Washingtonians

[Cloverleaf Farm]

Well, CR is still cracking jokes so he must be ok.
Looks like a 2 inch gash but only 5 stitches.
I won't tell the rest so he can when he gets back on here.
Glad he's ok.
If he starts acting funny then we all know he got some sense knocked into him!

But then he'll be too smart to hang out with me!

 

[Imp]

Continuing news...
CT scan showed CR may have a possible skull fracture.
He's now waiting on the neuro-surgeon.
Not as hard headed as he thought!

I think he just wanted a vaulted skull.

 

[Imp]

Welcome to the WA thread, and BYC. Glad you joined us.

Hello everyone!

I'm new here and new-ish (re-new?) at having chickens. We had plenty of them when I was younger - back when dinosaurs roamed the earth - because we were short on money and long on hunger. We had to grow it, raise it, catch it, or (Dad had to) hunt it in order to eat it.

Also, horrifying to many of you I'm sure, when I was in college I was a microbiology major and I worked in a research lab in which we used chickens in our experiments. Yes, to avoid anyone asking or really wanting to ask, we killed them as part of the procedure and, yes, it was done absolutely humanely and under extremely strict guidelines and protocol.

I think your OK, not easy to horrify us.

Anyway...

We recently moved from the Fremont neighborhood in Seattle to a town I like to call "Elk Sh**, Washington" but is more commonly known as Brinnon. It's about halfway between Shelton and Sequim on the east side of the Olympic Peninsula; the Hood Canal side. Yeah, from walking distance to everything I could possibly want to nearly 9 acres in the woods. Quite the change. "We" would be myself, my husband, our two dogs, and our cat.

I used to camp in Brinnon; beautiful area. Once I got lost on the highway and drove into Brinnon at about 60 mph, I realized where I was, as I saw the blue flashing lights from behind. The guy was very nice and just gave me directions straight out of town.

There are five chickens that are currently living in my pantry, much to my husband's horror. They are Millie, Lilly, Sasparilly, Dorothy, and Marietta; Silver Laced Wyandotte, Silver Cuckoo Marans, Canadian Chantecler Partridge, Splash Marans, and Easter Egger. My dad always named his chickens "Millie, Lilly, and Sasparilly" so that's for him. Dorothy is because she's a Splash Marans and 'Dot' is a nickname for Dorothy. Marietta is so named because she was huge compared to the other chicks and a well-known landmark in the city of Marietta, GA is a huge and vaguely chicken shaped structure at a Kentucky Fried Chicken that everyone uses as a landmark - everyone refers to it as "The Big Chicken."

I also have fulfilled a childhood dream - I have a duck! S-He is a 2 week old Rouen of as-yet-to-be-determined sex. I'm gambling that the duck is a female so I have named her the name I picked out for my fantasy duck when I was a kid - Jemima Puddleduck. That's the duck in the Peter Rabbit books. Oh, I had such plans for my pet duck when I was a kid. I was going to leash train it, take baths with it, let it sleep in my room... The latter being the most likely reason why I never had one. As an adult, I can't say that I have any plans to leash train Jemima Puddleduck and she certainly won't be sleeping in the bed as myself, my husband, and the two dogs are bodies enough, but I can't say with 100% certainty that I won't be taking her into the bath with me... At least once?

So. That's me. I'm a writer by profession so, clearly, I'm wordy. Can't tell the time in under a hundred words.

Cheers!

V.

Imp

 

[HoneysuckleHills]

I have finally made connections with a boy to clean my coops for me. I hope this works out. I could also hire him to pet sit when we go away.

 

[Rainwolf]

like your new sig Imp

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

Hello everyone!

I'm new here and new-ish (re-new?) at having chickens. We had plenty of them when I was younger - back when dinosaurs roamed the earth - because we were short on money and long on hunger. We had to grow it, raise it, catch it, or (Dad had to) hunt it in order to eat it.

Also, horrifying to many of you I'm sure, when I was in college I was a microbiology major and I worked in a research lab in which we used chickens in our experiments. Yes, to avoid anyone asking or really wanting to ask, we killed them as part of the procedure and, yes, it was done absolutely humanely and under extremely strict guidelines and protocol.

Anyway...

We recently moved from the Fremont neighborhood in Seattle to a town I like to call "Elk Sh**, Washington" but is more commonly known as Brinnon. It's about halfway between Shelton and Sequim on the east side of the Olympic Peninsula; the Hood Canal side. Yeah, from walking distance to everything I could possibly want to nearly 9 acres in the woods. Quite the change. "We" would be myself, my husband, our two dogs, and our cat.

There are five chickens that are currently living in my pantry, much to my husband's horror. They are Millie, Lilly, Sasparilly, Dorothy, and Marietta; Silver Laced Wyandotte, Silver Cuckoo Marans, Canadian Chantecler Partridge, Splash Marans, and Easter Egger. My dad always named his chickens "Millie, Lilly, and Sasparilly" so that's for him. Dorothy is because she's a Splash Marans and 'Dot' is a nickname for Dorothy. Marietta is so named because she was huge compared to the other chicks and a well-known landmark in the city of Marietta, GA is a huge and vaguely chicken shaped structure at a Kentucky Fried Chicken that everyone uses as a landmark - everyone refers to it as "The Big Chicken."

I also have fulfilled a childhood dream - I have a duck! S-He is a 2 week old Rouen of as-yet-to-be-determined sex. I'm gambling that the duck is a female so I have named her the name I picked out for my fantasy duck when I was a kid - Jemima Puddleduck. That's the duck in the Peter Rabbit books. Oh, I had such plans for my pet duck when I was a kid. I was going to leash train it, take baths with it, let it sleep in my room... The latter being the most likely reason why I never had one. As an adult, I can't say that I have any plans to leash train Jemima Puddleduck and she certainly won't be sleeping in the bed as myself, my husband, and the two dogs are bodies enough, but I can't say with 100% certainty that I won't be taking her into the bath with me... At least once?

So. That's me. I'm a writer by profession so, clearly, I'm wordy. Can't tell the time in under a hundred words.

Cheers!

V.

Welcome......There are others on here who are not "writers" and yet are very wordy too. I don't think I am one...am I ? I just like to type a lot of nonsense. I am from the "dry side" of the mtns.

Hang on tight ....this thread moves fast. Don't worry about keeping up. But lots of smart people on here that can help you out at any time.

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

Um, Imp....do you think he gave you directions so and was nice because you scared the applesauce out of him when you roared through town at 60 mph?

maybe figured you were some hudlum....wanted to "escort" you out of town maybe. LOL.

 

[4cats3kids1hubby2many]

On the topic of "blue lights" in the rear view mirror:

I washed my truck (remember my pretty red F150) and it shrunk into a pretty little red sportage. We just did not need 2 trucks and the expense of my Ford was just too much. I did the math and I was puting out around $900 a month onthe ford...in gas/insurance/payment. With the sportage I am saving around $300 a month. That is DH's Dodge payment. We need the dodge to pull the 5th wheel. It just made sense. Besides now I can have money to build the coops I want.

But it does mean I can get less birds in my vehicle. and I had better hury up and get the turkeys from CL before they get too big. I will have to strap them in with seat belts if I don't hurry. Husband says he will make me a small trailer to pull to haul birds in if I need.

Anyway...the new car is "zippy" and "peppy" and if I am not careful I am going to be finding some blue lights in my rear view mirror. it just zips around town and has a lot of get up and go....I just know I will get a ticket one of these days...gotta be careful.

 

[broodytood]

Quote:

XXXXX 222222222 !!!!!!!! That's great that you'll be able to keep your birds!!!

 

[KMoran]

Good morning peeps.... What a beautiful day... a little cold tho I must say... Got lots to get done this weekend and with the hubby away playing army means more work for me...

Oh well I can pack boxes with the best of them. I will just leave them piled up till he gets home

. I hope CR is doing ok... Congrats on the new car 4312, I understand what you mean about how pricey trucks can be. UGH. And now the hubby needs a new car YIKES! Well I hope everyone else has a great weekend and enjoys the sunshine.