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  1. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Well... (haha pun) I know where the main water shutoff valve is nearest the well's pressure tank, and where the water shutoff valve is under the house. If there's a leak I'll turn off the water at one of those. I filled the big chicken and baby chicken feeders and waterers, cleaned all the...
  2. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    I cleaned all the crappy bedding out of the chicken coop and used it on one of my 5'x15' raised beds. 10 gallons gave the bed maybe a 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick topcoat. Not much, but it was pretty ripe smelling.
  3. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    My chicks discovered their wings today and have been fluttering all over the inside of the brooder box. I mixed up a couple of water soaked starter crumbles for them to give them a break from dry crumbles, and maybe fatten them up a little quicker.
  4. Smokerbill

    Chicken swallowed a bolt

    The fact that it's stainless steel means it won't rust or tarnish, but doesn't mean that it's not possibly toxic. I have a stainless steel hip joint, and if it wears excessively it can cause tissue death around the joint and a host of nasty problems throughout my body and organs.
  5. Smokerbill

    Processing non-meat breed cockerels

    That's what I'm aiming for, quick growth and a large size in 16 or 18 weeks. I have five New Hampshire pullets and one grew fast is is nearly twice as big as the others. She's been laying 5 or 6 x-large eggs per week. She bred with a good sized NH cockerel and I hatched 10 of her eggs. I'll...
  6. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    I just looked at my garden today trying to figure out how I'm going to eat all the baby bok choi plants. I'm considering using them to make kimchi, which would be a first for me. The Brunswick cabbages are forming heads. They're supposed to be freeze tolerant and the cool weather hasn't slowed...
  7. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    To believe that I would need a video as proof. LOL And just curious, did your onions have rot problems again this year? I agree that it must be some kind of disease organisms in your soil, and maybe the wind blows them around.
  8. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Did the other chickens take chase and try to get the mouse?
  9. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Yeah, I've seen those hatch alongs. I'm not that much of a social type. I'll stick to where I'm comfortable. For now anyway. Did you cook something fancy today Valerie? Cheap pizza and beer here today, an old friend came down to visit from Milton. Nice visit.
  10. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    I've been hearing mice in the walls for the last week or so, like between 1am and 4am. Maybe they're somewhere else like in the crawl space, I just don't know for sure. I have a few old style snap traps set with fresh peanut butter now so hopefully I'll be getting some protein chicken treats soon.
  11. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I have one of those old heating pads that doesn't shut off, but the hanging ceramic heater works great. I'm VERY careful to make sure it doesn't drop down into the bedding. I'm wondering if I should start hatching another batch of chicks. It's kinda fun to make chicks out of eggs. LOL Did your...
  12. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    My chicks got a new home. I taped two $4 moving boxes from Homedepot together, covered it with part of a rabbit cage. Suckers have room to run now! No gardening done other than growing out some fertilizer factories...
  13. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    My chicks are all doing great in the new brooder box I put together. I bought two HomeDepot moving boxes, 24"x24"x20". I taped them together so the chicks have a 24x40 box to live in. The 75 watt ceramic heater bulb works great at about 10 inches from the floor. Chicks find the spot under it...
  14. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Hope you find a roomy soon Penny Jo. Start thinking about getting your garden going next year, save a few bucks on food. My dang chicken coop is smelling like ammonia lately and I think it might be due to the higher protein All Purpose feed they're eating. It's 18% protein and that's probably...
  15. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Add some oysters to the catfood and pack some high-protein oyster stuffing into the turkey??? Grandma made oyster stuffing, sans the catfood. LOL ETA: Aren't all canned foods required to be safe for human consumption by the USDA, including pet foods? Well, maybe not, anymore.
  16. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Your silkies don't take no crap! LOL It's almost dark now, need to go out and close the coop door. Weird thing, my RIR cockerel has taken to laying down in the doorway entry up until it gets dark outside. Seems to me like he's trying to be protective of the other chickens and standing guard. He...
  17. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Mature leaves are very similar to holly leaves. Not sure what the baby ones look like.
  18. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Half and half would be about right for me.
  19. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    I'm sure I read something somewhere about mahonias not responding well to transplanting, but that might have been about digging them up and moving them.
  20. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    The new New Hampshires I hatched are all doing well, eating and drinking a lot, and they're fast little suckers. LOL
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