Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Smokerbill]

Morning all up here 7:30 second cup of coffee.
Richard is doing fine this morning.
Need to Thank you for the well wishes.
Peeps 8 are growing nicely.

Glad Richard is doing well. I thought you were getting out of the chicken business a while back. Now you must have 20 or 30 don't you?

 

[Smokerbill]

My chickens are happy scratchers now. I removed all the straw I could and replaced it with nice, soft, partially rotted woodchips. There's probably lots of little bugs in them too.

I removed 7 totes full straw and replace it with 7 totes of woodchips. Next I start removing the straw from the day run, and there's a LOT of straw in that one.





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[Smokerbill]

Wow, my chicks are already in Tacoma! Left Iowa this morning, so they must've traveled by air. Maybe I'll get them tomorrow. I need get the brooder box set up today.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Glad Richard is doing well. I thought you were getting out of the chicken business a while back. Now you must have 20 or 30 don't you?

I did sell off the banty using their coop as a greenhouse.
I still have the main coop.
We love the fresh eggs not ready to loose them or the eggs.

 

[Smokerbill]

I need a greenhouse. Maybe I'll build one this summer so I can grow veggies all winter.

 

[Smokerbill]

My chicks left Tacoma a half hour ago. They're getting closer! I have the brooder box set up inside ready to go. Feeder is full of crumbles, waterer is ready to fill. I'll turn on the heating pad and ceramic heat lamp this evening to get things warmed up.

I just realized that the brooder box will get a little cramped as the chicks grow. It was fine for 7 chicks, but I'm getting 16 this time. I'll need to move them outside into the coop sooner than I did the last batch.

 

[ValerieJ]

My chicks left Tacoma a half hour ago. They're getting closer! I have the brooder box set up inside ready to go. Feeder is full of crumbles, waterer is ready to fill. I'll turn on the heating pad and ceramic heat lamp this evening to get things warmed up.

I just realized that the brooder box will get a little cramped as the chicks grow. It was fine for 7 chicks, but I'm getting 16 this time. I'll need to move them outside into the coop sooner than I did the last batch.

I've had them out there at a week old.

 

[Smokerbill]

I've had them out there at a week old.

That's good to know. I can double up on the black ceramic heat lamps so there's plenty of warmth if they want it.

 

[Smokerbill]

I got all the straw removed from the day run and replaced it with woodchips. Now I have a huge pile of straw next to the woods under the cedar trees. I'll do something with it someday. And I still have an intact bale, still tied up.

I'm pooped.

 

[Smokerbill]

I'm waiting for the call to pick up my chicks. I decided to put a warmed up Hot/Cold pack in with the box of chicks for the ride home from the post office.

@Grandmas Coop , I noticed that your Raising Chicks Has Been a Joy thread is closed to new comments.