Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Smokerbill]

Found 8 more eggs in the nest boxes this morning and all of them were good.

 

[geno 9129]

HEY THANKS I'LL TAKE YOUR ADVICE I HAVE 12 HENS AND TWO ROOSTERS ,AND THERE ALL MOLTED COCHINS BANTIES AND ILL QUIT FEEDING THEM CRACKERS FOR SURE AND ONLY ONCE AWEEK UN SOAKED BREAD THEY ALSO GET SCRATCH AND LAYER PELLETS NOW I'M WORMING ALL OF THEM THANKS AGAIN GENO

 

[geno 9129]

Going to be a warm one today. I found 8 good eggs in the boxes this morning. One was oversized and the shell was a little thin, but it was intact.

I'm wondering if the laying problem is because the chickens aren't eating enough layer pellets. Their runs are covered with deep woodchips, and they're always pecking and eating stuff from it. I don't know if they're filling up on rotted wood or not, but if so that can't be nutritious.

Yesterday I wetted down layer feed and gave them quite a bit, enough to get their fill a couple times through the day. And getting 8 good eggs today seems to validate that they need to eat more actual feed. I'm going to feed them a lot more mashed layer pellets every day for a while and see if it makes them lay good eggs consistently.

The new well pump is working, but I'm pretty sure that the old pump was ok and didn't need replaced. When he tested the new pump it didn't build pressure like it should, just like the old pump. He replaced something in the control box and it started working right. But another problem is he determined that my well is a low flow well. It doesn't refill quickly after water is taken out. Maybe that's because we've been pretty much in a drought all summer...

I'm going to Home Depot and buying a few plumbing supplies so I can shock my well and the plumbing with Clorox. He said it wasn't necessary, but everything I've read says when a pump is replaced, the well has to be shocked to kill any e-coli that may have gotten in. What a pain.

 

[geno 9129]

ABOUT THE PERSON WITH A NEW WELL PUMP ,DUMP LIKE 3 GALLONS OF CLOREX DOWN YOUR WELL
THATS WHAT I ALWAYS DID AND HAD MY WATER TESTED ,IT TESTED EXCELLENT ,WAIT LIKE TWO DAYS BE FORE YOU DRINK ANY OR RUN A SPRINKLER ON A HOSE FOR LIKE 3 HOURS , I'VE CHANGED MY PUNP AND ALL SEVERAL TIMES THE 25 YEARS THAT WE HAD A WELL , WE NOW PAY 80.OO DOLLARS FOR TWO MONTHS FROM RANCHO REATA WATER WE MOVED NOW DON'T HAVE A WELL

 

[Smokerbill]

ABOUT THE PERSON WITH A NEW WELL PUMP ,DUMP LIKE 3 GALLONS OF CLOREX DOWN YOUR WELL
THATS WHAT I ALWAYS DID AND HAD MY WATER TESTED ,IT TESTED EXCELLENT ,WAIT LIKE TWO DAYS BE FORE YOU DRINK ANY OR RUN A SPRINKLER ON A HOSE FOR LIKE 3 HOURS , I'VE CHANGED MY PUNP AND ALL SEVERAL TIMES THE 25 YEARS THAT WE HAD A WELL , WE NOW PAY 80.OO DOLLARS FOR TWO MONTHS FROM RANCHO REATA WATER WE MOVED NOW DON'T HAVE A WELL

Thanks. I have a Well Safe well shock kit that I'm going to use tomorrow to sanitize the system.

 

[Smokerbill]

Opened up the well head, did a little plumbing work so water goes from the pump to the well head, then directly back into the well. Added about 2 oz each of calcium hypochlorite pellets and granules to the well and circluated water for a couple hours to mix things up.

That amount of CH is plenty to bring the chlorine level to well over 100ppm, which is the recommended concentration. Made sure that I manipulated the hose going into the well so treated water washed off the walls of the well casing.

I'll let it sit overnight, then flush out the chlorine treated water tomorrow. Then it'll be ready to hook back up to my home plumbing system.

 

[Grandmas Coop]

 

[Smokerbill]

Got a couple of big 'uns today! Both are extra jumbo. LOL

 

[Smokerbill]

I finished shocking and sanitizing the well and have the water turned back on in the house. The water is still just a little cloudy coming straight out of the well, but it's nice and clear in the house after passing through the filter.

The water should become clearer over time as the suspended stuff settles to the bottom of the well. Still need to do a little work on the cover that sits over the well head before we get rain, but there's none in the forecast in the forseeable future.

 

[Grandmas Coop]

Do any of you add AVC to your chickens water? and if you do what noticeable difference's do you notice?
I have read 1 to 2 Tlb per gallon?? is this what you do?