Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[elizmartin]

three bags, great…mine are just peeping up in the ground and a few sprout-able roots…..eliz

 

[OverEggstended]

Me! I ordered 8 Silver Spangled Hammies from Ideal... but they won't ship until mid-May (hopefully at that).

 

[Chickielady]

I guess you'd say that mine is a wheaten color. She is getting her feathers in now, so she is still turning but it looks that she will be varying shades of brown all over. And like I said she has a grayish green color of legs. I keep checking to see if the green turns to a bluish color but not yet.

Best thing to do is check out the Ameraucana info on this site (look at the breed pages in table of contents) AND study the Ameraucana Breeders Club website which has coloration descriptions, AND we are also lucky enough to have their President as a member here on this thread, and that is Pips&Peeps, and she usually has a table set up at the Poultry Shows, with eggs, chicks & vaccines among other items, for sale.
Look for her there this saturday.

 

[Chickielady]

my popbottle garden container this is what I got my strawberrys in december out of



strawberrys coming up and recovering from deer munching last fall..these are the strawberrys in the raised bed that over wintered......





artichokes doing great, peppers all coming up except aniehm

My dad is starting artichokes from seed this year...they sure look weird when they come up.

 

[Chickielady]

We are not going to be at the show.
We are exhaustecated & Einstein has talked me into sitting down & reading a book I have been trying to read for a month now.
Everyday I try, but hey it is spring and things MUST BE DONE WHEN THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE>>>>>>NOT WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE IT !

So......we will be home & I will ship out sweet meats seeds to ElizM & CarolynF.anyone else, PM me your addresses.
Sweet meats actually have more sugar in them than any pie pumpkin...my Dad swears he KNOWS that sweet meats are what is grown to make commercial pumpkin pies.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[Hinotori]

We are not going to be at the show.
We are exhaustecated & Einstein has talked me into sitting down & reading a book I have been trying to read for a month now.
Everyday I try, but hey it is spring and things MUST BE DONE WHEN THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE>>>>>>NOT WHEN YOU FEEL LIK IT !

So......we will be home & I will ship out sweet meats seeds to ElizM & CarolynF.anyone else, PM me your addresses.
Sweet meats actually have more sugar in them than any pie pumpkin...my Dad swears he KNOWS that sweet meats are what is grown to make commercial pumpkin pies.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm

Try and get some rest!

I can always dig out more stuff to get to you later. It's not going anywhere and just spreads.

 

[JennysHens]

Question for you WA folks - do you worry at all about aerial predators with your chickens? I'm finishing building my coop/run and am putting up 3-4' high (haven't been to the hardware store yet to see what they have) fencing up for a run and I'm going to reinforce and skirt it with hardware cloth. My question is if I should invest in bird netting for the top to keep aerial predators out? The only birds of prey I've seen around are sharp shinned and coopers hawks with the occasional eagle off in the distance. We have neighbors a block down who has chickens free-roaming on their property that I've seen and I'm sure there are plenty of others, we live in the last little pocket of suburban houses before it turns into dairy farms and rural space. Just want to keep my gals safe! I'm also a little worried about feral cats as there are quite a few in the area (crazy old lady 5 houses down feeds them), but I don't know if bird netting will be enough to stop them. People I've talked to out here say they've never had cats go after their hens, just racoons really and the occasional fox but you never know

 

[jbkirk]

Question for you WA folks - do you worry at all about aerial predators with your chickens? I'm finishing building my coop/run and am putting up 3-4' high (haven't been to the hardware store yet to see what they have) fencing up for a run and I'm going to reinforce and skirt it with hardware cloth. My question is if I should invest in bird netting for the top to keep aerial predators out? The only birds of prey I've seen around are sharp shinned and coopers hawks with the occasional eagle off in the distance. We have neighbors a block down who has chickens free-roaming on their property that I've seen and I'm sure there are plenty of others, we live in the last little pocket of suburban houses before it turns into dairy farms and rural space. Just want to keep my gals safe! I'm also a little worried about feral cats as there are quite a few in the area (crazy old lady 5 houses down feeds them), but I don't know if bird netting will be enough to stop them. People I've talked to out here say they've never had cats go after their hens, just racoons really and the occasional fox but you never know

Eagles are my concern,lost half of my 30+ juvies 2 years ago to them.

 

[JennysHens]

Eagles are my concern,lost half of my 30+ juvies 2 years ago to them.

Oh no! So sorry to hear that! Bird netting it is

 

[Hinotori]

Question for you WA folks - do you worry at all about aerial predators with your chickens? I'm finishing building my coop/run and am putting up 3-4' high (haven't been to the hardware store yet to see what they have) fencing up for a run and I'm going to reinforce and skirt it with hardware cloth. My question is if I should invest in bird netting for the top to keep aerial predators out? The only birds of prey I've seen around are sharp shinned and coopers hawks with the occasional eagle off in the distance. We have neighbors a block down who has chickens free-roaming on their property that I've seen and I'm sure there are plenty of others, we live in the last little pocket of suburban houses before it turns into dairy farms and rural space. Just want to keep my gals safe! I'm also a little worried about feral cats as there are quite a few in the area (crazy old lady 5 houses down feeds them), but I don't know if bird netting will be enough to stop them. People I've talked to out here say they've never had cats go after their hens, just racoons really and the occasional fox but you never know

I've had hawk issues many times. All my pens have either outdoor cargo netting, fencing, or bird proof pond netting on them. I do not let small birds out if I'm not going to be out there. The big girls have two roosters watching and they also watch. They run for anything vertical or horizontal to hide against or under if they think they see something. I do not let them out if I'm not going to be home.

I have had the neighbors dog kill several birds before as well.