Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Amberjem]

sorry got distracted watching them lol.. the legs are chcolatey like the beak bottoms of feet aarent dark but they seem lighter

 

[Ashley Stroud]

So I started feeding them soaked feed yesterday and we got TEN WHOLE EGGS!!!!!!! (for the second time this month)

out of the 35 "laying" hens. I'm so excited!!!!!

Hopefully they will keep up this good trend!!!!!

Are the girls keeping up the production trend? How goes the soaked/fermented feed?

I started soaking feed this week too and adding apple cider vinegar as well…seems like the feed goes farther???

It does seem to go farther doesn't it?! I think it gives more bang for the buck by making it more bio-available. I think they are able to devote more energy to eggs than digesting and breaking down feed this way.
How are your adventures in soaked feed going?

 

[catface]

I started fermenting about 2 weeks ago as an experiment and I was getting 2-3 eggs a day, now I get 7-9 a day. Not sure if it's coincidence or the fermented feed though. I do have 27 laying age hens so it could be that they are just getting back into laying mode after the molt.

 

[Amberjem]

I started fermenting about 2 weeks ago as an experiment and I was getting 2-3 eggs a day, now I get 7-9 a day. Not sure if it's coincidence or the fermented feed though. I do have 27 laying age hens so it could be that they are just getting back into laying mode after the molt.

could be.. .. we have had a fairly warm spell also last few weeks

 

[CharterChick]

Does anyone raise bourbon red turkeys? I've been trying to find a breeder but I'll order them from a hatchery if I have too.

 

[Ashley Stroud]

Does anyone raise bourbon red turkeys? I've been trying to find a breeder but I'll order them from a hatchery if I have too.

Have you tried Western Washington Poiltry on FB? There's usually some on there.

 

[jbkirk]

Are the girls keeping up the production trend? How goes the soaked/fermented feed?


It does seem to go farther doesn't it?! I think it gives more bang for the buck by making it more bio-available. I think they are able to devote more energy to eggs than digesting and breaking down feed this way.
How are your adventures in soaked feed going?

It's going great before I started it was 5-10 50% of the time... Now it's 5-10 100% of the time!!!!

(Out of 30 chickens

)

 

[CharterChick]

Have you tried Western Washington Poiltry on FB? There's usually some on there.

I'll take a look and ask! Thank you!

 

[elizmartin]

Does anyone raise bourbon red turkeys? I've been trying to find a breeder but I'll order them from a hatchery if I have too.

If hatchery route, call all the feed stores that are in your driving range and ask if they are ordering turkeys and if they can add your wish list….many can even at this late date usually with a deposit. I'm sure there are folks in western Wa. with them….There used to be someone Bremerton???? somewhere over there that raised a variety of turkey breeds…..maybe try turkeys and R.Burbon on byc ??? or ad on craigs in farm section for wanted…..Wanted notes on Feedstore billboards?

 

[elizmartin]

Just looked on Craigs list and posted on the Dec. 28th was an ad for a young male female pair of Burbon Red Turkeys, Lynnwood, Wa. contact phone number….

425-870-5586

picture and ad, craigs list, Snohomish co.