Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[itsren]

How can I mark the OE chicks? When they get put into the brooder, I'm not going to know who is a BCM and who is an OE. I'm *really* glad I had the olive eggs in a separate incubator.

 

[TurtlePowerTrav]

How can I mark the OE chicks? When they get put into the brooder, I'm not going to know who is a BCM and who is an OE. I'm *really* glad I had the olive eggs in a separate incubator.

Use the smallest zip-ties you can find and put them on loosely, but where they wont fall off. You will have to change them as they grow of course. You can get split rings small enough at your farm store. I know Wilco has chick bands

 

[RonB]

How can I mark the OE chicks? When they get put into the brooder, I'm not going to know who is a BCM and who is an OE. I'm *really* glad I had the olive eggs in a separate incubator.

I use to spray paint their tails

now I use leg bands. I used a latex glove. sprayed my fingers then put it on their tails

 

[CarolynF]

I posted this a couple of weeks ago, but no one has taken it yet. Since a couple of people have mentioned computer problems maybe there is a need?

Anyone Need an Older Computer?
It's about 8 years old but runs fine. I've reformatted it and installed Windows XP.

Dell Dimension 2350.
1GB of memory,
30GB hard drive,
one CD drive that reads and writes CDs,
a floppy drive,
USB 2.0 ports.
No monitor.
I'll send along the disks for Microsoft Works (their smaller word processor and spreadsheet).

It will be good for basic stuff like e-mail, internet, homework. Not good for movies or streaming video because it's slower than the PCs for sale now.

 

[FirewifeJess]

Renee - UPDATE Please!!! How many babies do you have now??

You too Chicken Rustler!!

 

[LaughingFeather]

sounds like a good computer to give to your grandkids. Fill it full of games.

 

[Dearth o Gallus]

Hey, I'm a Washitonian trying to learn all I can about raising chickens before I take the plunge and get some from the local feed store.

This is my plan. I'd love to see what you all think.

I've settled on Plymoth Rocks.
I'm looking on starting with 2-3 and then every year getting two more chicks in the spring. Once a PR conclues its second year I plan on butchering the hens for meat (sorry to all you folks who don't agree) . This way I will be keeping the flock to 4-5 (I live in the city of Bellingham).
I want to have them be semi-free range. Letting them out of their coop and run to explore (and de-bug) the gard with supervision.

I do have a few questions.......

Our family friend's mother used to give us eggs from her chickens. Often times the eggs would have a green tinge to them and taste STRONGLY of grass. Is that normal? How do I keep that from happening to our chickens?

We plan on getting a dog soon, we also have a cat. Do chickens, dogs and cats get along fine? Or am I going to always have to watch them?

Thanks!

 

[BantyChickenLuv]

How can I mark the OE chicks?  When they get put into the brooder, I'm not going to know who is a BCM and who is an OE.  I'm *really* glad I had the olive eggs in a separate incubator.

Use colored zip ties. I went and bought 180 from Home Depot for less then $15 for my RIR's when they come.

 

[Slinglings]

Hey, I'm a Washitonian trying to learn all I can about raising chickens before I take the plunge and get some from the local feed store.

This is my plan. I'd love to see what you all think.

I've settled on Plymoth Rocks.
I'm looking on starting with 2-3 and then every year getting two more chicks in the spring. Once a PR conclues its second year I plan on butchering the hens for meat (sorry to all you folks who don't agree) . This way I will be keeping the flock to 4-5 (I live in the city of Bellingham).
I want to have them be semi-free range. Letting them out of their coop and run to explore (and de-bug) the gard with supervision.

I do have a few questions.......

Our family friend's mother used to give us eggs from her chickens. Often times the eggs would have a green tinge to them and taste STRONGLY of grass. Is that normal? How do I keep that from happening to our chickens?

We plan on getting a dog soon, we also have a cat. Do chickens, dogs and cats get along fine? Or am I going to always have to watch them?

Thanks!

I have three cats and several neighborhood cats visit us, and none of them bother my adult chickens. You can't have cats or dogs around chicks unsupervised. I don't have dogs, but some dogs are fine with adult chickens, others can't be trusted. I frequently hear stories of dogs killing chickens.

My hens free range and eat a lot of grass, their eggs never taste of grass. That's really strange! I wonder if it was something else they were eating.

 

[hallerlake]

Quote: We always enjoy Cannon Beach. It's our favorite place to stay on the Oregon coast.