Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[pennyJo1960]

I wish I had the tme to read through all 1165 pages lol....but I just wanted to say hello!
I'm from vancouver and recently started my 1st flock! They are a week old and doing well in their brooder!

Welcome to BYC sit back join us

 

[Manningjw]

The black skin (and meat and bone) color in silkies is controlled by a totally different gene than either shank color or feather color. It is effected by the barring gene, though.

Yeah I was thinking of the feathers, and you were talking specifically about skin, my mistake. Interesting that there is yet another way to get sex links!

 

[lynnehd]

I wish I had the tme to read through all 1165 pages lol....but I just wanted to say hello!
I'm from vancouver and recently started my 1st flock! They are a week old and doing well in their brooder!

Welcome from another Vancouver member!

I don't post a lot here, but I sure do learn a lot by reading.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I just picked up my 3 new pullets from
junebuggena in Kelso headed back home to add them to my barred rock pullets.

 

[Gatewayto]

I wish I had the tme to read through all 1165 pages lol....but I just wanted to say hello!
I'm from vancouver and recently started my 1st flock! They are a week old and doing well in their brooder!

We just moved to Battle Ground WA, and having chickens and quails for the first time. Have 30 adult quails and have two 1 months chick (some type of Frizzle) and 3 other 3 weeks old chicks.
The weather been so rainy, but when it's sunny outside, we would let the two chicks out in our back yard to run around. Surprisingly, they just hang around in one area.

We also let the quails out in the back yard as well, they just sit in one place close to the ground. Some quails did try to explore a little, but for the more parts, just sit and try to hide in the grass.

I'm looking for incubator space for about 5 quails eggs if anyone have space in their incubator -- please

 

[clawstar]

Hello!
I'm quite north of you so incubator space is a no. What kind of quail do you have? Did your quail just sit in your yard? That seems really tame for quail. I lost 3 last year to escaping into the yard.

 

[clawstar]

Im in love! Anyone have frizzle polish around here?

 

[CGilbert]

Im in love! Anyone have frizzle polish around here?

Oh my goodness~! It's so fluffy!

 

[Gatewayto]

We have 16 Texas A&M / 14 Japanese Quail - Coturnix ---
Our fence line is 6 feet, they seem to only fly about 4 to 5 feet max. I haven't lost any quail yet, but they do not seem happy outside. They are more lively inside their cage.
Guess since they were raised in a cage all this time, they do not know what to do with all the new found space or they may just be cold.

We purchased these adult quails 3 weeks ago, it's a new experience having livestock/pets. They sure produce lots of droppings.

I'm still trying to figure out how to stop them from pulling each other feathers out.

 

[Gatewayto]

Oh my goodness~! It's so fluffy!

That chicken is like "Mr. Fuzzy" the cat so fuzzyyyyyy