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    Arizona Chickens

    Turned on the mister for the first time this year.
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    Arizona Chickens

    Ok. I’m up on the side of south mountain in phoenix. We seem to always have a little breeze. Much more than when we lived in a subdivision.
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    Arizona Chickens

    For you guys that are running misters, do your chickens not have shade? My set up is such that after 10:30 or so they are in full shade in their bunker. It’s really an open-air coop/run with a roost bar.
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    Arizona Chickens

    Shhhhhhhhhhhhh. Don’t jinx it.
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    Arizona Chickens

    Question: Once the hens have matured and started to lay, should I expect to see a reduction in the amount of feed they consume? Because it seems like I don’t have to refill their feeders as often.
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    Arizona Chickens

    You guys were talking about 20% protein feed a few pages back. is this what you were referring to? https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/purina-flock-raiser-crumbles-premium-poultry-feed-50-lb
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    Arizona Chickens

    Got a serious pecking/feather picking problem. The victim is on the left, getting saddle feathers all picked clean. Coincidentally, the culprit is also in the photo. Suggestions?
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    Arizona Chickens

    No. Just slammed at work and family life.
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    Arizona Chickens

    Unfortunately I’m not in the market for a drive to Tucson.
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    Hen or Rooster Barred Rock?

    I’m guessing rooster. Only because I have 4 puppets and their combs are nowhere near that developed and im assuming that this fella is a little Young yet.
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    Arizona Chickens

    I haven’t had an opportunity to butcher a chicken yet... I was secretly hoping for a rooster or two so that I could, but we ended up 13 for 13 hens. That said, my advice (and this is from quartering up deer and elk) is to use a small knife if you end up doing the butchering yourself. And...
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    Arizona Chickens

    No idea but I suspect one of the RIR (which are likely red sex links) as they have the most developed waddles/combs of the bunch. Working from home today, had the windows open and hoped I'd hear some commotion. But I just checked, another egg just like it was in there. Happened between 7:30 and...
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    Arizona Chickens

    And Bam! Just like that. 18 weeks +/- a few days. First eggs for first time chicken farmers. I have it on good authority that I can call myself a farmer now.
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    Arizona Chickens

    13... but I bought two leghorns this morning for a friend who teaches with my wife. She is gonna have them in her kindergarten class for a few weeks (until they’re feathered if I can convince her). So I may be up to 15 by the end of April.
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    Arizona Chickens

    Here’s a few pics of our gals. We’re pretty sure they’re all hens. Nobody laid yet but they’re getting close.
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