Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[pennyJo1960]

Can I join in the Washington fun?
I live in the Puget Sound area. We have 12 9-10 week old chicks. So far so good : )

Of course we love new people join in

 

[pennyJo1960]

So broody kind is kinda not gave her 3 hour old peeps took 2 eggs out, she had 7 .. She had kicked 2 out on me .. Should be 5 left but just 2? see if peeps still there in the morning

 

[OlympicChick]

Welcome HomeFarmlove!

The chickens are enjoying frozen spent barley grain:

 

[pennyJo1960]

Okay had fun we put 3 bantum chicks under my broody cochin she has had them 2 days
she got to warm in the broody coop she took them to her coop with her rooster and the other girls just 3 others it is small coop she hid them fast when I went to photo them

 

[HomeFarmlove]

Thank you all for the warm welcome!

 

[HomeFarmlove]

I am new to WA and have been learning so much over the past two years about the native plants. I have been giving my chickens plants to eat that I thought were okay from the lists I have seen. But now I am not sure. I was giving them dandelion, chickweed, grasses, clover (some lists say no) bittercress (which they appear to love) a plant from the mustard family I see the deer eating... I was thinking if the deer can eat it safely maybe chickens too? But that might not be a good way to decide. I also have been giving them kale from the garden. Anyone here give their chickens native plants or let them roam around freely? I have too much foxglove to do that here. And tansy, which I have been trying to limit. thanks for your advice : )

 

[pennyJo1960]

We never fed the foxglove, Tansy was such a detriment to cattle we never had any around ..
see more of it along the road as city folks let it set in theri yards and feilds

 

[HomeFarmlove]

Thank you,yes, Tansy does seem to be around a lot. The Foxglove is very harmful to all living things. We have lots of thistle and Scotch Broom here as well.

 

[Hinotori]

Chickens won't eat tansy. At least mine don't. I eventually pull it, but it does come up occasionally.

I mowed most of the foxglove and lupine to death years ago because we've thought about sheep. So I have no idea if chickens will even look at it.

I let nature do what it wants as long as it handles the mowing here. The large fowl get to free range what they want. Chickens will eat young green moss which was the thing that surprised me.

 

[pennyJo1960]

My silkie go crazy for morning glory I hate it but throw some in happy dance time