Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Chickielady]

HEY now you better watch it there !!! because

As long as she does not say where she lives so's ya can't rustle her chookies !!!

 

[Chickielady]

The circuit breaker within the switch !!!!

Text him & tell him.
IDK there is a CB IN the switch itself.
Fandangled new electronic gizmos !!!
I am afraid we'll have to get the rat mobile outta mothballs yet again...and she needs ball joints and a main dealy-bob on the what-cha-ma-callit.

 

[Chickielady]

Where are they?????

She said So King

Edited to add: I am surprised RW is not on this with both feet !!!

 

[Chickielady]

Yes, sometimes you can tell. I had a hatchery buff silkie that was a little jerk from day one of me getting them. He started developing comb and wattles at about a week. Turned into a nasty jerk.

I picked up 6 light brahmas pullets from the feed store June 22. Week later I start getting suspicious of one of the little pullets.
This was screaming Boy to me.

Vs this Girl



Everyone said it was way to early to know.

Here is Mongo now. (He didn't want to pose and is molting the worst I've seen on a juvenile getting in adult feathers)



Sorry for the phone pic. Was trying to just run out and get a current picture of him. He's a sweetheart.

Two of the 8 week old EEs have single combs. In the first week I could tell which one was a boy. He's getting a nice little comb in now.

I love these birds, and had a bunch when I came here to this bare land we bought.
One thing that really helps in sexing all breeds is if you have a mess of them to compare each of them to...having just one leaves no comparison.

 

[SadieSue]

Speaking of kids and sports, have you ever seen the video of the boy with cerebral palsy who was determined to run with the other kids during Field Day at his school? Despite the incredible challenge ahead of him, he wanted to run, but begin to tire and slow down after one lap. It didn't look like he would be able to make it. Watch what happens right around 2:40...

 

[Chickielady]

Jules:::::::::::::::

Walker Black-Winged Bronze pip was July 11th~~~~~~~~~~~~~
So the bird is 3 mo old yet.
Still could under go a sex change !!!!!!

I am still gonna say hen though.
There has been no:
struttin, display/tail fanning
Spitting
or gobbling AT ALL.
Snood is till just 1/4-1/2"...so still think it is a hen.
Caruncles still small & hennish also...but ya never can tell at 3 mo old.

 

[SadieSue]

I just posted in the new members section and was told to come here too.

Briefly: new to having chickens (new to country life for that matter). Bought a house near Yacolt, WA in July. Loving it! Learning how to care for the chickens we inherited with the property. Hoping to learn lots more on these forums. Slightly overwhelmed too.

Welcome to the WA thread - it's a very chatty group so jump in anytime! Near Yacoult, WA? You live near a very well respected Silkie breeder whose property and birds a couple of us had the pleasure of visiting recently. That's a very pretty area!

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

It gets worse as the weather worsens !!!!!!!!!!

Coming to the Winter Brisk ?????????????

*** I'd love to talk Crele with ya !!!!!!!

I don't think we'll make it to that show since we went to Salem. Maybe a spring show, not sure which one we're going to over that way yet.

 

[Greg Richardson]

GARDEN SNAKES CAN BE DANGEROUS...

Snakes also known as Garter Snakes (Thamnophissirtalis)can be dangerous.

Yes, grass snakes, not rattlesnakes. Here's why.

A couple in Sweetwater, Texas, had a lot of potted plants. During a recent
Cold spell, the wife was bringing a lot of them indoors to protect them from
A possible freeze.

It turned out that a little green garden grass snake was hidden in one of
The plants. When it had warmed up, it slithered out and the wife saw it go
Under the sofa.

She let out a very loud scream.

The husband ran out of the shower naked into the living room to see what the
Problem was. She told him there was a snake under the sofa.

He got down on the floor on his hands and knees to look for it. About that
Time the family dog came and cold-nosed him on the behind. He
Thought the snake had bitten him, so he screamed and fell over on the floor.

His wife thought he had had a heart attack, so she covered him up, told him
To lie still and called an ambulance.

The attendants rushed in, would not listen to his protests, loaded him on
The stretcher, and started carrying him out.

About that time, the snake came out from under the sofa and the Emergency
Medical Technician saw it and dropped his end of the stretcher. That's when
The man broke his leg and why he is still in the hospital.

The wife still had the problem of the snake in the house, so she called on
A neighbor who volunteered to capture the snake. He armed himself with a
Rolled-up newspaper and began poking under the couch. Soon he decided it was
Gone and told the woman, who sat down on the sofa in relief.

But while relaxing, her hand dangled between the cushions, where she felt
The snake wriggling around. She screamed and fainted, the snake rushed back
Under the sofa.

The neighbor man, seeing her lying there, tried to revive her with CPR.

The neighbor's wife, who had just returned from shopping at the grocery
Store, saw her husband's mouth on the woman's mouth and slammed her husband
In the back of the head with a bag of canned goods, knocking him out and
Cutting his scalp to a point where it needed stitches.

The noise woke the woman from her dead faint and she saw her neighbor lying
On the floor with his wife bending over him, so she assumed that the snake
Had bitten him. She went to the kitchen and got a small bottle of whiskey,
And began pouring it down the man's throat.

By now, the police had arrived.

Breathe here...

They saw the unconscious man, smelled the whiskey, and assumed that a
Drunken fight had occurred. They were about to arrest them all, when the
Women tried to explain how it all happened over a little garden snake!

The police called an ambulance, which took away the neighbor and his sobbing
Wife.

Now, the little snake again crawled out from under the sofa and one of the
Policemen drew his gun and fired at it. He missed the snake and hit the leg
Of the end table. The table fell over, the lamp on it shattered and, as the
Bulb broke, it started a fire in the drapes.

The other policeman tried to beat out the flames, and fell through the
Window into the yard on top of the family dog who, startled, jumped out and
Raced into the street, where an oncoming car swerved to avoid it and smashed
Into the parked police car.

Meanwhile, neighbors saw the burning drapes and called in the fire
Department. The firemen had started raising the fire ladder when they were
Halfway down the street. The rising ladder tore out the overhead wires, put
Out the power, and disconnected the telephones in a ten-square city block
Area ... But they did get the house fire out.

Time passed! Both men were discharged from the hospital, the house was
Repaired, the dog came home, the police acquired a new car and all was right
With their world.

A while later they were watching TV and the weatherman announced a cold snap
For that night. The wife asked her husband if he thought they should bring
In their plants for the night.

And that's when he shot her.

 

[CarolynF]

I have found broodies with up to 4 eggs in each wing pit, all the while setting on up to 14~~~~~~~~~~~ all flattened out like a feathered pancake.
Be careful if you pick up a broody hen, always check the wing pits first, or eggs can fall out & crack.

That's amazing! I'll have to warn my daughter in law, she has her first broody right now.

Hey CL... you were talking about cooking EEs. Since I'm very inexperienced still, I don't know if my birds are small or what, but my EE seems to be such a small chicken. She's not a banty, her eggs are 2 oz. or larger. But she's so light weight, only 3.5 lb. Even my black bird who seems to be an aussie is only a few ounces more. Can it be worth the time and effort to process such a small bird? When it's all done would they weigh more than 2 lb.???

Neither of these girls come from a good line, the EE doesn't even have a fluffy face. The black girl was sold to me as a black sex link but more closely resembles a BA. I think they must have been hatchery birds. Do you think that has something to do with it?

Do you feed them something extra before processing? I know with meat birds they have a special diet the whole time, but layers... I'm totally ignorant. School Me!!

Thanks!