Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[TerrorBird]

I haven't posted pictures of my four new girls yet. Here is Cocoa:

Your new girls are so cute! I really like Cocoa's eye color.

 

[Pacachick]

Does anyone know any Silkie breeders in Wa? I am looking for hatching eggs.

 

[mikeyb]

Well, well, an update of my culling the pyscho hen.
I cannot believe how calm the flock was today. Not one hen being chased and/or tormented. All 8 were together in the run and not one was chased and pecked. It was amazing to me after all these months of watching the antics of the pyscho one. I should have culled her when she was 2 weeks old, but I'm not quite that hard hearted I guess.

I will however never tolerate another agressive hen.

 

[Sudsy Chick]

Finally catching up on posts! =)

Dawn
I am so glad that she is doing well. What did you end up using to close up the back of her head? Liquid skin is what I was going to suggest but I was to late and someone had already suggested it.
The picture to keep her company is really a cute idea.

On another note, I was watching a show called Money Barn. Auctioneers are called in when someone has a barn full of goodies that they want auctioned off. They compete to get the job. There are so many amazing things in these barns. Anyways, one last night there was a painting (can't remember who it was by) of a broody hen with newly hatched chicks! Oh it was so very amazingly beautiful. I guess one that was half the size of this one went for $10,000. Then one of they Auctioneers that new a lot about art came in and let them know that this painting could go for between $20,000-$30,000 and that in 20 years it would go up at least 40% more in value!!!!! At that auction it went for $25,500. Man I wish I had found that in my barn lol.
I am going to see if I can look up the picture.

I didn't close the back of her head. I ordered the vet bond, but by the time it arrived the new skin was growing pretty well over it.

Beautiful art! =)

My mom gave us a very nice chicken puzzle for Christmas.

I love your chicken puzzle!

Dawng -- Vet wrap sticks only to itself and is used to make booties for their feet, so I'd bet you could fashion a bonnet for her that would hold a gauze dressing in place. If you wrap it in an X design it might act similar to a butterfly bandage? Just brainstorming here. Good luck.

Thank you - this was something we tried but Frodo was going nuts trying to get it off her head, upsetting the injury. We ended up removing it.

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A late Merry Christmas to you! And thank you so much for this info!

I know a lot of folks here can use it!

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Well, well, an update of my culling the pyscho hen.
I cannot believe how calm the flock was today. Not one hen being chased and/or tormented. All 8 were together in the run and not one was chased and pecked. It was amazing to me after all these months of watching the antics of the pyscho one. I should have culled her when she was 2 weeks old, but I'm not quite that hard hearted I guess.

I will however never tolerate another agressive hen.

Nice to hear there's calm in yer coop !!!

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Does anyone know any Silkie breeders in Wa? I am looking for hatching eggs.

ultasol (BYC) , Sheryl Butler, also KMHunter could probably tell you more.

 

[pinkchick]

Does anyone know any Silkie breeders in Wa? I am looking for hatching eggs.

Hi! I live across the bridge from you in Kelso. I have a neighbor that breeds Silkies and another chicken friend a little farther south down the I-5 that also breeds them. If you don't mind send me your email or contact # via PM and I will get it to them. Maybe they will have what you are looking for. Are you looking for any particular color?

 

[CarolynF]

Funny Rooster story for you this morning. My DDiL called to tell me about finally getting the first olive egg, then went on to tell about the new EE boy who has finally figured out a way to get the ladies' attention. He digs a hole, several actually, then when a hen gets close he trips them so they'll step down into the hole. While they're "down" he grabs their neck and gets busy! Sounds like an inventive 6th grader to me!

 

[pinkchick]

HAPPY NEW YEAR WASHINGTONIANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Chicken Rustler]

With the talk of getting pics from ones cell phone. I would like to share something that may help. See for those of US that still have STUPID phones. What you can do is go to your text. Enter the E-MAIL address you want to send to. add the pic and a message if you like. Then send just as you would a text. This is free for most (if not all) cell phones. Also once you know the address of your phone (basically its e-mail address) you can allow people to send short e-mails to your cell. To get the e-mail address of your cell just go to text and in the "send to" enter your own e-mail. Send a test and the address will be there. For example mine is (my cell number) + @mms.att.net = my cell e-mail. See I use this a lot because I have people sending pics and I can't see them om my phone so I FWD them to my e-mail and look at them on the slightly larger screen of the little 17" lap top.