Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[pennyJo1960]

I bought white cones that keep the birds off the buckets.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Good morning all 58 here when I got up.
Cleaned the tables and boards when it was 74.
all inside now.

 

[Smokerbill]

I just picked up a bag of x-Cel Game Bird pellets, 27% protein. I'm going to start mixing half and half with the 17% layer pellets I'm feeding them now. Maybe the higher protein will make the chicken(s?) less hungry for eggs. They'll have plenty of eggshells and oyster shell on the side for calcium.

 

[pennyJo1960]

May not stop her sorry Bill, not what you wanted to hear.
I do buy blocks of bird seed to for the banty they make one with meal worms get it at Ace.
I have flock blocks for the big birds.

 

[Hinotori]

Once they have a habit it's hard to get them to stop

 

[pennyJo1960]

How are your banty fairing in the heat ?

 

[Hinotori]

Please ignore typos. I'm 1 handed for awhile. Got myself with a billhook last night and hand and wrist are splinted to keep me from using the tendons at all. The ortho on call said it looks like I severed the tendon to the last pinky joint. Not moving prevents more damage

 

[Hinotori]

How are your banty fairing in the heat ?

My silkies have been doing great. No excessive panting even on the old ladies. The pen setup helps keep some of the heat off

 

[Smokerbill]

May not stop her sorry Bill, not what you wanted to hear.
I do buy blocks of bird seed to for the banty they make one with meal worms get it at Ace.
I have flock blocks for the big birds.

Once they have a habit it's hard to get them to stop

I think it's just one chicken that actually breaks an egg, then another may jump in to get some of it. Oh well. If it's just one egg a day I guess it isn't that bad.

Maybe I'll switch to raising rabbits. I'm getting kind of tired of eating eggs anyway. LOL

 

[Smokerbill]

Please ignore typos. I'm 1 handed for awhile. Got myself with a billhook last night and hand and wrist are splinted to keep me from using the tendons at all. The ortho on call said it looks like I severed the tendon to the last pinky joint. Not moving prevents more damage

A billhook looks like a wicked tool to get hacked with. Hope it heals up for you.