Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[TurtlePowerTrav]

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Correct, and yes it is sad. They think the shooter knew the 2 dead and was targeting them.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Quote: I made one similar but I used an old 100 gal galvanized water trough then put a hinged lid of 1" chicken wire .

 

[TurtlePowerTrav]

Hey Trav! Your brooder looks awesome! My husband even said it was "redow redow".

I believe in getting rid of what I can before spending $$$ and ending up with more scraps. I have collected enough pallets to start constructing the permenant coop. All I will be buying for that is screws, paint, and hardware cloth.

Quote: I have the rope strung up over a pipe and down to a hook that holds the 50lb CO2 paintball tank in place. I pretty much have the same set up for the shed when the brooder is in there. And I am all about safety. Insurance won't pay if not correct stuff used.

 

[CarolynF]

I have to side with everyone else and go with sexlinks. I love my black sexlink. She's a very chatty friendly thing. I think they are very attractive with their red feathers on the face and chest. And that hawk face! I have a golden sexlink who likes to creep up behind me and stab me in the back of the knee to show her affection. She is seven and only recently stopped laying.

My BSL looks exactly like a Black Australorp but smaller. No red anywhere, just the green black feathers of an aussie. She's not the egg laying machine some people have, but she's very reliable and super friendly. And super soft.

 

[KMHunter]

Quote: Are you sure it's a BSL? They should have red feathers around the neck and head.

 

[TerrorBird]

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Sounds like you just have a small Australorp! That is weird. You're absolutely sure she's a BSL?

 

[RainyDayChicken]

My BSL looks exactly like a Black Australorp but smaller. No red anywhere, just the green black feathers of an aussie. She's not the egg laying machine some people have, but she's very reliable and super friendly. And super soft.

Does she look like these girls. If so she is a Australorp not BSL.

 

[Slinglings]

Quote: Are you sure it's a BSL? They should have red feathers around the neck and head.
My BSL has reddish brown around it's neck also, I think they all do. I don't have a single good picture of her yet.

 

[TerrorBird]

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Out of curiosity, what's her eye color?

 

[CarolynF]

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Are you sure it's a BSL? They should have red feathers around the neck and head.

Yep I'm sure. Originally I thought they were supposed to have red feathers, too. But over the past year I've spent a lot of time talking to various breeders and reading about which crosses create sex links. It's common to have a pure black BSL pullet especially when a Black Australorp is used.