Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Ashley Stroud]

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.

I've got one frizzle that finished up her molt a while ago, but she's holding out on me! The other finished about the same time and is an egg machine! lol The weather has been decent lately and second by second the days are getting longer!

Even if the fermented feed doesn't increase the egg production for me, I'm happy that they are getting all they are supposed to out of their Scratch n' Peck, and I'm not left with a quarter bucket of vitamin/mineral powder!

 

[Ashley Stroud]

AVAIN FLU found on east side of state!!!!!

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2015/01/02/3339347_avian-flu-detected-in-benton-city.html?rh=1

I often drive through Benton City on my way to the Tri-Cities; guess I won't be stopping to visit any friends with chickens!

 

[pips&peeps]

That's not the east side, it is Central, and you guys can keep it!!!!

 

[Ashley Stroud]

That's not the east side, it is Central, and you guys can keep it!!!!

I guess those of us originally from the East side of the state consider it part of southeastern WA

 

[pips&peeps]

I'm about as East as you can get. I think it is a mile to the border.

 

[Aliciahess]

[COLOR=FF0000]AVAIN FLU[/COLOR] found on east side of state!!!!!   

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2015/01/02/3339347_avian-flu-detected-in-benton-city.html?rh=1

I often drive through Benton City on my way to the Tri-Cities; guess I won't be stopping to visit any friends with chickens!

Thanks for the update!

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[Ashley Stroud]

I'm about as East as you can get. I think it is a mile to the border.

Pretty area up there--it's near to Spokane, right?

 

[Ashley Stroud]

We just had a treadmill delivered. As it was being unloaded, I said "Oooh, look at the box it's in!" and without missing a beat hubby goes "You are NOT going to use it as a brooder!"

Seriously though, it would make a great big chick playground and as a crazy chicken lady I feel bad breaking it down!
Hmm...maybe I can sneak one half into the garage for future use...

 

[CarolynF]

AVAIN FLU found on east side of state!!!!!

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2015/01/02/3339347_avian-flu-detected-in-benton-city.html?rh=1

I often drive through Benton City on my way to the Tri-Cities; guess I won't be stopping to visit any friends with chickens!

That's not the east side, it is Central, and you guys can keep it!!!!

I guess those of us originally from the East side of the state consider it part of southeastern WA

And the controversy continues! ROFL

Let's see.... "The Coast" - "The East Side" - "The Mountains" - "The Peninsula" all of these have at least 2 meanings depending on where you were raised and where you live now.
I was born in either Eastern Wa, Northern Wa,, Central Wa, or North Central Wa
Then I moved to either Eastern Wa. or Central Wa.
Then I moved to "The Coast", W. Washington, or Seattle, but didn't actually live in Seattle.
A few moves later and I was "On The Peninsula", but still on "The Coast" or "in Seattle", but it was really a Peninsula on "The Peninsula".

To be accurate, maybe we should always talk about counties so that we can all get totally confused. Or maybe we'd learn where every county actually is in this lovely state. Myself, I only know the actual location of about 30% of our counties. I've lived in 4 and have relatives in 6 more but that only scratches the surface! Yee Gads!

Love this State -- Really!

 

[ochochicas]

We just had a treadmill delivered. As it was being unloaded, I said "Oooh, look at the box it's in!" and without missing a beat hubby goes "You are NOT going to use it as a brooder!"

Seriously though, it would make a great big chick playground and as a crazy chicken lady I feel bad breaking it down!
Hmm...maybe I can sneak one half into the garage for future use...

We still have our huge hot water heater box from 3 years ago. During the winter when the cats are bored they play in it, or we use it to block the doorway when we foster kittens. You can never have too many boxes, right?