Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Hinotori]

Hi all! Thought I should finally post on the WA thread. I live in Bow (just north of Mt. Vernon...amazing how many people have no idea where Bow is that live on the West side of the state). I also spend a lot of time at Lake Cavanaugh.

I'm a city girl transplant. Born and raised in Seattle and then moved to Shoreline for many years. Always been my dream to get out of the city once the kids grew up and moved out. That finally happened last year so here we are in Bow and loving every minute of it!

I am new to chickens this year and currently have a flock of 20 hens. Again, loving every minute of it!

Also spent a lot of time growing up during hunting season on the east side of the state in Mesa, Basin City and Othello. Even went to WSU.

My Dad was an avid trap shooter and pheasant hunter and I was basically raised on trap ranges and have walked many beet fields (in the old days), corn, alfalfa fields and orchards in my day. I hunted with him until I hit my late teens and then developed an aversion to killing things. Not that I'm anti-hunting or anti-gun! It's just not for me (the hunting part) so I continued to go with him, just not carry a shotgun. I continued to go with him until my Dad passed, because it was so beautiful and peaceful there and developed friendships with the farmers that let us hunt their land.

It was during those hunting trips that I knew I would someday live rural, raise chickens, goats and have a huge garden! Well, I live rural now, have the chickens and the huge garden, but no goats.....yet! Those trips also developed my love of nature, art and photography.

Anyway, just thought I would say hello and will keep track of this thread. I think I've become chicken obsessed!

Welcome to the group!

 

[Hinotori]

They say you can tell what side of town you're from as one side of your car will be sandblasted !
We lived in Ione OR for a while, and such was the case.
Oddly enough, the side of the truck that was devoid of any paint, never rusted either !

We bought my truck from my uncle who lives in Hermiston. You can tell what side faced west because the drivers side window is sand etched. Wind always blows down the Gorge from the west.

And you can tell which side I park it facing south here by the amount of moss growing on it. I spray the moss off occasionally

 

[Hinotori]

Oh and driving between Umatilla and Hermiston you had to have the wheel turned into the wind to drive straight

 

[junebuggena]

We bought my truck from my uncle who lives in Hermiston. You can tell what side faced west because the drivers side window is sand etched. Wind always blows down the Gorge from the west.

And you can tell which side I park it facing south here by the amount of moss growing on it. I spray the moss off occasionally

LOL. Even in summer, my white car is tinged with green.

 

[Hinotori]

LOL. Even in summer, my white car is tinged with green.

My truck is teal so it's less noticeable

 

[mixedbreeds]

Looks great !
Where are you fishing ?
I wish DH (Einstein) would fix the trailer for our boat..................been 2 1/2 years, maybe 3 years now !!!
I should just go buy a new trailer !!!

Banks lake look at it every day out the front window

 

[Dharmachick]

It was 104 here yesterday. My hens did ok because I have lots of semi-dwarf fruit trees and a big curly willow. I have two broodies, so I put ice packs around their baskets and had a fan on in the coop. Also lots of ice water and some frozen tomatoes from last year to peck on. Another really hot one today, supposed to be 108. Will the eggs be ok?

 

[Hinotori]

Yesterday wvening I was laying on the grass snapping pictures as birds wandered past. Of course Pumice, the white one, had to get in my face

I didnt really realise the sheer size difference between a normal sized pullet and a giant cockerel until Mom commented on it.

 

[mixedbreeds]

Yesterday wvening I was laying on the grass snapping pictures as birds wandered past. Of course Pumice, the white one, had to get in my face

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I didnt really realise the sheer size difference between a normal sized pullet and a giant cockerel until Mom commented on it.

Are there eyes in there somewhere those are the funniest but cutest looking chickens ever.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Hi all! Thought I should finally post on the WA thread. I live in Bow (just north of Mt. Vernon...amazing how many people have no idea where Bow is that live on the West side of the state). I also spend a lot of time at Lake Cavanaugh.

I'm a city girl transplant. Born and raised in Seattle and then moved to Shoreline for many years. Always been my dream to get out of the city once the kids grew up and moved out. That finally happened last year so here we are in Bow and loving every minute of it!

I am new to chickens this year and currently have a flock of 20 hens. Again, loving every minute of it!

Also spent a lot of time growing up during hunting season on the east side of the state in Mesa, Basin City and Othello. Even went to WSU.

My Dad was an avid trap shooter and pheasant hunter and I was basically raised on trap ranges and have walked many beet fields (in the old days), corn, alfalfa fields and orchards in my day. I hunted with him until I hit my late teens and then developed an aversion to killing things. Not that I'm anti-hunting or anti-gun! It's just not for me (the hunting part) so I continued to go with him, just not carry a shotgun. I continued to go with him until my Dad passed, because it was so beautiful and peaceful there and developed friendships with the farmers that let us hunt their land.

It was during those hunting trips that I knew I would someday live rural, raise chickens, goats and have a huge garden! Well, I live rural now, have the chickens and the huge garden, but no goats.....yet! Those trips also developed my love of nature, art and photography.

Anyway, just thought I would say hello and will keep track of this thread. I think I've become chicken obsessed!

Hello back from Mossyrock like you many do not know where we are but I do know where Bow is still Welcome glad you joined us