Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Hinotori]

So my Ameraucana/EE cross chicks are hatching a day early. The silkies have two under them, one is zipping, one is pipped, and the fifth one has pipped internally.

Eta: I think egg 5 is an Ameraucana egg. It could be Emma the Ee's, but I won't know until hatch. The other four eggs are EE eggs. The two little chicks keep coming out. They are quite active for only having hatched within the last 5 hours.

 

[mikeyb]

Too warm.

 

[Hinotori]

They are under broodies, so I can't do much on temps. I blame the blue hen. She plucked herself good and keeps those eggs tight against her.

 

[Hinotori]

Three chicks out. The first two are all over the place in there.


"Hey, who are you?"

 

[Stumpfarmer]

Well, I've got the first round of coop-cleaning and gape-worm fighting done: all the feed and water surfaces sterilized and the bedding raked out, and Bluebelle dosed with Eprinex. I was freaked out today when she was panting, but I moved a piece of plywood that was blocking the wind and put it where it cast shade and she stopped.

Except I just realized I left part of that pen open and need to get dressed again and go put it back together, argh.

Also Argh.

 

[Stumpfarmer]

I'm also a little angry today that I was sold an animal which was almost certainly known to have a parasite which could ruin the whole place for poultry.

 

[chickiemomy]

I'm also a little angry today that I was sold an animal which was almost certainly known to have a parasite which could ruin the whole place for poultry.

I would be angry too - this is another example for why we unfortunately need to isolate new birds from the main flock, yes?

actually, I'd be spitting mad - not just angry. Hope you are able to keep the parasite from spreading.

 

[mikeyb]

They are under broodies, so I can't do much on temps. I blame the blue hen. She plucked herself good and keeps those eggs tight against her.

My comment was for me. I was too dang warm. LOL
Good morning everyone.

 

[Stumpfarmer]

I'm also a little angry today that I was sold an animal which was almost certainly known to have a parasite which could ruin the whole place for poultry.

I would be angry too - this is another example for why we unfortunately need to isolate new birds from the main flock, yes?

actually, I'd be spitting mad - not just angry. Hope you are able to keep the parasite from spreading.

Luckily, the pen the Ameraucana rooster was in was at the far end of the feeding/watering loop, so I never went from that pen to another one; also, I don't go into pens to feed or clean, nor compost chicken litter in the barrel with the sow bug and worm colonies I feed as chicken treats. What's worrying with Gape Worm is that the intermediate phases are earthworms and slugs, and slugs especially travel across the yard. And I can't find out if garter snakes are vulnerable to that parasite; I've already had to reestablish the population after the winter Dad unintentionally burned out the hibernation den which was under a blackberry-infested pile of scrap lumber. I don't like using even Iron phosphate slug baits in summer, and the gartersnakes are my slug-eating friends.

 

[motherochickens]

That one looks rather light for a Marans. I was on the Marans club page and their eggs are really dark, as were the ones I got from CL. Also, eggs usually get lighter as the hens keep laying, not darker.

It looks more like the eggs I got from my barred rock.

Here is the progression of the eggs she layed this week. The darker one on top is from yesterday morning, the ones under are from previous days. She's only been laying for a week so far and I know its my Cuckoo Marans.