Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[pennyJo1960]

Hey there good morning or afternoon busy is.
Need to find homes for 5 pups.
I have 4 dogs adult 3 cats enough.
Third cup maybe can be reasonable.
Silky usually won't roost they prefer the floor.

 

[Hinotori]

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So, they’re roosting.

…under the coop.

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Meanwhile the other two knuckleheads were asleep under the food bin. When I came in to put them to bed they shuffled over and promptly got cozy right on top of my feet.

In other news, I found someone in Marysville with a young polish hen who DOES use her coop but the other hens are picking on her. Is it possible I could integrate her into our flock so that I’ve got a ringleader to teach these goobers how to go to bed at night?

Polish get along great with silkies

 

[TeePants]

Polish get along great with silkies

Nice, I emailed them back to set up a time to pick her up if they still have her. She’s a pretty little black polish with what looks like some white in her crest. Photos aren’t great so I’ll learn more in person.

They also have a gorgeous year old gold laced polish if anyone here wants one! They are in Arlington but said they could maybe meet in Marysville, happy to share info if anyone wants the other chicken. Found the ad on Craigslist.

 

[Smokerbill]

Drove out to the feed store and picked up two bags of all purpose plus a bale of Douglas Fir shavings for the coop. The shredded wood I put in there seems to act like a sponge and soak up moisture from the air. I think the shavings will stay a little dryer.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I stick with ash from the wood burner on the floor and dirt.
No order or excess anything.
I use a snow shovel to clean crap in daily.
Lots less cost we buy our wood.
This next year we have the downed apple tree as firewood.

 

[Smokerbill]

The shaving I bought are going on the plywood floor of the coop. I wish I had a wood burner so I could get some ash for the run. It'd be good for dust bathing.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Taking some from here is no problem if you would like a bucket of them.

 

[ValerieJ]

Wouldn't ash make them all black?

 

[TeePants]

Wood ash is usually pretty grey! And we use it in our dust bath (the giant blue cat litter pan lol) mixed with topsoil and we have white silkies and they’re still white!

 

[Smokerbill]

I think wood ash in the dust bath is supposed to be good for preventing lice and mites. Thanks for the ash offer PennyJo. I'll let you know!

Well, after I finished packing the trash and recyclable bins full and rolling them to the road I raked the shredded wood bedding out of the coop and replaced it with nice, dry Doug Fir shavings. I think if I stir them up every day they'll last longer.

The thirteen week old chicks are living in the coop and outside run. The cockerels are getting to be about casserole-dish size. LOL.