Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[fikeyismybaby]

Holy cow the thread does move fast. Good to know there's more poultry people down here. I'm just getting back into chickens after a few years (mostly) away but have raised domestic poultry since '93. Thanks for the compliment on the dog, that's my Irish Terrier Nigel doing surrogate avatar duty until my chickens get big enough to get an avatar worthy picture HAHA.

Hoping to make the PNPA show to hang out with chicken people again (it's only 5 minutes from the house after all) but major conflict with work might make it difficult.

LUV LUV LUV

the dog. I want an Irish terrier so bad!

 

[KMoran]

Does anyone know of a good link that shows the stages development for candling? I have never done it before and I am not exactly sure what I am looking for.

 

[SadieSue]

For RustyHen - here are some photos of Pearlie June just before she was integrated into the VF Banty Coop. I had hatched 7 Catdance Silkie eggs and 5 turned out to be beautiful boys. FlyRobinFly had borrowed my incubator to hatch her own Silkies and was nice enough to give me two from her hatch in exchange for use of the 'bator. One of those, the pretty buff - turned out to be a boy and now lives with zgoatlady's flock.

So after all the boys were sold or given away I had 3 beautiful girls - a porcelain, a lavender and gorgeous black. My black, Isadora died, leaving me with Lucille the Lavender and Priscilla the porcelain.

One day KMHunter and I took a field trip to see Karen Larson of Catdance Silkies and admire her set up. Well, you know some of us like to pick up souveniers when we visit a place so I brought homely little Pearlie June from her place. I think Karen said folks were calling her color "Creamsicle"? She looks porcelain with a little more buff tint in her wings.
She hadn't been held much, so lived in a bunny cage in my computer room for the first month where she got a lot of attention and learned that all good things come from me. By the time she was integrated, she was my little buddy. Although Karen's birds are all bearded Silkies, Pearlie June is a bit lacking in that department so has an exposed "chin" with a few scraggly feathers, but I love her. As I said, she makes up for her looks with a great personality!

During integration - I set the covered X-pen up next to the Banty coop so they can visit together safely for however long seems necessary. At night I would put her back into a kennel so she was protected from the elements. As you can see they were curious about each other during integration.


Lucille, peeking out from the Banty coop at Pearlie June. An anonymous bystander far in the background...


Not a pretty face, but she is proud of her fluffy butt.


Before integration occurred, Pearlie June and the newest babies would spend afternoons in the covered X-pen on our back deck. The buff who lives with zgoatlady's flock is in the background along with his buddy Priscilla.


Photo bombed by the buff.

 

[fikeyismybaby]

For RustyHen - here are some photos of Pearlie June just before she was integrated into the VF Banty Coop. I had hatched 7 Catdance Silkie eggs and 5 turned out to be beautiful boys. FlyRobinFly had borrowed my incubator to hatch her own Silkies and was nice enough to give me two from her hatch in exchange for use of the 'bator. One of those, the pretty buff - turned out to be a boy and now lives with zgoatlady's flock.

So after all the boys were sold or given away I had 3 beautiful girls - a porcelain, a lavender and gorgeous black. My black, Isadora died, leaving me with Lucille the Lavender and Priscilla the porcelain.

One day KMHunter and I took a field trip to see Karen Larson of Catdance Silkies and admire her set up. Well, you know some of us like to pick up souveniers when we visit a place so I brought homely little Pearlie June from her place. I think Karen said folks were calling her color "Creamsicle"? She looks porcelain with a little more buff tint in her wings.
She hadn't been held much, so lived in a bunny cage in my computer room for the first month where she got a lot of attention and learned that all good things come from me. By the time she was integrated, she was my little buddy. Although Karen's birds are all bearded Silkies, Pearlie June is a bit lacking in that department so has an exposed "chin" with a few scraggly feathers, but I love her. As I said, she makes up for her looks with a great personality!

During integration - I set the covered X-pen up next to the Banty coop so they can visit together safely for however long seems necessary. At night I would put her back into a kennel so she was protected from the elements. As you can see they were curious about each other during integration.


Lucille, peeking out from the Banty coop at Pearlie June. An anonymous bystander far in the background...


Not a pretty face, but she is proud of her fluffy butt.


Before integration occurred, Pearlie June and the newest babies would spend afternoons in the covered X-pen on our back deck. The buff who lives with zgoatlady's flock is in the background along with his buddy Priscilla.


Photo bombed by the buff.

They are so darn cute!

 

[VelvettFog]

Does anyone know of a good link that shows the stages development for candling? I have never done it before and I am not exactly sure what I am looking for.

I do -- its a thread here .. I'll try and find it.

 

[VelvettFog]

That was easier than I thought it would be. Here you go

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...g-candling-pics-progression-though-incubation

 

[RustyHen]

Oh, hallelujah.
I opened the email I use for craigslist this morning, trying to steel myself for a quick round of "spot the least crazy respondant" and hooray, hooray, hallelujah and huzzah! right there four lines down was somebody I've known his whole life, since he was the baby in a family of younger 4Hers when I was a Junior Leader.

It's enough to make my day even though it has just once again started to pour down rain when I was finished with my morning chores.

 

[hallerlake]

Oh hey there's a Washington thread on here. Battle Ground checking in, any other SW Wash folk on here?

Heck yeah, there's a Washington thread on here!

 

[lilfarmmomma]

YAY!! I scored a bunch of old RR ties from craigslist AND the guy is going to deliver them because people are blowing up his phone and hubby is still at work!! Now I can build a couple flower beds! So freakin' excited!!

I do not have a single flower bed on this whole 17 acres and it was driving me nuts. Depending on how old they are, I may be able to do other things with them too. I just have to make sure that they are plenty old, so that I am not leaching too many chemicals everywhere.

Oh geez, just turned around and DS was climbing the gate into my mare's paddock with a set of saddle bags that I am sure he thought was a saddle. This kid is going to be the death of me.

 

[RustyHen]

Does anyone know of a good link that shows the stages development for candling? I have never done it before and I am not exactly sure what I am looking for.

Another site on BYC type into search at top. can't figure out how to give direct link up?
Candling photos and stages of development- info compilation (pics!)