Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Hinotori]

I make them stay locked up until evening. I leave greenhouse tarps on the west and south side all year. They actually make it noticeably cooler in the pens when its hot. Other sides are open and roof is 9 feet up

 

[Smokerbill]

Just got pics of this year's fawn, eating cherries in the neighbor's yard with mama.

 

[rosemarythyme]

its a little warm out side what are you all doing to keep your chickens Cool i noticed that they were panting this afternoon went out and added ice to their water buckets. Was thinking of adding a old Box Fan in the run that's just sitting in our shed. Any thoughts????

On hotter days I put out extra water in large clay plant saucers so they can cool off by dipping their feet in it, and just so they have an easier source of water to drink from (vs. nipple waterer).

But otherwise my run is shaded in varying amounts throughout the day, and the birds are good at finding heavier shade when needed or digging down into the dirt to cool their bellies.

 

[ValerieJ]

Just got pics of this year's fawn, eating cherries in the neighbor's yard with mama.

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We have a fawn coming around now too. I'll have to get a photo. They are all so cute!!

 

[Hinotori]

Mom wasn't around when I first went out to try for a picture of her on the nest. Babies are getting big quick. Taken with phone.

Had camera with a telephoto lens on so managed a picture of mom around dusk. I think it's a calliope hummingbird.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Wow lost my best EE to the heat yesterday darn it.
I will give mine frozen veggies in heat.
Won't have veggies from the garden this year.
Just cannot dedicate the time right now.

 

[ValerieJ]

I'm so sorry for your loss!!! This is definitely an unusual heat wave. Our chickens are doing well so far, but next week it will be warmer. We'll have to keep a close eye on them.

Oh, and we'll have company all week, so hopefully we are not too distracted!!!

 

[Smokerbill]

Wow lost my best EE to the heat yesterday darn it.
I will give mine frozen veggies in heat.
Won't have veggies from the garden this year.
Just cannot dedicate the time right now.

Sorry you lost your hen. Maybe you could buy a few apples and freeze them for when it gets too hot.

 

[Smokerbill]

I finally got a little of the drip irrigation stuff I bought last year set up in one of my raised beds. I have 6 tomatoes, 5 zucchinis and my row of pickling cucumbers set up with emitters. I'll get the new garden bed that has the peppers, tomatoes and beans set up next.

I'll probably measure everything out and put it all together then have my son do the stoop work of mounting all the lines on the ground around the plants. This isn't a raised bed, and I can't bend down that far for very long without causing a lot of pain. And crawling around on my knees doesn't work very well anymore either. Sucks getting old and falling apart.

I got one decent egg from the barred rocks today. I'm getting only 3 or 4 eggs a week from them, and looking forward to the New Hampshire pullets to start laying, probably in another couple months. They're about 13 weeks old now, but the combs haven't started plumping up and turning red yet.

 

[ValerieJ]

Sucks getting old and falling apart.

Uh huh.