Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Grandmas Coop]

SO! how about that tornado warring yesterday!!! I got a text from my daughter in-law
over in Seabeck, HOLY COW, I knew it looked offal-ly S/P black over that way, looking at the Mt.'s

 

[pennyJo1960]

Ya it did blow here coming home was still raining but did not have the sleet here .. had layeds down by the time we locked coops for the night

 

[fanatic291]

We had some super high winds in Gig Harbor. I am glad I haven't mounted the tarp yet on my hoop run. Now I am rethinking how I will secure the hoop to the ground. Maybe the rebar ground hooks are the way to go.

If you get high wind alerts and crazy rain in the forecast, do you just leave the chickens closed up in the coop for the day, or are they good to seek shelter when the weather gets nasty?

 

[pennyJo1960]

We have a tarp actually two on the main coop here but yes looped under like huge tarps. Aim it so the wind goes in your favor

 

[Grandmas Coop]

We had some super high winds in Gig Harbor. I am glad I haven't mounted the tarp yet on my hoop run. Now I am rethinking how I will secure the hoop to the ground. Maybe the rebar ground hooks are the way to go.

If you get high wind alerts and crazy rain in the forecast, do you just leave the chickens closed up in the coop for the day, or are they good to seek shelter when the weather gets nasty?

I leave the coop door open during the day in winter,, when it rains hard they go in,

 

[Dingleberry]

anyone near

me want some bantam cochin roosters??? Woodinville

 

[pennyJo1960]

There are a few members up there hopefully they will chime in

 

[Hinotori]

We had some super high winds in Gig Harbor. I am glad I haven't mounted the tarp yet on my hoop run. Now I am rethinking how I will secure the hoop to the ground. Maybe the rebar ground hooks are the way to go.

If you get high wind alerts and crazy rain in the forecast, do you just leave the chickens closed up in the coop for the day, or are they good to seek shelter when the weather gets nasty?

My ameraucana and EEs will go inside out of the rain so I don't have to keep them locked in. They are locked in because of coyotes right now.

The silkies on the other hand. I keep them locked in becuase they will NOT come in out of the rain. They know water wets down their crests and don't care if they soak their bodies.

 

[Hinotori]

I am finally 100% on the sex of the 3 blue cream silkies I hatched. They are all girls. That is somewhat disappointing. It does make it easier to sort the boys into their own pens.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I go just what I wanted kinda funny but 5 pullets in the banty coop 1 being a frizzle that os out of 15 silkie not bad did not have decide between pullets..
Morning all