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    What feed do you reccommend I get and why?

    I feed Nature Wise organic pellets and use a treadle feeder to keep the unwanted critters out. I also use an organic scratch (forget the name) this time of year which my girls get as a treat with their organs garden trimmings from the veggie patch at least once a day. Remember - you are what...
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    black watermelon seeds for chickens?

    Well, I feed my girls tomatoes all of the time - granted, usually just one that has split and the bugs have gotten to between 6 chickens. I think you really need to look at what sort of quantity would actually be considered toxic before you freak out. Also, chickens aren't the brightest...
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    keeping chickens cool in summer heat

    I am in Phoenix and I use the cheap misters that you can buy at Home Depot. They cost $12-$25 depending on how long of a run you need and are made of a flexible plastic tubing with little brass mister fittings. You just screw the end to a regular garden hose and it doesn't take much water to...
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    black watermelon seeds for chickens?

    Yes, with watermelon or most any other type of melon it is fine to feed them the whole sheebang or just the seeds - they looove it! I use the cheapo misters that you can buy at Home Depot to keep my girls cool (and egg production up) this time of year. Just buy one of the $25 kits and it hooks...
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    Silver Leghorn Rooster in North Phoenix AZ

    I have a beautiful silver leghorn rooster that I can no longer keep; he is mildly aggressive but turns "chicken" mighty quick when confronted with someone wearing Home Depot orange gloves or a hay rake. He was hatched late last August. He is also pretty good about not crowing before day-break...
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    Arizona Chickens

    I have some chain link fencing that you are welcome to - 6 foot high and unsure on length but probably 8-10 feet and some old 2X4 and 2X8's - but we are at the "opposite end" of the world from you - Desert Hills - PM me if interested maybe we can meet halfway?
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    Arizona Chickens

    Hey good for you on the Family Equality avitar!! Loove it! Even if all of my "children" have feathers or fur - LOL! And I will absolutely take you seriously, as long as you don't a) dress your chickens in outfits of any kind and b) apply cosmetics to them. Oh, yes people on this forum have -...
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    What treat did your chickies get today?

    Well, my girls (and boy) are a wee bit spoiled - They get yum-yums TWICE a day! In the morning and in the evening, they get an assortment of organic cheese, yogurt or cottage cheese, nuts (we vary it between sunflower seeds, almonds, etc.), organic spinach, grapes, broccoli, figs or whatever...
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    Arizona Chickens

    Thanks, guys, for the kind words - I know it's "just a chicken" and all, but when you raise 'em from lil' cheeps - sigh. Oh well, tomorrow's another day and all...
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    Arizona Chickens

    Congrats on the "first egg" from Miss Nellie! The pic made me smile, which I need to do right about now, as I lost my little silver leghorn today, not to a coyote but to one of my own dang dogs!! I feel like it was my own stupid fault - dogs were in the yard but not close by(we have over an...
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    Arizona Chickens

    Oh yes, LadyKotaDorie, should be fine for them outside right now - as long as you have taken precautions for predators! If you are in central Phoenix, no problem with temps. Even in outlying areas to the North, I am not worried about night-time temps as they should only dip into the mid-forties...
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    Arizona Chickens

    Oh, avismeansbird, I am so sorry that your little one had to deal with that! It sounds like she and you handled it extremely well, though. I am out in the hinterlands North of Phoenix proper and we have many, many predators out here - and a wash that runs right on the back of our property! You...
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    Arizona Chickens

    Gee, Skip, I dunno - but I DID find a vet here in Phoenix (a ways from you I know) who actually knows a thing or two about chickens and was able to do successful surgery on one of my girls with prolapsed vent. Maybe if you call they can refer you or have you email the pics and try to help you...
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    are chickens pets?

    Well, I guess they really ARE pets, since they now have a "doorbell" (courtesy of one of our Thanksgiving guests who found it at a yard sale) and their very own solar holiday lights and wreath - because the new neighbors behind us have gotten carried away with the holiday spirit and have the...
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    Sponsored Post Looking for a way to get fresh water to your chickens?

    Well, thank YOU and we ARE enjoying the new addition - the girls are figuring it out very quickly, and it was a breeze to install. I will probably be ordering a second unit fairly soon for the "lil peepers" yard - once they are big enough to integrate with "Crazy", my older and slightly...
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