Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Silseb]

This is Smokey. He's blue with moderate leakage. The one I'm keeping has very heavy leakage.

Beautiful color for sure on him.

 

[Cockatrice6420]

I originally started out recently saving 2 buff orpingtons and a barred rock. One of the buffs had been broody and came with three chicks that are now 2 RIR production looking and a Black SexLink pullets.  Then I got a call from another person who had to thin their flock and ended up with a  Silver Sebright and a Lacewing and they are also pullets.  Years ago we had big Peking Ducks. .. a bunch of quackers. LOL 

Ooh, seabrights, my mom had one that would knock on the glass door.

 

[Cockatrice6420]

we too are starting again with a flock after years of NOT having one. I'm not sure why we didn't?? but I'm glad and we are enjoying the girls now. I have no roo at this point.. though we have acreage, we will soon have neighbors for the first time in 25 years. who would be closer to the flock than our house is. I'm pretty sure crowing would not make for pleasant neighbor relations. I did introduce them to the girls and their children were delighted.  So for now we only have clucks and cackles and no crowing. 

If you need a roo let me know. They are beautiful and a study I read on BYC said that the crow is about the same decibel as a dog bark. They are also very beneficial for protection if you're free ranging your hens... and the added benefit of keeping the hens from being egg bound.

 

[Cockatrice6420]

Beautiful color for sure on him.

Thank you. He's not all blue, he has leakage on the wings and rump a bit, but I don't know of an ugly aracauna, at least for my eyes.

 

[jbkirk]

Grrrr, trying to get my girls drinking from horizontal nipples. I have a chicken cup system that they like, and about a month ago added a horizontal nipple bucket in hopes that they would start using it so I can toss a birdbath heater in there come winter and not have to manage frozen water through the winter. They've gotten used to it, I started putting bits of cracked corn and BOSS on the little ledges to get them to peck, but they are just not interested. Any word on ways I can try to make this work, or should I give up and gift the bucket and nipples to someone who may be able to use them?

Take away the other waterer for a couple hours in the middle of the day

 

[Cockatrice6420]

I originally started out recently saving 2 buff orpingtons and a barred rock. One of the buffs had been broody and came with three chicks that are now 2 RIR production looking and a Black SexLink pullets.  Then I got a call from another person who had to thin their flock and ended up with a  Silver Sebright and a Lacewing and they are also pullets.  Years ago we had big Peking Ducks. .. a bunch of quackers. LOL 

I forgot the Barnevelders. I highly recommend them, sooooooo pretty. We have khaki campbells, blue Indian runner, and Cayuga for our ducks... they are so funny trying to fly uphill every morning!

 

[shelby h]

well hello from beautiful Pacific Northwest! Haven't we had the most amazing summer?  I'm over here on the peninsula near Seabeck Washington. I have a nice tidy herd of feathers and I'm out wrangling them daily. New to this forum and if there are any others near the Bremerton/Silverdale area I'd love to meet you and swap info!  give me a hollar.. I'm either wrangling or working in the garden.  Thanks, Margaret  

Howdy from Port Orchard!

 

[QuiltinGramma]

Just because!!

 

[Cockatrice6420]

:cd   Just because!!

Good job!

 

[mom98312]

Hello and we should get together and talk cluckers!