Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[RainMom]

I've kind of been thinking about if I want more of the larger of the large fowl as well. I want good foragers, great egg layers, and pretty birds. I love the big fat fluffy look of Orpingtons, Wyandottes, Australorps, etc, but I don't think they're very efficient. I LOVE the gorgeous look of a lot of EEs and Ameraucanas, Speckled Sussex, Faverolles, etc, but they're no guarantee for lots of eggs. And unfortunately most of the REALLY, really good egg layers I think are pretty ugly and boring (RIR for instance). So, right now I have some choices to make. Keep bigger birds for their looks and temperment but have not-so-great layers, or sell some birds in favor of an uglier (to me) flock that lays prolifically. Right now I have:
2 Buff Orpingtons
6 EEs (I'm counting my blue Ameraucana and my olive egger in here)
1 RIR
1 BCM
1 Welsummer
1 Black Australorp

My 4 new chicks will be: 1 more BA, 1 more EE, and 2 Barred Rocks

I've got an Americauna, then 4 brown egg layers: a white Plymoth Rock, a barred rock, a buff orp, and a wyandotte. Which of the 4 brown eggers do you think is making the speckled eggs?
I replied to the fella in Kitsap who wants to rehome the sussex roosters- I had that breed on my want list this last year . haven't heard back- but maybe he already found a home for them.

 

[FirewifeJess]

I've got an Americauna, then 4 brown egg layers: a white Plymoth Rock, a barred rock, a buff orp, and a wyandotte. Which of the 4 brown eggers do you think is making the speckled eggs?
I replied to the fella in Kitsap who wants to rehome the sussex roosters- I had that breed on my want list this last year . haven't heard back- but maybe he already found a home for them.

If I had to guess, I would say the speckled egg could be from a Barred rock or the wyandotte. They aren't usually speckled, but I get all sorts of variations. My Welsummer lays eggs that range from a dark brown color (the color of the speckles on her speckled eggs), to a dark coppery red color with darker brown speckles, or sometimes even the copper color with no speckles at all. She's the least predictable with her eggs, they're all over the place! My Buff Orps and Australorp lay such light brown eggs they look pink!

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Well peeps we finally got home at 9:00. Yes it was a bit of long day. See we left home at 7:30 this am. Met Itsren at Coastal to hand off the eggs from TPT. Then on to that crazy place where we met. It was nice in the fact that it was a nice free place and they had pretty good food CHEAP. However DW wanted to go "look" around. It didn't take very dang long for me to decide I could not take any more. I had to turn and drive (walk) into on coming traffic because I knew that was the short way out.
Thank you Jessica and anybody else who helped organize. I had so much fun and really liked to meet with everybody.
We then headed back home but Yoda insisted that he wanted to look around at


Sorry Yoda doesn't always show up so well.
If itsren tries to tell ya anything about some crazy shopping trip just blow it off. like when her and T Hi tried to frame me for steeling the waitresses phone.

Then since we had to go by Winco I decided to stop and do my shopping for the month.
Had a great day and got a couple things taken care of.

I hope the one who offered doesnt ferget the travel case for Yoda. I would really like to extend his life as long as I can.

 

[TurtlePowerTrav]

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Hey Jess, did you know that Australorps are Orpingtons that where created in Australia. There are other birds genetics in there too, but mostly Orpingtons. That is why their egg colors are so similar.

 

[RainyDayChicken]

IF you have a chicken that is laying 5 eggs a day I would ............... Well lets just that would be a majik chicken!!! lol

It is from my 7 eyed chicken I am sorry but I can not share my research of how this happened. LOL

 

[FirewifeJess]

Hey Jess, did you know that Australorps are Orpingtons that where created in Australia. There are other birds genetics in there too, but mostly Orpingtons. That is why their egg colors are so similar.

Learn somethin' new every day! Cool.

 

[FirewifeJess]

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I think I want one of those. I wouldn't mind it having 7 eyes if it gave me 5 eggs a day

 

[TurtlePowerTrav]

Quote: I am fascinated with the genetics stuff.

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I think I want one of those. I wouldn't mind it having 7 eyes if it gave me 5 eggs a day

x2

 

[TurtlePowerTrav]

Night peeps, I have to reset my body back to my work/sleep schedule. So off to 13hrs of sleep for me.

 

[FirewifeJess]

Night Travis. Good luck getting back into your routine. It's hard after a break! Ask me how I know...we're 7 school days behind since Christmas....