Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Chickielady]

Oh my! I didn't think of that! Here is an updated pic taken from the view of where the boxes will be.

 

[Chickielady]

Anybody have any sebastapol babies or eggs for sale or trade??

Try RareFeathersFarm or maybe pips&peeps !

Getting into the BIG WATER BIRD WORLD NOW ?

As long as they are not shiney & black !!!!!!!!!!!

T-Hi called yesterday, to tell me Daffy Duckles passed on...she was 4 yrs old...raised in a house, a duck with diapers.........................................

T-Hi & daughter are extrememly upset, had a funeral, but daughter is still wailing & depressed.....................

 

[Chickielady]

not me..yeah all this lovely lovely sunshine but it's cold...though the greenhouse did hit 102 today when I closed it briefly the wind justs been blowing steady thru here though and taking the warmth right away....think the artichokes should do awesome this year

My hot frames are heated, from the floor, with pipe "tape".
So it is snuggly warm in there & the starts grow fast & when they get to the point where they are pressed up against the glass, it is time they have to go out, regardless of the weather.
That is why I am hauling compost to the squash bed & then it will get it's hoop cover on.Let's see if I can find a photo:


Hot frames, we have made alot of them & tweaked the design since these pics were taken


Then we got these boxes free from a company down here.
They are 20 feet long, so we cut them in half & haul them home.

This is the first year we were here....after this we framed in the 3 raised beds & covered them in green house plastic.

So far, 4 years and with our nasty windy ocean weather...this green house material is awesome !
So I need to go out & take new pics of the garden I guess...............

 

[Chickielady]

Thanks everyone !
It is easy, and makes ya feel good after you do it.
Look into getting involved in NPIP

 

[Chickielady]

Hello! I'm new here! I just wanted to say hello. I live in Monroe, and just started with chickens a couple months ago. What started as 4 hens given to us by a friend has turned into 18 total. 14 of which are chicks of varying ages.and I'm looking for even more eggs so I can do some incubating! Needless to say I'm bitten by the chicken bug, and have been practicing my chicken math.

WELCOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There is alot of us BYCers in Monroe !

 

[Chickielady]

... there is no cure ...

EVER...I got the bite back in the 50s..................................

 

[Chickielady]

I wish I did! I was so, so sorry to hear Sherry in Port Angeles had to dispose of her flock (bird flu- ugh!). I hear she had gorgeous sebatapols.

I'm loving my ducks we hatched from your eggs. I sent you private pictures, but because they are SO adorable, I'm going to brag about them here and post pictures for everyone to see.

These are the 2 runner ducks that we got from BlueDuckling- one was stuck in the shell (not enough humidity- first time duck hatcher mistake!), so we helped it get hatched using warm, moist paper towels. The little one is a tough little booger- keeps up with the bigger one.

I'm not sure who thinks they are cuter- me or the big guy in our house!

CUTE !!

 

[xoxocammyxoxo]

... there is no cure ...

Nope No cure.... My chicken population is at 20 now.... I'm no longer allowed in feed stores unattended.

 

[xoxocammyxoxo]

Thanks everyone !
It is easy, and makes ya feel good after you do it.
Look into getting involved in NPIP

Psst, whats NPIP

 

[Chickielady]

Psst, whats NPIP

http://www.poultryimprovement.org/default.cfm

Here is the form that tells :

http://www.poultryimprovement.org/documents/ProgramStandardsAugust2014.pdf

Here is a list of participants by state, WA state, and I am not here yet...::::

http://www.poultryimprovement.org/documents/wa.pdf