level to the chickens. They must've looked tempting. LOL

They look a lot like baby mice!

 

[ValerieJ]

Progress on the new cockerel, Cooper. He has spent two nights in the big coop with the flock, so that is a settled deal. This morning he was in the outdoor enclosure of the coop with Pippi and some of the girls crowing away. Pippi was crowing at the other end. They weren't fighting! In fact, they have never fought.

Pippi chased him a lot the first day, to show him who is the boss of this flock. The second day not so much. And today not at all. They are learning to co-exist peacefully. Still Cooper keeps his distance. We have 4 separate areas of the outdoor free range area and Cooper stays in a different area than Pippi.

So far he hasn't been able to mate with any of the girls, but that is just fine. He is too young and hormonal for that. I think Pippi is a good deterrent and will keep him at bay until he is older.

This is all great news to me. Remember we started out with a new little cockerel who jumped a 6 foot fence and slept in the forest the first night. He's not even thinking about flying the coop anymore.

 

[Grandmas Coop]

All the adult chickens got a hiney wash/ hosed off, it’s a good time in this heat it cooled them off .
When I hose down the run I don’t drowns it, I get it wet but in this heat it dries off quickly and there is no poopy mud for them to eat.

The heat will cause diarrhea , I keep Rooster Booster electrolytes on hand and add it to their water

 

[pennyJo1960]

Nutra drench and rooster booster , Chorid, surgical punches
also blue coat.
I sprayed everyone and brought the second outside water from the old coop.
Cleaned tables.

 

[Smokerbill]

Possibly was because the grapes you gave Bill this heat is horrible frozen veggies are a better option.

I think it was the grapes too. I read about them as chicken food and I guess they can have lots of pesticides and mycotoxins on them. They were the cheapest grapes at Walmart, so they were probably contaminated with something. Didn't make me sick, though...

They look a lot like baby mice!

PINKIES!!!!

 

[Smokerbill]

Progress on the new cockerel, Cooper. He has spent two nights in the big coop with the flock, so that is a settled deal. This morning he was in the outdoor enclosure of the coop with Pippi and some of the girls crowing away. Pippi was crowing at the other end. They weren't fighting! In fact, they have never fought.

Pippi chased him a lot the first day, to show him who is the boss of this flock. The second day not so much. And today not at all. They are learning to co-exist peacefully. Still Cooper keeps his distance. We have 4 separate areas of the outdoor free range area and Cooper stays in a different area than Pippi.

So far he hasn't been able to mate with any of the girls, but that is just fine. He is too young and hormonal for that. I think Pippi is a good deterrent and will keep him at bay until he is older.

This is all great news to me. Remember we started out with a new little cockerel who jumped a 6 foot fence and slept in the forest the first night. He's not even thinking about flying the coop anymore.

Too bad for him, but good for you and the flock. He definitely likes to mate with the girls, but it seems like he's learning some manners from the older flock members.

 

[ValerieJ]

Too bad for him, but good for you and the flock. He definitely likes to mate with the girls, but it seems like he's learning some manners from the older flock members.

One of the reasons I would have kept him in the bachelor pad, if I could have, would have been so he couldn't mate with the hens. He is too young and rambunctious to be doing that IMHO. This is a win win for him. He can be with everyone, but just cannot let his hormones be out of control all the time. He will calm down, and is calming down. Eventually Pippi will stop worrying about him. Pippi adapted to the last cockerel I had. I gave that one to a friend who needed a rooster, when Pippi was still doing his job around here.

 

[Grandmas Coop]

 

[ValerieJ]

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That's much better!

 

[Becks Chicks]

Update on my dog’s paw. She started vomiting quite a bit so took her into vet. Turned out to be an allergic reaction to a bee sting. So it wasn’t me that caused a burned paw. I was feeling so bad about that!

Back to chickens. I added 13 marans eggs to the incubator yesterday. I have a hatched batch of chicks that need moved out to my coop brooder. They are the noisiest bunch I’ve ever had. Will do that this weekend. My hemp bedding arrived and I’ve set aside the weekend for chicken chores. Going to clean out the coop.