Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[pennyJo1960]

I just opened the windows gosh the cool seems nice.

 

[ValerieJ]

Only 82 degrees predicted for today! What a nice change. Wasn't too bad yesterday either.

 

[pennyJo1960]

68 here what a welcome surprise.
This is the first day I have had socks on.

 

[EmLu]

Hi! I hope this is the right place to do this. I also posted in the rehoming general thread.

I’m looking to rehome our girls. I live in South Seattle, 3 hens we’ve raised from chicks. Blue Andalusian, Sussex, Buf Orpington. Never had any health problems, regular layers. 4 years old

 

[Smokerbill]

Well, my garden wasn't as protected from the deer as I thought. After I got done tying the new tomato growth up I noticed deer tracks in one of the beds!!!!!!

Thankfully there was minimal damage. The deer nipped off the top couple inches of one of the pepper plants, and did the same to a couple of carrots. Whew! It could've been a lot worse.

I just finished wire tying t-posts to the existing posts and ran a heavy cord all the way around (120 feet), about 8 feet high. Later today I'm going to tie flags of some kind onto the cord every few feet so the dang deer are sure to see it.

 

[gimmie birdies]

If anyone has followed me over the years they may have remembered my gray egg layers.
Below is Greyslyn...

She used to lay this gray egg...

She is no longer with us, BUT...
Below is her daughter, (hatched when the gray hen was 6.) Nell who laid this dark gray egg...

Her eggs made it to Back Yard poultry magazines.

So Nell above, and her daughter Heilee, below,

Who also lays a gray egg, and below Fancy Nancy who won last years molt contest, and lays a green egg are available for free.

I am looking for a home for them. They lay but not production hens.
If you are interested please contact me.
I am hoping to home together. I live in Winthrop.

 

[ValerieJ]

If anyone has followed me over the years they may have remembered my gray egg layers.
Below is Greyslyn...
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She used to lay this gray egg...
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She is no longer with us, BUT...
Below is her daughter, (hatched when the gray hen was 6.) Nell who laid this dark gray egg...View attachment 3888320Her eggs made it to Back Yard poultry magazines.
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So Nell above, and her daughter Heilee, below,
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Who also lays a gray egg, and below Fancy Nancy who won last years molt contest, and lays a green egg are available for free.View attachment 3888330
I am looking for a home for them. They lay but not production hens.
If you are interested please contact me.
I am hoping to home together. I live in Winthrop.

They are beautiful, and I considered it, but you are a long way from SW Washington. It would take nearly 6 hours to get to you.

 

[pennyJo1960]

My coops are full I get lot's of green eggs my blue marans rooster had the green gene and I have a few black marans from him also.
Now the splash Marans rooster is fertilizing all those eggs.

 

[ValerieJ]

We are having conflict between the rooster and the cockerel now. Cooper had the guy cornered and terrified, so I moved him, the cockerel, to the bachelor pad.

When I picked him up I was shocked at how light he was. I think Cooper was keeping him from the food sources. First thing he did was eat. I put some vitamins in his water, as well as oregano oil. We'll see how he looks tomorrow. I'd like to pick him up and check him over. He looks healthy, but buff orpingtons are like that. They have so many feathers.

I would have checked him over while I had him today but I was in my nice clothes leaving for Costco and Haggen when I noticed Cooper chasing him all the way across one run, into the next and then into a corner. I'm so glad I was driving by to see it.

It will be good for his health to be in this coop on his own for a while. He's a big boy and will soon be much bigger than Cooper. Not sure how this is all going to work out. I do want to have my buff orpington hens to produce buff orpington chicks, so I will need to solve it.

Maybe when he is bigger Cooper won't mess with him???

I need a new name for Blaine. That name doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, and he doesn't look like a Blaine to me. It's time to cook dinner, but hopefully I'll have some time to sit out there with him. I'll bring him some scrambled eggs. He could use the protein.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I failed having the two even raised together did not stop the war.
had named them Fred and Barney.
Was bummed for Barney to be lost the scrap caused him to die.
I never expected that. I had the two coops expecting they each to have their girls.