Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Slinglings]

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

Very pretty new girls! What is the white one? Is she a white rock?


She is an araucana. No rump. Really cute little thing. I named her Skye because of the blue eggs

 

[Pacachick]

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

Thanks for the info! Are all these folks on BYC?

 

[Pacachick]

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?

 

[Pacachick]

Pinkchick...thanks for the info! Maybe they did move Rainier Wa to OR....maybe that is why I am so confused! My email is [email protected] I am looking for any colors.

 

[FlyRobinFly]

I am sorry to report that my beautiful black silkie, Isadora, (my avatar) passed away a couple of weeks before Christmas. I noticed one morning she didn't come out of the VF coop and was puffed up so I brought her inside the house, bathed her, looked her over for anything that might be ailing her, kept her warm, and tried to give her vitamins in her water. But I couldn't get her to eat or drink and she died the next night.

The others are all doing well. DD's lavender girl has started laying pretty bantam eggs. And the little buff roo is finding his big boy crow so has to go soon.

I did get some incredibly exciting news last week. I auditioned for a theater group in Olympia called "Theater Artist's Olympia" that does pretty edgy stuff. They are producing Quentin Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs" with both a male cast AND an all female cast, calling it "Reservoir Dolls". I got a call the very next day after auditions asking if I would accept the role of "Jo", the crew boss even before callbacks! I was told they wanted to lock me into the role before I had a chance to commit to anything else. Callbacks for all other roles are going to be next week and I've been asked to attend so I can read with actors still looking to be cast.

Congrats SadieSue! What a fun role, I hope you enjoy it.

Sorry to hear about Isadora though.

 

[FlyRobinFly]

Wow I almost died this morning !!!! I was looking through some sheets of plywood we have standing up at the stables. Well as I am pulling them out to look between. I get about 6 sheets deep when all of the sudden OH S***!!! There was a BAT hibernating in there. That thing was HUGE it had to have been as big as a dang quarter !!!! And it was trying to kill me. I know cause I heard it hiss. Well when I got done slamming the plywood back together the bat was about the size of a dinner plate. Needless to say it was little more than a red smear then. Yes I have issues with bats and if that ain't bad enough they seek me out. Yes there are witnesses. Talk about freak the heck out!!! I can't help it I just loose it. And a gun in hand Oh H*** NO !!!! my barn has holes to show before I figured out that me, bats and guns DO NOT mix well. even though it was bird shot. That stuff still takes out lights and makes holes in walls and tin!!! Some day I will tell ya about getting trapped in the attic with a whole colony. heck there must have been 3 or 4. I dang near just kicked my way down through the ceiling!!

So to avoid rustling from you, peeps should get livestock guardian bats?

 

[TerrorBird]

Quote: Speaking of dogs, how is your pup?
She's a very energetic thing. We named her Ophelia so that we can get away with calling her Oaf. She's actually doing quite well in terms of housebreaking; we're not having many accidents. When she does go in the house, it's typically because she's woken up from a long nap and we're not right there to notice and take her outside. She's smart, though, and is learning that people don't want to have their legs nipped. She's not being aggressive, she just wants to play. The problem that isn't improving very quickly is the cats. She wants to play with them, but they run and she chases them. I'm sure we'll be able to fix it soon.

 

[FlyRobinFly]

I haven't posted pictures of my four new girls yet.

Beautiful additions, Slinglings! And nice photos. Thanks for sharing.

 

[FlyRobinFly]

So does this work? I found the mobile version. If the picture upload works, this is Snow, my sweet little OE.

Cute chick! I hope you get more pullets this hatch.

 

[FirewifeJess]

Quote:
Did I mention my chickens like bats? They each find two before bedtime and tuck them up under their wings for the night. They LOVE bats and we have LOTS of BATS in the COOP.