Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[ValerieJ]

I had chicken duty this morning. Husband is off to a men's meeting early. I haven't done the morning chores in a long time. Well, pretty simple. Open their coop door and toss some treats in for them. I didn't scatter them outside because it was raining, and figured they would like to stay in their enclosure for a while. The outdoor portion of the coop is all screened in with hardware cloth, so they are getting nice fresh air and not the rain on their heads. It's a large enough space for the 20 of them to fit comfortably. That becomes their world for much of the winter. They can go out if they want to and run around their little orchard, but who would want to in this rain?

 

[pennyJo1960]

Good Morning yup rain here this morning. @PopoMyers I am sorry.

 

[Hinotori]

We had an inch of rain this morning. Rain drove it very loudly against the windows

 

[PopoMyers]

Oh, the wind was crazy, too! Cleared up by late morning so we let the kids out.
Looked at the Old Farmer's Almanac forecast, and says we will have a cool and dry winter, unlike most of the interior US which will have more snow.

 

[ValerieJ]

Oh, the wind was crazy, too! Cleared up by late morning so we let the kids out.
Looked at the Old Farmer's Almanac forecast, and says we will have a cool and dry winter, unlike most of the interior US which will have more snow.

I keep hearing that everywhere. Colder but dryer for us this year. Might be a nice change. We bought a second heated watering dish for the chickens. If we are going to have cold weather, I don't want to spend the winter changing out waters all day. Somehow the clerk talked us into a large waterer for our small flock of 20 or so chickens. Well, they won't run out of water soon.

 

[Sequel]

Got a question my youngest chicks will be 16 weeks this weekend when do you all start taken them off chick grower and all flock and put them on egg layer feed??

I use all Flock all the time. I always have oyster shell out for them and egg shells.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Good morning state here I sit with my second cup.
Second cup After little's are of grower they go to layer pellets x cell is the brand.

 

[My Three Chicks]

Winterizing here too! Added a couple of tarps to their Run. And broke down and bought a Sweeter Heater for those really cold nights. Got it up this weekend.
At what temps do you guys provide the supplemental heat?

 

[pennyJo1960]

It does not get cold enough for heat in my mind.
I have not latched the windows even yet.
I was first lived in Wisconsin we never even heated birds then.
Came out here at 8 Dad said a grown bird is fine in the winter if they have
a well ventilated coop.
Means no direct flow on the birds.

 

[Smokerbill]

No supplemental heat for mine either. They'll be able to handle temps into the teens as long as they're protected from the wind.

I'll be giving them more scratch grains right before they roost so they have a crop full of high calorie food to keep them warm overnight.

By the way, nice looking coop!