Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Chickielady]

I hope one of mine goes broody. I keep a rotation of eggs on the counter just in case.

I do my best to discourage any broody this time of year. It can be really hard on the little ones once they are too large to warm under their momma, and I end up having them in cages indoors in the barn with some warmth.....especially hard if power goes out often

 

[Chickielady]

I've asked about egg shipping. It's much easier and less expensive than live birds. It's just a next day box, make sure you use packing that will keep them snug, mark fragile viable eggs, and what end up.

Want some good pics ?

the outer box


surprise !



you can use anything to soften the blows from the outer box to the inner...newspaper, saw dust (warn the person you are shipping to that it is messy !) or styrofoam peanuts...


the inner box II shop for my free boxes on USPS.com, make sure the inner is a beat smaller than your outter box, and try to keep shipping costs down by the smallest boxes you can use...




inside the inner box is lots of padding, and a 'nest' of soft quilt batting, again, about anything will suffice



One individual egg is set on the corner of this box (above) Each egg is wraped in bubble wrap, and secured so it can be easily opened. I use Priority sticks (free) on USPS .com (well, they were free) might be gone now



The nest, Now pay attention: Always set your eggs AIR CELL UP in the "nest", the ones shown above I had dug through.



An individual egg again



Individual egg again

Make sure you can ship in your area, some areas it is illegal unless you are NPIP certified and it may get more restricted thanks to last years Avian Influenza outbreak, where shipped eggs and birds DID contribute to the spread of the disease ! Some states are VERY picky about shipping eggs, or birds !

 

[Chickielady]

I got this yesterday from NPIP in Olympia:

oultry Producers

We have received laboratory confirmation of infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) in a small scale poultry flock in King County. Please ensure that you practice enhanced biosecurity. Infectious laryngotracheitis is a reportable disease in Washington State. It is important that birds with signs of respiratory disease or that have been vaccinated for ILT in the past 30 days are not permitted to enter poultry exhibitions, fairs or shows. Guidance documents on biosecurity, ILT recommendations to fairs and an ILT fact sheet will be published on our WSDA Avian Health web site within 24 hours as outlined below.

Sincerely, Lyndon

http://agr.wa.gov/FoodAnimal/AvianHealth/ (“ILT Fact Sheet Small Poultry Flocks WSDA 2015-11-2”, Avian Diseases drop down left menu)

http://agr.wa.gov/FoodAnimal/AvianHealth/AvianPubs.aspx (“Cleaning and Disinfecting Checklist for Backyard Poultry,” Publications, Resources & Education web page)

http://agr.wa.gov/FoodAnimal/AvianHealth/Fairs.aspx (“ILT fair Letter 2015 – LMB,” Resources for Fairs web page)

Cleaning and Disinfecting Checklist for Backyard Poultry
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/publications/animal_health/2015/hcard_checklist.pdf

Lyndon Badcoe BVSc, MVS, DVSc
Avian Health Veterinarian and Epidemiologist
Washington State Department of Agriculture
1111 Washington St. SE
Olympia WA 98504

Office phone: 360-725-5763
Fax: 360-902-2087
Cell phone: 360-507-6219
E-mail: [email protected]
WSDA Avian Health Program NPIP: http://agr.wa.gov/FoodAnimal/AvianHealth/AvianNPIP.aspx

 

[Chickielady]

Has anyone seen @LaurelC on the thread lately?

Send her a PM, she may see it in her e-mail

 

[Chickielady]

Isn't Americana made from Ara too..
I think most hybrid are just called ee

An EE is an Ameraucana bred to a light brown egg layer, like an Orpington or Bielefelder,
the Am makes an egg that is blue trhoughout the shell, not just "painted on" and the brown layer is basically a while egg, but coats its eggs with brown pigment on its way out the hen's vaginal canal...thus creats a light green egg. broken open, this egg will be solid blue inside....showing the egg was blue to start with.

The OE is an Ameraucana bred to a Dark Brown layer, Such as a Marans, or a Welsummer, so here the blue egg travels down the canal & gets spray painted dark brown on the outside, and comes out olive green...often with dark brown spots (I love that) and same as the EE, if the egg is broken open, you will see the egg inside is blue.

Ok ?
Anyone seriously into Ameraucanas can contact pips&peeps..she is the Queen of Ameraucanas...and is in eastern WA (Newman Lake, I think) Her birds are exquisite ! ! And she is (past)Queen of the Ameraucanas Breeder's Club.

here is club info:
http://www.ameraucana.org/abcboard.html

 

[Chickielady]

But ee isn't a breed right? It's just a blue egg laying mixed hybrid. I know Americana is a breed.. but once you cross it with ee it's just a ee then?

yes

 

[Chickielady]

I've got the faveroles x partridge rock mix, I've dubbed them Fraggles.

what about fragglerocks ?

 

[Chickielady]

I know! I want to get some silkies so bad.

PM Hinatori !!

 

[Chickielady]

SO..to edit your personal page, go to the upper right corner, way way up there, and click on "my profile" and then scroll down to 'account details" and you can go through it to set defaults on your personal page, like eliminating ads, and so on.

Wow, I am all tuckered out from paying catch up, you guys are really getting this thread going again !

OK, back to work for me...

 

[Saris]

PM    Hinatori  !!

I wish there was a notebook section we could just save this stuff under. I will try to remember.