Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[CarolynF]

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I totally agree with both. It's always good, imho, to see where your birds are coming from. And quarantine regardless especially if you're adding to your breeding/laying flock.

 

[Birdnovice24]

I just discovered that I have a rooster and need to find a new home for him. We live in western washington if anyone is interested. Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[MargaretYakoda]

Where in Western Washington? What breed of rooster? How old is he?
Also, are you looking to rehome a pet, or are you looking for someone who might turn your rooster into a free meal?

I just discovered that I have a rooster and need to find a new home for him. We live in western washington if anyone is interested. Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[Birdnovice24]

Kingston, so pretty close to you. He is a 25 week old light brahma. I would prefer to rehome him but I just need to get him out of my coop if at all possible.

 

[Birdnovice24]

Where in Western Washington? What breed of rooster? How old is he?
Also, are you looking to rehome a pet, or are you looking for someone who might turn your rooster into a free meal?

sorry, I'm still figuring out how to use this forum.

 

[MargaretYakoda]

You're doing fine.
But the questions still are there. You have a rooster you feel you can't keep. What breed? Age? General location? And do you care what will happen to him?

The easiest thing would be to put a free rooster post up on Craigslist.
But if you prefer he stays out of the stewpot, that's probably not what you want to do. If he's a common breed, especially if he's a hatchery bird, your options will be somewhat limited.

 

[Birdnovice24]

You're doing fine.
But the questions still are there. You have a rooster you feel you can't keep. What breed? Age? General location? And do you care what will happen to him?

The easiest thing would be to put a free rooster post up on Craigslist.
But if you prefer he stays out of the stewpot, that's probably not what you want to do. If he's a common breed, especially if he's a hatchery bird, your options will be somewhat limited.

My roo is a 25 week old light brahma. Ideally he would stay out of the stew pot, but at this point,I would really just like him out of the coop before the girls start laying. I feel bad trying to get rid of him, but am not ready to go through the whole hatching process. We are located in Kingston. Thank you for the advice!

 

[CarolynF]

I just discovered that I have a rooster and need to find a new home for him. We live in western washington if anyone is interested. Any advice would be appreciated.

Hi! Welcome to the group.
If your boy comes from a good line you might find buyers on the Brahma thread. There's also Craigs List and a few "groups" on facebook where folks buy/sell/trade animals. You can search for Kitsap, Western Washington, etc.

 

[CharterChick]

Today the kids came out to our house to see the farm! We own a Christmas tree farm, have a garden, fruit trees, tractors, a horse, 2 dogs, cats, 13 chickens, 5 guinea fowl, and 3 turkeys.

We showed them our wreath making machine and how to make a wreath, explained the trees, went to explain the tractors but they wanted to see the trees so we moved on pretty quick. We got to the trees showed them the different sizes and then FINALLY, the animals!

They were very excited but I told them my birds don't like loud. So we used inside voices. They loved the turkeys and were surprised that the girls didn't say gobble gobble. They liked that my chickens were different colors but were concerned with all the feathers on the ground (molting here a LOT). I showed them one chicken who is still pretty but is starting to molt. She is a SLW and appearently when I picked her up she lost a tail feather. One little boy tried to give it to me so I could "put it back so she doesn't get cold" Very thoughtful! I showed them the nest boxes and one hen was laying her egg. After they saw her egg we went and picked squash and some tomatoes to take back with them.

Then EVERYONE had to go potty! Thank god I have 3 bathrooms! They all got on the bus and I followed them with their wreath and veggies to the school. They were very cute and sang me a song that they adjusted on the bus. Cassie and Ken have a farm EIEIO and on their farm they have a _______...... LOL They inserted everything they noticed that we own!


It was a blast and they are coming back in the spring when the eggs they hatch are grown and we are planting new trees and seeds.

 

[CarolynF]

Today the kids came out to our house to see the farm! We own a Christmas tree farm, have a garden, fruit trees, tractors, a horse, 2 dogs, cats, 13 chickens, 5 guinea fowl, and 3 turkeys.
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It was a blast and they are coming back in the spring when the eggs they hatch are grown and we are planting new trees and seeds.

Fantastic! What a perfect day for all of you! I wish I'd been a fly on the wall to watch. I really love seeing little kids get excited about things.