Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[ChaeBird]

Ponyo is reaping the rewards of constantly harassing the chickens when they were growing up in their brooder...

 

[TurtlePowerTrav]

Hey TPT, that's too bad

I hope your allergies have calmed down. Can't wait to see pics! Did you see the pics of your baby chickies?

yup, see below

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[LaughingFeather]

Good ideas LaughingFeather! LOL! Although, it might be a trying time convincing everyone to let me have chickens in the wedding!! They already think I'm crazy enough....

You could take twinkle lights and put blown eggs over the lights on the string and drape them along the pews and stage. We could all start blowing eggs now for you. At least those of us with Easter eggers. You could give chicks away as wedding mementos. LOL

 

[ChickAudie]

LaughingFeather, you're killing me!! That would be some awesome party favor!

Yeah TPT, they did good outside! Scratched and pecked the ground n' everything!

 

[FirewifeJess]

Congratulations ChickAudie! Marriage is wonderful

Well my chickens and chicks are doing well in the sunshine today. Finally got a first egg (I think???) from one of my "babies" who is something like 8.5 months old; her sister's been laying for a couple months though. And my favorite EE Laya started laying again yesterday so we're finally getting enough eggs for our family to eat! 6-8 per day I think, keep losing track.

I'm back to knitting something else which is why I'm not around much. Another dress for Jeanine; poor girl was in dire straights for some church clothes!

 

[Totalcolour]

oh- now that I have made an incubator, hatched eggs, etc, etc- NOW I get a broody hen!

I've got a gold laced wyandotte that's been sitting for 3 days. I've moved her off the next 3x- and been pecked- little twirp is stubborn!

I'm thinking we should move her into her own space and just let her have a batch- or even tempted to give her some of the ones we just hatched out.

decisions, decisions.....

I don't think that she hasn't been sitting long enough to accept chicks. It's my understanding they need a couple of weeks of the "broody gaze" first. Others can jump in and correct me if I'm wrong - my own hens had to have at least 2 weeks of broodiness.

 

[ChickAudie]

Thanks Jess! Seems like you have been keeping busy!

 

[Totalcolour]

Ponyo is reaping the rewards of constantly harassing the chickens when they were growing up in their brooder...

Another one! Mine used to be a babysitter!

 

[LaughingFeather]

 

[RainMom]

What stinks, is I feel fine. No sinus issues. Just swollen eyes and lips and the itchiness. I am taking double zyrtec, benidryl tablets, and Dayquil just to keep from tearing my skin off. And also using benidryl cream. The mold spores are what REALLY did me in. The pallets I am using for the pallet coop are milk crate pallets, so some have mold growing from milk that spilled on them. I treated with bleach water, but not until they were constructed into the coop. So moving them around, pounding of support pieces and such really stirred up the mold spores. I will live, just have a lot of work I can't do that I need to do.

are you allergic to milk?