Washingtonians

[FirewifeJess]

I have a bunch of horse poo. C'mon get it

 

[Chickielady]

Not just Oregonians. I find it is more common in Eastern Washington/Idaho. My grandmother, born and bred in Wenatchee and a 50-year resident of the Yakima area, said "Warshington" all her life. And "dishwarsher" and "squarsh" etc. etc. So do several of my other Yakima relatives, but not all of them. My Boise-raised MIL. Even my husband says "dishwarsher", but I don't let him get away with it. You only get to say "dishwarsher" if you say everything else that way, like my grandma.

I think he says it to annoy me.

Maybe we should split the state down the middle and have "Washington" and "Warshington".

ha ha my friend from Oregon does it to annoy me, but then I call oregon "OR-EEEEEEEEEE-GONE" and it makes him smile

 

[Chickielady]

OK Ok OK update... I straw feed my two baby turkeys and they are standing on their own and chirping I know its a stretch that they will make it but can anyone tell me how I can attract them to their food and water so they will eat n drink???

Poke the feed with your finger and peep at them...I did it & the babies would come running & peck where my finger was...kinda like you are momma turkey & pecking at food for them

 

[Chickielady]

OMG did an accurate baby count of the baby bunnies. there are 10 babies in the box. It was a big litter and the mom bunny is just so lovey to everyone (me and kids and hubby) it is almost like she's super proud of herself. The birds (turkeys, ducks and chickens and the dang pigeons) are enjoying having more room to run in. I go outside and when they hear me they all run to the front side of the pen making noises. They are awesome. I think I upset one of hubby's grandchildren today when they were over.. He wanted to know what all my birds' names were and I told him only a few have names because some are being raised for the freezer. He told me I was mean and they should all be house pets. But I still got a hug when they left so I guess all is forgiven. I forget that the grandkids don't understand the purpose of some animals as food. My kiddos do and always tell me if any birds get mean they get to go to the freezer because mean birds aren't fun at all.

Watch out for at least 2 runt bunnies...Mom only has so many teets & 2 will probably go hungry while the rest are fat.
You maybe should get goats milk or milk replacer for kittens, a little pet baby bottle & be ready to feed the runts 2 X a day.

 

[Imp]

Quote:
The people who owned my house before, came by to say "hi" about a year after I bought.

They told me that they were hippys in the 70s and thought they could feed a family of 5 out of the back yard. So they had 11- 2 ton loads of fresh horse poo dumped into the back yard. Laughingly they said the neighbors hated them for months.

Imp-I do have to say plants still grow well here 35 years later.

 

[Chickielady]

We burned litter today. Unfortunately, it got wet in the rain, so it was a little smokey. It doesn't smell too bad - it's burning pine chips. For the longest time I could smell the fire, but didn't realize what my husband was doing. We ate dinner in the backyard with the fire going. Seems fine. During dinner I asked him what he was burning and he told me. It didn't bother me at all, and didn't seem to faze my mom one bit even though the fire was about 20 feet from us.

wow.............I compost all mine & just sold 3 bucket loads to a gardener down the road !
I spread it all in my garden and have awesome 2' tall sequoia tomatoes already....1-2" through the butt !
They love the compost & it heats the green house when it has been 38-40 at night.

 

[Chickielady]

I think this belongs in the "what funny things have you said since getting chickens" thread.

I make almost as much $ off the composted poo as I do from eating egg sales.
Imagine getting $50 for a pile of poo ?

Can't beat that with a stick !!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ReiMiraa]

Done!!!!!!!!
I'll post better photos later, but I think this gets the point across. Right before I received my degree.

 

[Chickielady]

I have some babies left for sale if interested.... 3.5 months / 2.5 months / 1.5 months and 2 week olds
but I'm sure you can find someone closer to you

It has been super busy here and with things changing at work and home its been non-stop running

Sorry if I missed the answer but the white chick was labeled Sussex but has feathered shanks. white leg color.
so is it a Sussex or light Brahma?

That's no pea comb.....................and a Brahma will have very very feathers shanks AND TOES.

 

[Imp]

I make almost as much $ off the composted poo as I do from eating egg sales.
Imagine getting $50 for a pile of poo ?

Can't beat that with a stick !!!!!!!!!!!

Well you can, but it splatters.

Russ