True in Phoenix indeed... but basically to get enough heat you'd have to do it on the tarmac at the airport, LOL! I got the heck out of Phoenix in 1993. I live in the biggest contiguous stand of Ponderosa Pine in the world. 100 miles NE of Phoenix, at 6000-7500 feet elevation. We get 6 or so...
Oh goodness... the white girls are definitely cornish cross... I love them but may have to cull the one who can barely stand. I think she's being bullied by the little barred rocks. I'm going to reduce feed to the 2 big healthy crosses, but if they don't lay... oh Lordy, this is why I wanted egg...
They are similar but with much longer feathers, redder combs and wattles. The combs are at least twice if not 3 times that size, and very curly tailfeathers. Since the plumber who was fixing his mistake that drowned the first 3 brought them with him, I'm not positive about anything. They came...
I'm 56, retired and living in north central AZ at an elevation of about 6000 feet. I've been a chicken fan for a long time, but only recently my area reclassified chickens as domestic pets instead of livestock. So I finally have 7. I started with 4 Plymouth Rock pullets. On their third day, the...