Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[pennyJo1960]

Hey welcome home @gimmie birdies amazing how well spread BYC is.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Good morning state going to be shorts weather calling for us to be 81 today.

 

[Sequel]

My weather app says 73 here today. I’ll take it! I’m still moving self sown greens around. Got some little collards, I have no idea what they’ll do but hey…lots of little kale too. If I had watered more the plants would be bigger and provide greens all winter for both chickens and family. This would be a great year to have more winter veggies.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I have lettuce just starting to peak out.
Other kale is setting the second growth nice tender leaves make a salad..

 

[PopoMyers]

Picked about 40# of paste tomatoes yesterday. Looking like they will all finish on the plants. That's a big yay! Next project is making and canning sauce as they ripen in their boxes taking over my living room.

How do you persuade teenage chickens and younger chicks to go to bed sooner? They will not ce when the treat can is shaken, and I can't seem to herd them into the door. Because of coyotes, I stay outside with them now, so I was stuck outside yesterday and had to apologize to Hubby for not being able to make dinner. Asked him to bring home some KFC. Yeah, wanted to eat chicken. LOL. They we're not let out today. I was too tired to sit out there and chase them later.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Start taking them in use a net or whatever or don't let them out a few days. So they can learn where to roost.

 

[ValerieJ]

Picked about 40# of paste tomatoes yesterday. Looking like they will all finish on the plants. That's a big yay! Next project is making and canning sauce as they ripen in their boxes taking over my living room.

How do you persuade teenage chickens and younger chicks to go to bed sooner? They will not ce when the treat can is shaken, and I can't seem to herd them into the door. Because of coyotes, I stay outside with them now, so I was stuck outside yesterday and had to apologize to Hubby for not being able to make dinner. Asked him to bring home some KFC. Yeah, wanted to eat chicken. LOL. They we're not let out today. I was too tired to sit out there and chase them later.

First of all, I find none of my chickens at any age will go in before dusk. I wait and close them in at that time. Secondly, once they are in, my teenagers will often want to roost in the nesting boxes instead of up on the roost. I pick them up and put them up there. After a few times of that, all I have to do is walk into the coop and they move up there on their own.

 

[PopoMyers]

Look at what hatched in the tomatoes a 21.3 ounce chick.

 

[Cluckatar]

I just had a rooster die right in front of me while I was feeding this morning I felt so helpless, he was gaping his mouth and seemed to be choking. No other symptoms at all, healthy 10 month old black copper marans roo. He's been in heavy molt along with the rest of the flock. He is in a bachelor pen with our special needs older roo as his buddy, and he's been a really great, relaxed guy in that job. I'm so sad about it.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I just had a rooster die right in front of me while I was feeding this morning I felt so helpless, he was gaping his mouth and seemed to be choking. No other symptoms at all, healthy 10 month old black copper marans roo. He's been in heavy molt along with the rest of the flock. He is in a bachelor pen with our special needs older roo as his buddy, and he's been a really great, relaxed guy in that job. I'm so sad about it.

I am so Sorry ..