Washingtonians

[broodytood]

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Where is Elma? Anyone?

North west of Rochester. We pass it on our way to the beach.

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

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Where is Elma? Anyone?

North west of Rochester. We pass it on our way to the beach.

LOL...Okay, where is Rochester....

I am NE WA. Is Elma South or West?....by Yakima or Seattle?

 

[broodytood]

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North west of Rochester. We pass it on our way to the beach.

LOL...Okay, where is Rochester....

I am NE WA. Is Elma South or West?....by Yakima or Seattle?

Sorry!

West of Olympia about 30 miles. I forget that I am in the sticks!

 

[Kenshan1]

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I'm sorry to hear she lost her walker. The issue I see is that if the walker was by the yard sale sign they might have thought the walker was free. Alot of people put signs next to items they want to get rid of. Just a thought.

Now I have seen walkers like what you discribed at Sam's Club, not too expensive.

Shannon

 

[herbandteas]

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They are so funny!

 

[herbandteas]

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I'm curious... what is BOSS?

Black oil sunflower seeds

 

[broodytood]

When I go out to the tween brooder to check on the no so baby babies, this is what happens. Someone forgot to tell the bantam Leghorns that they are supposed to be flighty. These guys are so easy to handle and fight to get up in my lap. Oh and the little Marans cockerel is so sweet and gentle. Loves to come and perch on me and lets me pet him. Sure hope it stays that way when the hormones start flowing. I know... wishful thinkin'.

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

I posted this on the Oregon Fall Poultry Swap thread, but thought I'd post it here too in case any of my Washington peeps were interested...........


Ok, I'm going to throw this out there and see if it sticks.....

I am wondering if anyone is willing to take on a large fowl buff Faverolles project?? I crossed a LF buff Orpington rooster over my bantam buff Faverolles hens. I have been told by some old time breeders that when you cross bantams and large fowl you'll end up with some larger than the LF parent, and some smaller than the bantam parent. SO...there is a possibility of creating a bantam and a large fowl line out of this. I can tell you that there is a HUGE size difference in the chicks that I have hatched out so far. I SO WISH I could do this myself, but I just don't have room (and DH doesn't have patience) for another LF coop.

About buff Favs...there are a very few of us in the USA with bantam buffs. The LF buffs in the US are GONE. Which is why I really don't want to let this opportunity pass by. Basically what is needed is this: I need someone to take these large buff chicks, grow them out, and keep one or two roos to maturity, we would then cross whichever has the best Fav type back over my buff girls, to hopefully lock in the Fav type, and continue from there (so I also NEED whoever might be considering this to have a disease-history free flock, and be super-conscientious about quarantine, etc).

All of these babies have lightly feathered shanks, most of them have puffy cheeks but we'll have to see who ends up with the best beards/muffs, but none of them have 5 toes, which is also why there will need to be at least one more cross back to the pure buff Favs.

Anyone interested??? Oh, the chicks are only 1-2 weeks old right now, I think there are about 4 that are bigger, and I have more in incubators and under broodies.....

Thanks!!! Feel free to ask questions here, or PM me.....

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

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How do you get them to stick to the ceiling?

 

[Stumpfarmer]

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Mine get BOSS occassionally, when my daughter remembers when she's filling the seed feeder (I had a bad allergic reaction to skin contact with a sunflower bloom (the sticky stuff on the center of the blooming flower) and the allergy gets worse every time I'm exposed to the dust or accidentally eat the seeds or something cooked in the raw oil). They took about ten minutes to figure it out the first time, but chug it down now. The only think they've eaten without suspicion the first time they saw it was peanuts.

Any oil seed or nut is high in protein and EFAs; it's especially good to treat or supplement with that kind of stuff in very cold weather (my birds have protection from rain and wind but not radiant or convective heat loss).