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    Arizona Chickens

    Lots of panting over here too, we've had to bring our chickens up to Tucson with us so we can deal with a house some tenets trashed and it is hot! I have two water baths and put out a couple frozen water jugs for them in the afternoon but I can't wait to get back to Rio Rico! Maddbaggins or...
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    The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

    Hidi ho everybody, I just caught up on this thread and thought id post a pic of my HRIRs got them from DesertMarcy down here in Tucson Arizona. They are so great, from the Reese/Mohawk line I'll post better pics when they get bigger. I'll be trying to breed them up for meat and for my boys to...
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    Arizona Chickens

    For all you suckers out there that just cant say no to your chickens, https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/392545/how-to-potty-train-your-chicken enjoy Thanks lol ive never seen birds so happy so fast and so happy to be around people, even my toddlers who love to chase them don't seem to scare...
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    Arizona Chickens

    All the birds I got from DesertMarcy are from the Reese line the HRIR below is from Duane urach (sp) the other two are ameruconas (sp) I belive they are from Duane as well
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    Arizona Chickens

    Welcome newcomers!!!! I would suggest checking out the natural chicken keeping thred here https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/729605/the-natural-chicken-keeping-thread-ots-welcome/15210#post_11286948 and the heritage large fowl thred here...
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    Arizona Chickens

    that's what my girls do when I go to catch them, just hunker down and wait to be picked up, I think it means your birds are used to being handled.
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    Arizona Chickens

    lol smuggle something into mexico that would be a first
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    Arizona Chickens

    Sounds like fun lol I have a bule Wheaton roo if you guys need astud lol quote name="mckeesbackyard" url="/t/31227/arizona-chickens/36960#post_11287259"]Hi! We're from the White Mountains (Pineop/Lakeside) & planning to get some chicks & build our coop in the next 2 weeks. We are set on getting...
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    Arizona Chickens

    Fingers Crossed!!! Better toss some DE on his head tonight while hes roosting, just to be safe.
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    Arizona Chickens

    Thank you! I wanted to try to get some thing as close as possible, chicks are expensive to ship and I don't have any way to hatch eggs right now. Do you have marans marcy, I've heard great things about you
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    Arizona Chickens

    What about Dorkings? Does anyone raise these tasty chickens in AZ? Id love to get a few of them!
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    Arizona Chickens

    lol stayed up way to late last night daydreaming about what kind of chickens I wanna get next
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    Hey guys I made some ACV the other day and just wanted to make sure it was ok to give to my animals. I made up a gallon of apple juice out of organic frozen concentrate, waited till it warmed up to room temp and poured in a half bottle of bragg that I shook up first and let it sit on top of the...
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    Growing fodder for chickens

    Just gave my girl her first fodder brick and she loved it! she went crazy picking seeds out of the grass but didn't seem to interested in the grass itself oh well the dogs sure enjoyed it
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    Multi-question, Vaccination(less) flock management, adding to my flock, quarantine, ...

    I don't vaccinate any of my birds ever and have never had a problem. the safest way to add new birds to your flock is to quarantine them far from your current birds and where wild birds cant get to them. watch for mites along with disease and illness then after a week or two add one of your...
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