Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Chickielady]

I like how you say "Later peeps", then 2 1/2 minutes later you post again. You Washingtonians are funny.

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[Chickielady]

Really? How does that work? I thought BBS color genes work the same in all breeds. Does a black copper boy have the blue gene too? Maybe recessive? Just curious.

No he does not have the blue gene, but the splash dilute his black.

 

[KMHunter]

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Ah bummer. I can't go. My son has State Cross Country Race that weekend down in Eugene, OR. Guess I will have to wait for the Spring Swap in Canby, OR. I am torn between ordering chicks in spring and paying outrageous shipping, or getting chicks at the swap and run risk of getting cockerels. I can have them but I don't want to have more than 2 to keep overmating down. I already have 1 with my 6 hens and have 3 pullets in the grow-out tractor. Looking to get some 2 silkies, 1 frizzle cochin, and either 2 delewares or 2 favorelles. Thanks for replying.
There should be another WWF show in about March. It will be held at the Evergreen Fair grounds. We can let you know as soon as it is announced. I think that the March show tends to be a bigger show, than the winter show in Chehalis, It is still a lot of fun to meet up with a lot of our group in person.
And if you know what you want and pre arrange pick up at the shows, people here are more than willing to transport or hold on to them until you can get them. That's what I did from the Salem show. We are big enablers here! Anything you are interested in inparticular?

You a fan of TMNT?

 

[Chickielady]

 

[FlyRobinFly]

I had to let the blue boy go. He had a crooked beak and split wing. I waited for him to grow out as long as possible to see if the wing was truly split and it was. Wings issues are a major no no, And he was a little long in the back. He had a lot of things going for him so I kept waiting to see if the wings were ok. I would have done a test breeding with a very short backed girl if his wings had been good. I am on the fence about crooked beaks. If it showed up in offspring then I would have stopped using him. But alas, the wings were bad.

I got a black Cockerel and a hen from Florida, and Ultsol sold me a Splash hen and a black pullet. She is bringing another Black boy to Chehalis for me also. So I should be set to start pair breeding in the spring. I would love to also get some Catdance eggs if I have a broody.

I now have just two of the Catdance Silkies I hatched this summer, and they may both have split wings.

One blue girl is just a love, of the 11 chicks she was the one that would come up if I came over and is a sweetie. I kept another dark blue or black to keep her company, but I'm questioning whether I want to keep Silkies or not after the loss of my SQ male and now the possible wing issue. The nine that went to other homes were nice though...go figure!

It's expensive to ship live birds.

Believe me, I just had two silkies shipped from Florida and I paid more in shipping than I did for the birds!
Thanks goodness they got here safe and sound, in one day even. So USPS did a good job for me. but I was nervous after Cloverleafs experience recently.

When I had the aforementioned SQ male shipped, his airfare was more than three times his purchase price. I'm glad yours arrived safely, please share pictures when you can!

 

[KMHunter]

Quote: Got it! I am having a good time learning about color genetics in poultry. But I still have a hard time wrapping my head around it sometimes.

 

[Chickielady]

I think those traps work on all cats forever.

Paper shopping bags work great too...isn't that weird ??????????

 

[Chickielady]

You could wait and see if CL has some this winter.

Aw here is the typo.
She means Clover, not me...

 

[FlyRobinFly]

I may be in Winlock the weekend of the Chehalis show, am trying to figure out if I can manage both things.

 

[Chickielady]

I got my blue Ameraucanas from Pips&Peeps.

She has the best !