Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Hinotori]

California quail. It's male. He lives with the silkies except for sleeping. He's somewhere in a pile of dead hawthorn branches and grass at night.

Yesterday he was on top of a coop laying next to one of the EE pullets I have in with them. He's git friends and good food. He's not leaving

 

[pennyJo1960]

Thats funny I did not realize how friendly it has become

 

[Hinotori]

He watches me and will step through the fence if I'm within 10-15 feet. He finally figured out that the silkies run to see me because I bring tasty scratch sometimes. He doesn't run off immediately anymore

 

[pennyJo1960]

so are the California ones pretty common up here

 

[WunnySharbit]

Hi--just found this thread and decided not to be a lurker!
I don't have my profile set up yet, but I'm in Spokane. I have a mixed crew of 11 Country Store/North 40 hens, mostly light brahmans. I had 12, but while I was nursing one back to health after a dog attack, a raccoon took another one. (They've been a real nuisance this year--this is the 5th attack and 3rd death from raccoons )

Mixedbreeds--I grew up in Coulee City! Moved in '85-dad worked for DoT.
Penny1960--California quail are very common on this side. My parents live in Soap Lake now and they were so common (especially after dad started feeding them!) that my nieces and nephews called them "Grandpa birds" until they were 10-11yo! We used to have several flocks in our neighborhood until they put in new houses. Now-nada, zip, zilch I miss them and considered getting some for a backyard flock, but I figured I'd let the neighbors feed their own cats.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Hi--just found this thread and decided not to be a lurker!
I don't have my profile set up yet, but I'm in Spokane. I have a mixed crew of 11 Country Store/North 40 hens, mostly light brahmans. I had 12, but while I was nursing one back to health after a dog attack, a raccoon took another one. (They've been a real nuisance this year--this is the 5th attack and 3rd death from raccoons )

Mixedbreeds--I grew up in Coulee City! Moved in '85-dad worked for DoT.
Penny1960--California quail are very common on this side. My parents live in Soap Lake now and they were so common (especially after dad started feeding them!) that my nieces and nephews called them "Grandpa birds" until they were 10-11yo! We used to have several flocks in our neighborhood until they put in new houses. Now-nada, zip, zilch I miss them and considered getting some for a backyard flock, but I figured I'd let the neighbors feed their own cats.

We are a washington state thread you very welcome here .. guess my main concern with outside or wild birds falls more to Mareks .. so far I am without such problems

 

[mixedbreeds]

Hi--just found this thread and decided not to be a lurker!
I don't have my profile set up yet, but I'm in Spokane. I have a mixed crew of 11 Country Store/North 40 hens, mostly light brahmans. I had 12, but while I was nursing one back to health after a dog attack, a raccoon took another one. (They've been a real nuisance this year--this is the 5th attack and 3rd death from raccoons )

Mixedbreeds--I grew up in Coulee City! Moved in '85-dad worked for DoT.
Penny1960--California quail are very common on this side. My parents live in Soap Lake now and they were so common (especially after dad started feeding them!) that my nieces and nephews called them "Grandpa birds" until they were 10-11yo! We used to have several flocks in our neighborhood until they put in new houses. Now-nada, zip, zilch I miss them and considered getting some for a backyard flock, but I figured I'd let the neighbors feed their own cats.

Hi almost neighbor that’s to bad about the raccoons I haven’t had any here thank god. I did have a creep Badger move into the barn that cost me 4 chickens and he was hard to get rid of. There are a tone of quail running around here made the mistake of feeding them the first summer and winter here the next spring there was over 1000 of them they were into everything along with all the deer in town that moved here to eat quail feed.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Not sure why but have not had any losses to outside predators knock on wood

 

[Hinotori]

so are the California ones pretty common up here

Yes. Looked them up in my Puget Sound bird book.

Only use regional bird books for identifying. Hmm. Speaking of which, I need to look up the date of the coming Backyard Bird Count.

 

[Hinotori]

Hi--just found this thread and decided not to be a lurker!
I don't have my profile set up yet, but I'm in Spokane. I have a mixed crew of 11 Country Store/North 40 hens, mostly light brahmans. I had 12, but while I was nursing one back to health after a dog attack, a raccoon took another one. (They've been a real nuisance this year--this is the 5th attack and 3rd death from raccoons )

Mixedbreeds--I grew up in Coulee City! Moved in '85-dad worked for DoT.
Penny1960--California quail are very common on this side. My parents live in Soap Lake now and they were so common (especially after dad started feeding them!) that my nieces and nephews called them "Grandpa birds" until they were 10-11yo! We used to have several flocks in our neighborhood until they put in new houses. Now-nada, zip, zilch I miss them and considered getting some for a backyard flock, but I figured I'd let the neighbors feed their own cats.

Welcome! I liked the light brahmas I had. Just like my ameraucana, EEs, and silkies better.