Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[FirewifeJess]

Thanks for the reminder CR! Everyone, I know you love your chickens, but chickens in WA, no matter where, DO not need supplemental heat once they are fully feathered. Light, yes, heat, no!! You risk everything with a brooder lamp in a coop if you try to make your flock more comfortable. Please, read CRs post again and take it to heart!

 

[FirewifeJess]

Thanks for the reminder CR! Everyone, I know you love your chickens, but chickens in WA, no matter where, DO not need supplemental heat once they are fully feathered. Light, yes, heat, no!! You risk everything with a brooder lamp in a coop if you try to make your flock more comfortable. Please, read CRs post again and take it to heart!

 

[Stumpfarmer]

[COLOR=800000]but, but, but- they are not[/COLOR] [COLOR=FFD700]YELLOW[/COLOR] [COLOR=800000]raisins. I can get organic dark raisins everywhere![/COLOR]

Anyone who wants golden raisins has merely to go to TJs....................................lovely awesome golden raisins !!!!!!!!!

Everybody's shopping life can be enhanced by Trader Joe's. Speaking as a TJ's shopper from wayback (I actually first went to TJ's when they had a single store- in Burbank, I think- and my DH was living in LA, the year before we were married): the safest way to go for the first time is with a small cash budget, and don't even get a cart your first pass through the store. And for the sake of other shoppers, don't go between 10am and 7pm on the weekends. Look, absorb, make a list, and perhaps avoid the whole beer, wine, and liquor department until you're buying for a party, or something. I have a standard route through the store, and a standard list, and can fit stuff like, say, wild mushroom brie into my grocery budget because their cheese prices and selection are so good but if I were faced with their cheese case for the first time and just bought on impulse... oh, dear. Our very old dogs have been eating nothing but TJ's cheapest for almost a decade: their nutrition content and sources are up there with the stuff at the Expensive Pet Place that's around 3X the price.

 

[Stumpfarmer]

Me, I'm having "Flowery before the Rain" jasmine tea and Ak-Mak and wild mushroom brie, perhaps a little late for proper tea but I didn't get back from shopping until after five and had to deal with the sheep, the bantam, and pick up two eggs that weren't there at 2pm. And when the food settles a bit I still need to go out and check my pregnant cows.

[COLOR=800000]That jasmine tea sounds wonderful! I'll take mine with a smidgen of honey, or maybe you'd like to join me for some rooibos with fresh grated ginger in it? I make it in a french press.[/COLOR] [COLOR=800000]With all this talk of tea, I must show off my new $2.99 acquisition from Goodwill. I've been looking for a replacement kettle since I left mine on the stove a few months ago and burned it up, warping the bottom. The one DH bought at Big Lots had such a flimsy bottom it made metal pinging noises when it heated up- not a proper kettle. This one has a nice thick base[/COLOR] [COLOR=800000] [/COLOR] [COLOR=800000]I'm off to make some rooibos- can't decide if I want to make a batch with those tiny rose buds for the rose petal flavor, (still have some in freezer from Oly Co-Op's bulk section) or fresh grated ginger. Love hot tea on a cold day![/COLOR]

The money I save at TJ's I blow at The Tea Lady, a whole house full of wonders.

 

[RainMom]

Funny story...I have a student who sells eggs for spending money. He too was running out of cartons, and his mom told him he'd need to use some of his hard-earned money to purchase some. He was NOT happy about that, so he hatched a different plan. He went down to the lunchroom and spoke to the kind-hearted lunch ladies. Apparently he was very sweet and persuasive, because in a few days he had FAR too many cartons to take home in his backpack.

This is how we get so many cartons- my son's school staff all bring cartons for him.
He's in a small school with only abut 50 kids, so the staff know him well- and they are his best egg customers

BTW Nikki- I love your teacher stories. I have a friend out in Eatonville who's mom is/was a political figure- (lives in a big log house- you probably know who I am talking about. ). I used to go out there to visit. LOVED the area!

 

[pips&peeps]

Thanks for the reminder CR! Everyone, I know you love your chickens, but chickens in WA, no matter where, DO not need supplemental heat once they are fully feathered. Light, yes, heat, no!! You risk everything with a brooder lamp in a coop if you try to make your flock more comfortable. Please, read CRs post again and take it to heart!

I'll agree the birds don't need heat, but I have to heat my smaller coops during the winter so the birds can have water. When it's below 20 for a week or so, it is needed.

I do not use heat lamps though. I use little milk house heaters that are outside of reach of the birds and they turn off immediately if knocked over.

 

[mikeyb]

I have been listening to my Blue Roo crooning since early this AM and I have figured out (after much thinking) on what his song is really saying.
You can sing along if you wish (tune of "Tammy")

I hear my Roo ster crow ing a loud,
Open up! Open up! I wa nt out!

The grass is green, and the worms are up!
Open up! Open up! Let me out!

Don't you know, the suns been up?
I sing so joyfully, but you fail to hear!

I wish you knew, what I'm drea ming of,
fa at worms, fa at worms,
Fa at worms, yumm

(yeah, too much time on my hands)

 

[ChristineR]

Another thing to watch is extension cords. Make sure they are rated for what you're using them for and don't string them together.

I use a Brinsea EcoGlow to brood ducklings and I plug it into a GFI outlet in the bathroom. I really like it. They are a little pricey, but the peace of mind is worth it.

 

[cieraphoto]

It's day 24 and I finally have 4 chicks hatched and 2 that have externally pipped! I'm so excited. These were shipped eggs.

 

[RainMom]

Hey guys! I just set up my farmette page on FB. It is a work in progress, but would love it if you would check it out and maybe "like" it.

Look up Fanciful Feathers Farmette
Thanks!

found it!
Gotta love those bearded ladies!