Washingtonians

[cheryl98117]

SAWEEEET !!!

And I did not dissapoint! But the only name I recognise is VF's!

Hi VF! Did you ever eat those wild girls you got from me? Or are they still driving you up the wall?

 

[UrbanEnthusiast]

A meet-up sounds super fun! I'd be down.

 

[FirewifeJess]

A meet-up sounds super fun! I'd be down.

Noticed you have a Wellie. I have one also...she's not quite laying yet but soon! Mine is pretty shy, how do you like yours?

 

[lovinchickypoos]

Grrr, I am pretty sure my Welsummer is a roo. There is a lot of dark red showing thru on the body. I found out AFTER getting him/her from a feed store that they can be sexed by their looks. Supposedly they were sexed before being shipped there. Mine is not the most calm, trusting creature.

 

[PNWGirl]

WILCO FARM STORE

If anyone is near the new Kelso store, they have a sale on feed during the grand opening. http://www.wilco.coop/stores/current_specials/

They also have a Chicken workshop, starting Sept 4th. See the link for which stores will have and the dates. (http://www.wilco.coop/events/details/chick_owner_workshops_starting_sept_4th ) with 25% off of chicken supply items (not feed) after the workshop.

Here is their "Chickville" area and they list what is going on- regarding chickens (http://www.wilco.coop/stores/chickville ). The really cool part is that they post photo's, of the Breeds they carry-- adult photo next to that same chicken as a chick.

Sheila

 

[VelvettFog]

And I did not dissapoint! But the only name I recognise is VF's!

Hi VF! Did you ever eat those wild girls you got from me? Or are they still driving you up the wall?

I have one remaining.

One killed her self last year trying to fly straight up from under the coop. Broke her neck. Early the spring the Splash died unexpectedly. She had never laid an egg for me, so I wonder if that had anything to do with it. The one I have remaining has 3 chicks about 6 wks old. She went broody so I gave her 6 eggs.

What did I learn from all this? I don't like how flightly ameracuana (sorry for spelling that wrong) birds are.

 

[UrbanEnthusiast]

Noticed you have a Wellie. I have one also...she's not quite laying yet but soon! Mine is pretty shy, how do you like yours?

We love her so much! She is definitely our flock leader and not shy. Two of our flock were added this summer as two-month-old pullets. Our three older hens were hand-raised from chicks when we got them last September, but as soon as we started keeping them outside, they mostly didn't want anything to do with us. It's totally fine as we don't have kids and are really more interested in watching our flock than cuddling them, and they are certainly fun to watch! Salma, however, our Wellie, is the only one who will get near us and will occasionally tolerate being petted between her wings if she's hungry enough to get that close. She doesn't like it and she starts to squawk after a few seconds and then runs off, but for us, it's a precious moment!

One interesting thing about her is that she is the only one who completely tolerates the two newbies now and is even protective of them sometimes, while the other two hens still chase the new ones occasionally. I guess it's because Salma is the only one who doesn't feel her status threatened. As flock leader, she's always the last one to roost in the big pine tree at night, preferring to keep lookout until everyone else is safely up. The others will snuggle close together when they roost, but Salma always picks the branch with the most visibility of the yard and roosts by herself. Lately she has taken to making quite a racket before, during, and after roosting and I have no idea why. I wouldn't be surprised if she starts crowing a little! Personally I think it would be awesome, as long as the neighbors don't freak out.

I'm surprised yours is shy. From what I've read about Wellies, they tend to be rather fearless and at the top of the pecking order, no?

 

[mikeyb]

Hey rainydaychicken, please don't feel ignored. Sometimes this forum moves so dang fast you really have a hard time to keep up, let alone trying to catch up to it.
This I know; these are the most friendly people on a forum I've had the pleasure to encounter. (believe me, I visit alot of forums covering a lot of different topics) The do and will help you with advice, knowledge over the entire topic of raising chickens, hatching chickens, coops and other items of interest to us chicken lovers.
Me, although my profile says I joined in 2010 I only recently aquired a few chickens, so my personal knowledge is kinda limited.
Anyhoo, WELCOME TO OUR FORUM ON BYC! This is a good place to learn/share and when you have time just kinda hang out. Yeah, sometimes feathers are ruffled, but nothing too serious (at least I hope).
If you have specific questions or points you want a discussion about, post away and you'll get a response or two, or three I betcha.

 

[cheryl98117]

I know there's no tone in text so, just to clarify, my typing tone for this response is friendly, not accusing or nasty.

I can totally relate to this! I can't tell you how many times I have been on forums (not just this one) and have posted as a newbie and been completely over looked. I try to jump in and get to know people and it has never worked out the way I'd hoped. If I ask a direct question, it usually gets answered but if it's just shoot'n the breeze, it's a no go for the most part. It's hard for me to jump in with a group of people that I don't know and just start talking it up like I do know you. I'm a bit shy and I hate confrontation and it's so easy to misread people when you can't hear or see them while they're talking typing. I see how many of you seem to be good friends and I hope, eventually, I will have friends here too. I really like this forum, I've learned and laughed a lot just reading this thread. I will keep pluggin along because I'd really like to get to know some of you!!

All you newbies dont know me. But I completely understand the feeling of being overlooked or ignored. I myself have been here sence I think 2009, and I still feel overlooked at times. But you need to remember that its nothing personal on anyones part. Just keep on plugging away at those keys, make yourself seen, even if you think your being a pest! Im a pest! But I have lots of friends on here who I love dearly, and have missed quite a bit sence April when I took my break. It can take a while to feel like you are a part of this group, it really can. As I sit here now, I almost feel new again. Just because Ive been gone for over 4 months. But Im here, and ready to move on in my chicken adventures! There really is a wealth of information here on this thread, decades of combined eperience everywhere!

The problem with written conversations is that you can't hear the emotion behind the letters, or the true meaning in the words. Try not to take things too seriously, or to heart to often. We really are one big lovable but disfunctional family.

And please, grammer / spelling police. Leave me alone! lol I mean well even if Im not as correct in my typing as some are! lol

 

[JNB]

I know there's no tone in text so, just to clarify, my typing tone for this response is friendly, not accusing or nasty.

I can totally relate to this! I can't tell you how many times I have been on forums (not just this one) and have posted as a newbie and been completely over looked. I try to jump in and get to know people and it has never worked out the way I'd hoped. If I ask a direct question, it usually gets answered but if it's just shoot'n the breeze, it's a no go for the most part. It's hard for me to jump in with a group of people that I don't know and just start talking it up like I do know you. I'm a bit shy and I hate confrontation and it's so easy to misread people when you can't hear or see them while they're talking typing. I see how many of you seem to be good friends and I hope, eventually, I will have friends here too. I really like this forum, I've learned and laughed a lot just reading this thread. I will keep pluggin along because I'd really like to get to know some of you!!

Good Post.. I'm new here too and one of the things I picked up on fairly quickly is just how close some of these folks are... Like you I have a hard time jumping in and I hate confrontation. So I t does sometimes feel like being the "annoying little kid trying to hang out with the cool teenagers" I figure no one means for that to be the case..... also I think that many of the long time posters see a flux each year around the time baby chicks go on sale of newbies coming in and chattering and all then maybe they fade out. So I think they are looking for staying power So like you I keep the same attitude to keep plug gin along until I find a spot I fit. I often marvel at how this group looks after each other and does act like a family.. Its kinda a rare and cool thing!! Like CR said in one of his post earlier Its not a bad thing to just sit back read and learn and watch the flow... find the rhythm of the group and add to it. We all have good info to add to the forum new and old. After all thats what brought us all together CHICKENS.... GLORIOUS ...... CHICKENS.. We all know how they can be about adding new members to the flock... Tempermental buggers Then all of the sudden its all pecked out and Harmony.... LOL
Believe me when I say that although there are squabbles and bickering going on here right now with some, most of the time things get worked out. And we (as in this group) would do the best we could to come to your aid if ever there was a need for it. I started out just reading and asking questions. I took what I could use from the answers and ignored what didn't work for me. I didn't or tried not to get upset if someone was a little abrupt in their reply, I looked at it as information.
AND as you pointed out so wonerfully, we lose tone of voice, facial expressions and emotion through text. I am all for suggesting we use the emoticons whenever we can to express emotions.
Oh wait, Emoticons....Emotions. Huh, what do you know.

This is just a thought and a suggestion.

Edited by KMHunter - Today at 9:49 am


I love your suggestion its a great idea... there's some great Emoticons on here and I saw somewhere that they may add some new ones I totally agree with your post about taking what works for me and leaving the rest.. Trying to do otherwise would just frustrate me

I think all groups of people, families, forums, work mates have a rhythm and finding the rhythm is key to really being able to communicate and learn.. keeping the rhythm is a whole other topic LOL