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  1. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Nice! The young NHs are quick and try to get out the door whenever I go in, but haven't been successful yet. 4 of the 5 NH hens laid eggs today so far, and the RIR hen in the other run was building herself a nest. Still raining. Been raining all day long.
  2. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    The older NHs are getting along well with the young ones. They've been in a see/no touch situation for at least a couple months so they kind of know each other already. Plus their mama is one of the old ones so they're related. Still deciding on whether to sell the four point of lay pullets and...
  3. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I rearranged chickens at 5:30 this morning. Now all 14 of the full blooded New Hampshire hens, pullets and cockerels are in the big run. The RIR hen and the four RIRxNH pullets are in a separate run.
  4. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Do all of the perk holes have to test good?
  5. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I always thought the idea of poutine was just wrong myself. But it might be something a person would have to try before you knew for sure.
  6. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I don't think I've ever had cheese curds, but I guess they're required to make authentic poutine. Which I've also never eaten.
  7. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    @ValerieJ , I don't know if you ever found your cheese curds, but I saw that the IGA here might (at participating stores) have them, and they're on sale through today.
  8. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Cute chicks. What breed are they? I finished putting the compost on a couple of my raised beds. There are two more raised beds that need weeding, leveling and adding compost to. Someday.
  9. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Finally got the two 5' X 15' raised beds prepped and ready for planting. Today I leveled the soil in them and topcoated both with a 2 inch layer of compost. Big rain is coming over the next several days so it'll wash some of the compost nutrients and microorganisms down into the soil.
  10. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I had a few eggs with homemade bread and salsa a couple hours ago. Time to spread compost on the garden now.
  11. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    I processed two NH cockerels at 40 weeks and the carcasses weighed right at 5 pounds each, skin off. The RIR hen is more aggressive than the NHs, but the RIR cockerel never caused problems. I have two 17 week old RIR over NH cockerels that look like they'd process out at 4 or 5 pounds already...
  12. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    I have feed-store New Hampshires and had a pair of RIRs, but the RIR cockerel was processed after he fathered a batch of RIRxNH chicks. Still have the hen for the time being. I have a younger batch of chicks that are straight NH. For meaties my plan is to breed for size by pairing the largest...
  13. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    It's nice not obsessing over a bunch of seedlings this year. If I get a smaller and/or later harvest it'll be a fair exchange for the time and effort saved by not starting seedlings in the house. I've been focused on my chickens anyway, having 24 now spread out in four age groups. Trying to...
  14. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Two of my raised beds are pretty much weed free now. Next they'll get topcoated with compost, then I'll start planting some seeds. And there are two more beds to work on after that.
  15. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    I knew that about tomatoes but not about peppers. Since potatoes are in the same family I'm guessing you could root cuttings from them too. I'm not growing potatoes this season but maybe someone could try it.
  16. Smokerbill

    Fertilized eggs?

    Try a cell phone flashlight.
  17. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    It's cooling now.
  18. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I need to set up a nipple watering system. I have both vertical and horizontal nipples on hand, just haven't used them yet. Got a loaf of 100% whole wheat bread going in the machine. I'm using the King Arthur recipe ingredients list, and measured the flour by weight for the first time ever.
  19. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Have you tried catching voles with mousetraps? I caught one inside the shop once, so it can be done. I found this method online. Haven't tried it myself. https://ucanr.edu/site/mg-sonoma/catching-voles
  20. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    I agree. When the garlic I planted last fall started sending shoots above ground something kept nipping them off and eating them, and I suspect it was voles. Now that the garlic is a lot taller they leave it alone.
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