Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Hinotori]

We've been on the rain/sun/hail rollercoaster all day

 

[ValerieJ]

I haven't been getting many eggs lately. One, maybe 2 a day if I'm lucky.

Same here, but I only have 2 one year olds and 1 3 year old. Everyone else is older than that, so I don't expect much from them ever, let alone winter. I get the occasional 3 egg day.

 

[Grandmas Coop]

I have been getting 6 a day, but Wednesday I got 11, and yesterday 6.
We did get a wood chipper so I can have chips for the chicken run; garden and compost .
I got tomatoes and jalapeños ordered yesterday for the end of April.
So as the rain , hopefully, backs off and it warms up a bit , which won’t be until Monday, I get busy with the garden prep.
But I can get going on the slash piles with the chipper.
Today- it’s cold

 

[ValerieJ]

Should we all be baking pies today?

 

[Smokerbill]

Ice on the truck this morning. My chickens' egg production didn't slow down at all through their first winter. They were averaging 5 or 6 eggs each per week.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Face it your like allot of us bought hatchery birds they are bred to lay.
They get a few good years, I still have a few left.
Most that start early will lay through a winter then they molt.
My older girls lay then it is warm then I have a few never lay again.

 

[Smokerbill]

Face it your like allot of us bought hatchery birds they are bred to lay.
They get a few good years, I still have a few left.
Most that start early will lay through a winter then they molt.
My older girls lay then it is warm then I have a few never lay again.

I agree with you.

 

[Hinotori]

Should we all be baking pies today?

I need to make caramels for a guy hubby works with.

 

[Hinotori]

Face it your like allot of us bought hatchery birds they are bred to lay.
They get a few good years, I still have a few left.
Most that start early will lay through a winter then they molt.
My older girls lay then it is warm then I have a few never lay again.

Of my hatchery birds, only the EEs did long term laying for me. Got decent laying until 7 out of them. They still laid some until death. We're very reliable for my winter eggs even if not a lot of them. Even that 12 year old was still giving an egg or two a month.

 

[Smokerbill]

I moved 6 kale seedlings into a larger container.