Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[junebuggena]

The two on the right are, for sure, my Easter Egger pullets. And I recognize the barred, muffed pullet with the single comb as one of mine.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Quote: the light grey are from Gena and pullets for positive sweet young pullets the last from her

 

[pennyJo1960]

see and it was the two on the right that did the chest bump
my caregiver is also good friend now her Husband very
nice young man grew up with chicks going to have him
do them in they get one we get the other everyone wins that
way... the unknown olive egger folks said if any where roos they would exchange
them but lowering my numbers by 2 does not hurt my feelings..
The one dead center is the roo? right

 

[Scram85]

see and it was the two on the right that did the chest bump
my caregiver is also good friend now her Husband very
nice young man grew up with chicks going to have him
do them in they get one we get the other everyone wins that
way... the unknown olive egger folks said if any where roos they would exchange
them but lowering my numbers by 2 does not hurt my feelings..
The one dead center is the roo? right

The dead center looks a lot like the 2 Olive Eggers that I 'had' when they were younger.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Quote: Well either way two less for me and a good dinner as they are young birds
let them fill out a bit then do it

 

[CarolynF]

Hello from Lacey, Washington. My little family and I just joined the ranks of the backyard chicken lovers.

Welcome! What a nice looking flock, and a cute coop & pen, too. I love having chickens, too.

I hope you don't mind one comment on the pen.... I'd suggest strongly that you put half-inch hardware cloth on the bottom 2-3 feet of the pen walls. Raccoons are notorious for reaching in and trying to pull chickens thru the fence and in the process ripping off body part. I just saw another sad report of this yesterday. City, burbs, rural makes no difference. The half-inch wire is small enough that they can't reach in.

allo oh Washingtonians.

So i'v recently heard about the great increase in chicken owners, and when i move to washington, I want to go into something involving chickens (A little more than Breeding/Selling of course)

I heard that an Avian Veterinarian is actually a high paying job that people are looking for, because many vets willnot take birds, as they do not know thier dieases and ailments enough to help/id.

Is there anywhere is Washington, close to the La Conner area that I could earn a degree as an Avian Vet?

Welcome to the neighborhood. You're very smart to look for something that interests you and has a growing demand, then finding where you can get the training. WSU and OSU are definitely good schools, and nice communities too. I hope it works out for you. Keep us posted.

Hey everyone, just thought I'd introduce myself - I'm a new chicken owner living in the 'burbs north of Seattle. I bought my first 4 birds at Bothell Feed Center at the end of April/early May when they were just day olds. Actually, I bought 5, but my welsummer ended up being male so he went to a new home. I was super sad to see the welsummer go, so a few weeks ago I bought two more pullets at Baxter Barn - a welsummer and a speckled sussex. They've been quarantined in my garage since they came home - and both seem to have some sort of a respiratory illness, which is a big bummer. I've been giving them Duramycin-10 for about a week, at the suggestion of Baxter Barn, but I haven't seen much of a difference. I've been researching respiratory illnesses in chickens and have read quite a bit...but still haven't really decided what to do about it/what to do with them. Maybe I should have started a new thread for this...But I was wondering if anyone else in the area has recently purchased new birds from Baxter Barn that were also sick? The symptoms haven't been very severe so it's hard to say what's going on with them (if anything...maybe I'm just overreacting!), but they do sometimes have a funky smell when they have runny noses, which my research indicates might be coryza.

I'm so sorry this has happened. I don't have direct experience with this problem, but I'd like to suggest that since you're using an antibiotic that you also give your chicks probiotics in the form of yogurt or kefir. Best of luck with them.

The 11 week old boys are getting pretty big. Only 2 out of 10 were girls (one is really nice looking). I actually wanted boys this time and got them.

Glad you got some boys, Hinotori! They're pretty little guys.

 

[CarolynF]

Exciting day here.... the SFH eggs my hen is sitting on are finally starting the hatch. We started with 8 eggs, but one got broken early on. And when I candled several days ago it appeared that some had stopped. I don't have a lot of experience with candling so I left them under her. We'll see. Fingers crossed. We have a nanny cam so I can watch the progress and hear the peeps & clucks. It's pretty entertaining. I'm keeping close eye on them for the first tiny face to appear!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Exciting day here.... the SFH eggs my hen is sitting on are finally starting the hatch. We started with 8 eggs, but one got broken early on. And when I candled several days ago it appeared that some had stopped. I don't have a lot of experience with candling so I left them under her. We'll see. Fingers crossed. We have a nanny cam so I can watch the progress and hear the peeps & clucks. It's pretty entertaining. I'm keeping close eye on them for the first tiny face to appear!

sounds like allot fun

 

[nuklee0]

Got my meat rabbit breeding stock. The buck, a California/New Zealand mix. And the does, a red New Zealand and a white New Zealand. Both proven to be good mothers.

I have totally been thinking about getting meat rabbits but have no clue on breeds or butchering. I did watch some videos on butchering them... As far as meat goes, are they meatier than chickens? Grow faster? a lot easier to raise than chickens? How many ppl would 1 feed? Thank you!

 

[junebuggena]

From what their previous owner said, they produce offspring that hit about 4 pounds at about 10 weeks old, so not much difference compared to raising batches of meat chickens. They don't poo or eat quite as much as meat chickens though. And poo can go straight in the veggie garden, no composting needed. 1 should be plenty to feed my family of 5 (2 adults and 3 kids under 10). Rabbit is similar in flavor to chicken, but much leaner. They are definitely easier than chickens. You don't have to make sure they are all closed back up in the coop at night, and they don't need let out each morning. Once a day, refill the water bottles, refill their hay mangers, and give them a small scoop of pellets. The does will produce about 7 to 10 kits per breeding. Each doe can have about 6 litters a year. That adds up to a whole lot of meat.