Arizona Chickens - Page 2642

Hi all! Just discovered there was a forum for people in Arizona who raise poultry so I thought I would introduce myself incase you see me wandering around the forums :)

I have been around or owned chickens since I was 4 years old-- started out with all the normal things like Auracaunas, RIR, Barred Rocks, Australorps, and the like...then, thanks to my adventurous step father I learned that chicken breeds went beyond what the local feed store carried. So now I am crazy about rare breeds...especially bantams :)

Just have a few boring standard breeds to rid myself of, and then my bantam addiction will be well under way.. I have (or hope to have): Cuckoo rose comb leghorns, Bantam Butter cups, Vorwerks, White Faced Black Spanish, and Spangled OEG. I also have Royal Palm Turkeys, and hope to get a trio of Spanish. Water fowl include: Runner ducks, Chinese Geese, Sebastapol geese, and apricot/pastel call ducks.

I never sugar coat anything.  My sister always asks my opinion and I ask if she wants the truth or for me to lie!

 

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Originally Posted by Gallo del Cielo 

Oh, I wanted to add, that just a few years ago we discovered that beet greens are our most favorite greens we've ever grown.  In fact, the family here prefers the tops to the bottoms.   I couldn't believe how good they were.  It's so sad that all the time growing up we just fed the tops to the chickens.  I asked my mom about it and she said that someone told her they weren't good to eat, so we didn't.  

We like beet greens a lot too. I just wanted both beets and greens! 

Oh well, live and learn.

Turnip greens are not as good, though.  I'm the only one that will eat them.  :-)  

Oh, I wanted to add, that just a few years ago we discovered that beet greens are our most favorite greens we've ever grown.  In fact, the family here prefers the tops to the bottoms.   I couldn't believe how good they were.  It's so sad that all the time growing up we just fed the tops to the chickens.  I asked my mom about it and she said that someone told her they weren't good to eat, so we didn't.  

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Originally Posted by Gallo del Cielo 

That's fantastic Arizonachicken!  That's great that she accepted them so easily too.  Beautiful chicks.   Nice job Kev and Mrs. Kev!  Is the lighter colored one from Chumly?

No Chumly only ended hooking up with the Black Orpington and now he found a new home with Memphis. I'm considering maybe incubating some of the upcoming eggs though. What do you get with a splash roo over a black hen? 50% blue and 50% black?

For anyone who needs a "Fuzzy Cuteness" fix...

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Originally Posted by Arizonachicken 

YIKES! Momma hen picked up a chick by the toe and broke it's tiny toe. What gives? Did she think it was a worm? I put neosporin on it, but can't splint it since its so small, so if it heals, it'll have a crooked toe. .

Get a piece of tape (bandaid tape would work) and set the chick's foot on the tape in the correct position.  Then fold the end over to cover tape down the top of the foot as well.  Trim around the edges to give the chick a "boot."  Be careful of surfacing as you don't want to add spla leg to its problems.