Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[AriLovesChickens]

A couple other pics (hard to do this on an iPhone - I hit reply too soon).

 

[Slinglings]

It's such a nice day that I ate my lunch on the deck off of our dining room. Blanche was doing her very best trying to get at my food. The deck is about 14 feet off the ground! I've never seen a chicken flap her wings so hard. She finally figured out that if she jumped on top of the coop first, she had a better chance of getting up to the deck, but by then I was sufficiently freaked out enough I took my plate inside. Something about a chicken trying that hard to get at my food was creepy, she had this crazed look in her eye

If I built a ladder from the ground up to the deck do you think they'd use it?

 

[RonB]

I have never heard of a blue egg layer laying a brown egg, especially such a dark egg.
They just do not have the physical capibilities to do so.
Tinted layers (Like the EEs) can lay a pinkish egg one day and a greenish tinited egg the next day.
Marans lay such a dark egg though, and their egg colors usually fades as lay season goes on, and can be extremely dark in spring, but by fall they lay a light brown egg even speckled as they "run outta paint" by the end of lay season....

Sure Sudsy doesn't have a Maran in the bunch ??????????

I have been getting a few pinkish eggs over the last couple of weeks. I couldn't figure out who was laying them

I have four EE's . two lay green and two lay blue. so it has to be from one of them

CL you are so smart

 

[RonB]

OK so I went back for a refresher. I think it may do us good to revisit this. Maybe that can help us all move on.
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# 15 NO Chicken Rustling

Hey CR go back and read # 5 again ! So leave me and my White eggs alone

you too VF

 

[RustyHen]

Your wish is my command.

(sorry for the weird framing: we are actually inside a fallen Gravenstien tree, knocked off its roots by a branch from a higher tree in the ice storm last year)

How sweet they look And the sun is shinning! Did mommy cow pick this place to have or shelter her calf?
I just love the old Gravenstien trees, the smell in the fall reminds me of our farm when I was a kid.

 

[melissaG]

Your wish is my command.

(sorry for the weird framing: we are actually inside a fallen Gravenstien tree, knocked off its roots by a branch from a higher tree in the ice storm last year)

Soooo Cute!!!! I can't wait til I can have a calf or two around again ( have to get some of my daughters ol' 4H stock moved on first..

we've been a weee bit too attached to them ) lol

Post the lil guys all day please!

 

[LaughingFeather]

Yes that's what I'm getting too the ONLY thing that I saw negative towards livestock was the OBVIOUS, they are not permitted to run in the streets or public areas, well my backyard ISN'T public!!!!! lol this is so frustrating :/ any one here from Yelm want to start a petition to change the law???

EDIT: really also frustrating why I can't figure out how to respond like y'all do with all the other convo's in the message blarg!

I am playing catch up so if this has been addressed then ignore.

We as a group should bombard the Yelm mayor with emails and letters about this to get the record set straight. Power in numbers. Social media rules! You are never alone anymore with your problems.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Quote: Uhm excuse me!!! Ron maybe after you are fully awake from yer nap you should read #5 again!!

 

[mikeyb]

Quote: but,but,,,but you raise those whiiiiiiiitttttttttteee eggs. just ain't natural.

 

[Stumpfarmer]

Your wish is my command. (sorry for the weird framing: we are actually inside a fallen Gravenstien tree, knocked off its roots by a branch from a higher tree in the ice storm last year)

How sweet they look And the sun is shinning! Did mommy cow pick this place to have or shelter her calf? I just love the old Gravenstien trees, the smell in the fall reminds me of our farm when I was a kid.

This has been a favored nursery since the tree went over; it's protected from the north wind by one of the crown branches and open to the morning sun. I've got four very old and thus HUGE Gravensteins, but need a smaller one so I can get a few apples! And this one will probably have to be logged out: as good as it is for shelter, it lies about 15 feet inside one of the main gates between pastures, and makes it impossible to bring the truck in, of we need to.