Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[bikerchicky]

My new pup. he's 6 weeks old and I call him Zeus. he is a german shepherd mix. This is Oscar checking him out LOL

OMG ADORABLE!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Sweetlilbaby]

OMG ADORABLE!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks. there will be better pictures later. We just got home 3 hours ago, or 2 hours ago... the pup isn't settled in yet.

 

[RainMom]

There's no way I'm going to catch up on y'all, so I'll just jump in with both feet. I caught the devil's own cold, and since I wasn't able not to do chores it's dragged on and on- calving season, chickens to care for, and oh, yeah, a squirrel is eating my house, what fun. And I lost the omega cow and her calf from habitual bottom of the pecking-order disorder, which makes me sad and grouchy but also gave me another couple of hours of work every day while I was trying to prevent the inevitable. Some days I hate farming.

ANYWAY: my friend who got the extra BLRW rooster that I got from Tiff wrote me this afternoon; he has died after a brief illness, as the saying goes. She wants another BLRW; I should just give her Bjorn and get a new one to breed to the two hens I have left (Sylvia having perished from eating all sorts of non-food items) but in any case, does anyone know of a BLRW cockerel or friendly rooster available? And a blue or splash Ameraucana LF rooster; the owls got the one I was going to get from my cousin. I'm also going to need another SSH rooster this year, which may well be a trick.

Everything's laying, I've got to get a clipping table built and a sheep comb bought so I can shear Baaaachus, who is getting to big to go back to his pen, I have a dress to wear when my daughter gets married in July but am still freaking out about shoes, the dogs are still old and stinky and demanding and I mop a lot more than I want to.

Stumpfarmer, I have no idea who you are, but sounds like you have had a heck of a winter this year, and I hope it improves in multitudes for you!

I can't keep up on this group, and I read once a day or more!

Firewife- are you going to start a separate thread for a potluck at the Monroe Poultry show next weekend, or are we scrapping the whole thing, or?

I've got a belated birthday party and fundraiser this weekend I am doign for my son, so very distracted at the moment., We've got a couple "celebrity" folks involved, so guess I gotta clean my house!

If I miss anything important, just holler at me. Probably loudly.

Good grief- I need 3 of me!

 

[bikerchicky]

Thanks. there will be better pictures later. We just got home 3 hours ago, or 2 hours ago... the pup isn't settled in yet.

I want a puppy, but the hubby said not now. We have 2 indoor cats (Tuxedo and Luna) and expected one (Luna) to be an outdoor cat. That hasn't happened as she has vision and hearing issues, and we suspect epilepsy as she has started having seizures. So, for now I have my 2 indoor cats, and soon to be 5 outdoor hens.

Have fun with the new baby.

 

[RainMom]

My new pup. he's 6 weeks old and I call him Zeus. he is a german shepherd mix. This is Oscar checking him out LOL

very cute- where did you get this one? What are the spots? from an aussie or??

 

[Sweetlilbaby]

very cute- where did you get this one? What are the spots? from an aussie or??

i just got him this afternoon. There may be Auzzy He's a mutt.

 

[beausonge]

So it's been a bad morning. A predator got my broody last night. It got in through the one gap in the corner between the fence and netting. Or at least that's how it dragged the broody out. It ate her head, guts and breast. I think it was a weasel of some sort. I saw scat the other day out in the field and the dogs didn't treat it like coyote. 

Today was 2 weeks on her eggs, I'm not sure how long they were without heat. I put them under the silkie who had just went broody a few days ago since her eggs were infertile. Hopefully both eggs with hatch. 

I am so sorry you lost her. I hope your silkie is able to get to hatch.

Vickie et al
Kelso, WA

 

[LaughingFeather]

Today's Egg production - see the funky one?



When I saw it in the nest box, I thought it was a soft-shell, but it's not.
Here is a close up.



Click for larger image.

Tell your roo that being sex linked doesn't mean kinky sex.

That poor thing looks like it has been beaten with a anchor chain.

 

[LaughingFeather]

My new pup. he's 6 weeks old and I call him Zeus. he is a german shepherd mix. This is Oscar checking him out LOL

What can we say except. AWWW. I am so glad you got a new buddy. He will enslave your heart.

 

[mikeyb]

Quote: my wood shop is nearly complete. table saw (Sarahkatie got the other one today), chop saw, lathe, band saw, routers, router table, etc, etc. Need a planer. Plus the hand tools, chisels, planes, scrapers, sharpening tools and all the other stuff a guy likes to have on hand, nust in case.

RCMS is a very nice tool.