Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[TurtlePowerTrav]

So I should be in Bothel by 11 tomorrow, if the morning goes well. How will I recognize y'all? I'll be the one with 3 small kids along for the ride and hopefully my sanity

I might even have time to change purses so that mine is a chicken purse...maybe. I would love to know some names before we arrive?!

Hey Jess, thanks for the info on Coastal. I got my 50lb bag food grade DE for 22.49. I can live with that.

 

[Slinglings]

So I should be in Bothel by 11 tomorrow, if the morning goes well. How will I recognize y'all? I'll be the one with 3 small kids along for the ride and hopefully my sanity I might even have time to change purses so that mine is a chicken purse...maybe. I would love to know some names before we arrive?!

I intend to be there around 11..I should be with DH and two kids 11 yo boy and 7 yo girl. I have a bit of a drama queen dd that is difficult to get out the door, so ...

 

[FirewifeJess]

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Yay! Glad to help, we love Coastal! I go there as often as I can, though Reber Ranch is much closer. Love your siggy.

 

[TurtlePowerTrav]

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Yay! Glad to help, we love Coastal! I go there as often as I can, though Reber Ranch is much closer. Love your siggy.

Thanks about the Sig. I have never been in a Coastal, they are huge. I usually go to Wilco. Both are about same distance from my place. But feed is a little less expensive at Wilco. So I guess multiple stops on Costco day(aka payday)

 

[FirewifeJess]

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Yay! Glad to help, we love Coastal! I go there as often as I can, though Reber Ranch is much closer. Love your siggy.

Thanks about the Sig. I have never been in a Coastal, they are huge. I usually go to Wilco. Both are about same distance from my place. But feed is a little less expensive at Wilco. So I guess multiple stops on Costco day(aka payday)

Don't you wish Costco had chicken feed? LOL! I sure do! It's hare getting places with 3 kidlets in tow.

Tonight I dropped my kids off at church; the college group offered free babysitting! Woot! I went to IKEA to finish Christmas shopping for all the nieces and nephews, got pizza and a coffee to enjoy in peace, got gas in the car, and dawdled away the time before picking them back up again. They had a blast eating with their friends, making Christmas ornaments, and playing games/watching Frostly the Snowman. AND they were asleep 5 minutes after I walked out of their bedroom. Today was amazing!

 

[TurtlePowerTrav]

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Yay! Glad to help, we love Coastal! I go there as often as I can, though Reber Ranch is much closer. Love your siggy.

Thanks about the Sig. I have never been in a Coastal, they are huge. I usually go to Wilco. Both are about same distance from my place. But feed is a little less expensive at Wilco. So I guess multiple stops on Costco day(aka payday)

Don't you wish Costco had chicken feed? LOL! I sure do! It's hare getting places with 3 kidlets in tow.

Tonight I dropped my kids off at church; the college group offered free babysitting! Woot! I went to IKEA to finish Christmas shopping for all the nieces and nephews, got pizza and a coffee to enjoy in peace, got gas in the car, and dawdled away the time before picking them back up again. They had a blast eating with their friends, making Christmas ornaments, and playing games/watching Frostly the Snowman. AND they were asleep 5 minutes after I walked out of their bedroom. Today was amazing!

Nice. I miss being involved with our church's YG. My oldest was very active in it. My youngest is too into his running, which I understand. He has a good foundation though. And yes I wish Costco had feed. Maybe I can get my local one to try it since they supply the southern part of the Portland Metro area(OC, Canby Gladstone, Milwaukie)

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Nice I have a zipp. just locked down last night and was suppoda hatch sumday. Now waht DANG IT JIM !!!! It is a BCM from ultasol.

 

[Sudsy Chick]

Guess what I found in the nestbox!?!

A WHITE egg! Our very first! From one of our Brabanters!

So excited!

 

[LaughingFeather]

Guess what I found in the nestbox!?!

A WHITE egg! Our very first! From one of our Brabanters!

So excited!

Congrats! I caught the hen in action today who has been leaving the pinkish egg of my EE! The other 3 lay green/blue eggs.

 

[Ogress]

Dropping in to say hello -

My barred rock has BUMBLEFOOT. She always roosts way up high, and now that she is molting, she does not quite flutter down from there any more, she drops like a lead balloon. I have been so busy that I did not notice her foot until late today when I was cleaning up in the coop. It looks worse than all the photos I have found of it online, but she is still eating and drinking fine, her crop is full of crumbles and has not lost her place in the pecking order, but she limps when she walks around and often holds the foot up. I am going to attempt the bumblefoot surgery myself. I won't be taking her to the vet. 3 weeks ago I had a $2,000 bill to get a tumor removed from my 11 year-old dog, and this week I spent $500 in tests and other stuff to try and figure out why my cat starting peeing on the floor the day we brought Willow home from the vet. I cancelled my eye exam and our annual vet visit for immunizations and Shasta's teeth cleaning as I was not expecting such a big bill.

Willow is doing great! She had a tumor on the top of her head for 5 years, but it suddenly grew really big. They had to remove and then re-attatch her ear to get to the tumor. They initially told me her ear would be attached near the top of her head, but thankfully it did not look that odd, and it has been migrating back down and only looks a little lop-sided now, and always is a little perked up like she's got one ear up eavesdropping on the conversation. She also had a major tooth extracted because it cracked all the way down to the root and she is on thyroid meds now as her thyroid levels were so low they were not detectable. She is far more energetic and happier than I have seen her in years, even using the wooden stair case again - she had not dared walk down it in years, and would have to walk down the hill ouside the house to get down stairs. I forget just how old she is until I take her to the dog park and see all the young dogs. But she is enjoying her walks again and has the energy to go on them, and that is a HUGE improvement! I thought she was looking thinner, but it is only my imagination. She weighs 97.5 pounds and weighed exactly 100 the day she had surgery. Shasta, who is 3 and much taller weighs 67.5 which is only 2.5 pounds more than she was at 5 months - she can use some of Willow's weight. As you can see, we all need to walk a lot more! (Alex turned 14 in October - he is 6'4"+ those feet are size 15!) The photo was an unusually warm day about 2 weeks ago, the first day willow was out after her surgery. She was so depressed until we took her outside and she has been fine since. (It snowed here today)






Back to chickens;

I'm a bit nervous about doing the bumblefoot surgery - poor hen looks in sad shape because she is molting and covered with pin feathers. She and one of my EE's are the last to molt; all of the others are in shiny new feathers, though only 3 have started to lay again. Last week I had to buy eggs for the first time in 3 years.