Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Sweetlilbaby]

New to BYC today but had to post recently moved into our home in Graham WA and in the process of getting our 1st coop built. Wanting to start with five any recommendations for what breeds work best.

What size of coop you going to have? and what do you want them for? Eggs or meat?

 

[itsren]

The only way I know how to respond to that is........
Head and neck is good!
Wings and body is bad!
When Black Coppers are growing keep your eye on the body. If they start to develope colors on their bodies there Roosters.
Hope this help......Oh, also comb size...You can tell there as well. almost no colb at all on the hens. Roos will have a very pronoused comb.

I'm thinking that confirms that I have 5 boys then! Bleh. My bator must be broken. Anyone want roos? My bator can make them for you!

 

[Hinotori]

FireWifeJess, I think it was you who mentioned vitacost.com and want to thank you for the tip (or whoever it was)!!!! It hurt when I bought coconut oil at the healthfood store at $16 for a 16oz container! Then I found the 54oz Vitacost one for $20...much better!!!!!!! Some of the GF products aren't much, if any, of a savings but there are some and I like the prices on some of their supplements.

The Costco here had coconut oil the last time we were there. I still have some or I'd have bought it. I can't remember the price right now. It was a good sized tub.

 

[Sweetlilbaby]

If ANYONE is planning on a trip to point defiance zoo and has fertile eggs they are willing to part with please let me know. I live near the zoo and am out of gas My eggs in the incubtator are about a week from hatching but i have a back up home made incubator i can use to hatch those in. I'm hoping to get some different colors of eggs. Browns, whites, and/or green-blue

 

[hallerlake]

Quote: I'm happy to have a constant source of composted chicken mulch.

 

[itsren]

Well, I cleaned out the portable greenhouse and moved it. Found another dead rat in a snap trap inside the greenhouse.

That's 3 for the count in there. Hopefully moving it will help. If they are living in that stinky old bale of straw, the bale is exposed to the elements now and hopefully they'll move out.

 

[hallerlake]

I have a pile going outside my chicken coop that I mix around but nothing special. lol Will use what Ihave though soon to mix into the soil and steer poo. that should give me an amazing veggie garden

The sellers of this house left two black compost bins behind, and I grabbed a tumbler from my parents. One problem with the cold weather we were having is that it does slow down the process.

 

[hallerlake]

I live above the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe,Wa.
Just off of Hwy 522 and Hwy 2 about 3/4 of a mile.

Long time no see.

 

[FirewifeJess]

Quote: Yes, I buy the Vitacost brand coconut oil, but Costco finally also sells an awesome large coconut oil, Nutiva brand, for about $21?? It's 76 ounces and well worth it!

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[Ogress]

We had our soil delivered from Pacific Top Soils back in 2003 and 2004 - 4 big dump-truck loads of it! I specifically asked for their garden best, and the soil looked a lot nicer than the cheaper stuff I had delivered for ornamentals. I'm hoping there is enough awareness of the issue now that the stuff they market for vegetable gardens is more closely monitored. I gave up growing anything in it about 5 years ago.(and I did try potatoes and other plants/seeds from Irish eyes in it - few grew, but they do fine in my new garden). Maybe I should cover those raised beds in cardboard, mulch and chicken poo, let it kill the weeds and break down over the next year and give it another try.

Just found the receipts - I had 20 yards delivered in Feb 2004, and 2x 15 yard loads delivered in March 2004 - 50 yards of contaminated soil! the cheaper stuff I bought even more of in july/august 2003 for lawns and landscaping plants. No shriveled plants with that stuff, but all the plants all turned pale and grew slow until I started using fertilizer (just for 2 years). Those plants are all very healthy and robust now - getting so big I have had to remove a few!