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That sounds good. The mister really helps until monsoon season. Even with acclimated chickens, I use it from 11:30-6 or so any day it's over 105. They still pant, but they do ok and just find a shady spot under the misters to bathe and nap. So options will help. Good luck though, you'll be...

@rhondita55, I agree with everyone else, the sooner the better. This heat is not going to get any better any time soon and so the longer they stay in the house, the harder it'll be to acclimate to the heat. What temperature do you keep your AC at? Hopefully not too cool. I'd look into getting a...

That's good to hear (with the HOA). I get what you're saying now about wanting to stealth coop. I have seen some REALLY clever playhouse coops on here and on the internet. Pretty cute actually, and then it just looks like a playhouse with chickens hanging out. Just for some ideas...

Hey @chickybobby , welcome. Is the reason that you are wanting a hidden coop because you aren't allowed to have chickens in your neighborhood (HOA)? If so, just to let you know, even just a couple chickens can get pretty noisy. Especially when they lag their eggs. Having chickens is nigh on...

That's too bad. I wish you could tell what your neighbors would be like before you move in. We got really lucky with ours. We are even in an HOA (a rare one that allows chickens in "pet numbers"). But I spoke to my neighbors beforehand and let them know what I was planning and told them to let...

@NoSkiveez, do you know why the neighbor complained or how he learned of the chickens, btw? If it's 3 pullets, 8 weeks or less, they wouldn't even be making any noise yet. Does he not like the enclosure she built? Tell her to find out what the issue really is, might be easier to solve things.

, Yes, so as someone else posted the link for Phoenix ordinances, there's really nothing the neighbor can do legally because the city allows chickens. However, the coop had to be more than 80 ft away from any neighboring residences, she can't have more than 20 chickens, no roosters, and the...

Thanks City farm. None so far, she's been acting perfectly normal and seems to feel fine, even with the heat having set in. But I've got the worry in the back of my mind with her. Fingers crossed. :fl

I know, right?! She was like lightning. She was on the second one before I could even react. I grabbed the second one out of her beak, but they are so quick. I'm hoping they can still live a normal life even if they don't pass it. I know there are concerns with toxicity and obviously...

For weeks I was sifting through their poop every morning. Hard not to feel glamorous doing that. Have you had this happen before @City farm? They normally do pass it? I was looking on other threads and it wasn't overwhelmingly positive. However, the screw she ate is much smaller than any other...

Rosco this time. Fortunately Boss Hogg did well on the meds and got over her laryngitis. So she's doing well. But god knows if she has stuff inside her too! When I was looking to see if she passed the screw, I had a neodymium magnet I was using to scan the yard. I found all kinds of metal crap...

@AZ Turkeys one of mine has a small screw in her right now, about 1/4" screw from the automatic waterer when I had the lid off to clean it. I saw her eat it so I took her to my vet friend a few days later to see if she had passed it. Nope. And not only that, she has a few small washers and bits...

I know, I felt the same way. I asked her if she had tried going around to the neighboring houses. It seems to me that she must definitely be from a backyard flock. But she said she was very far away from any homes. I still would have gone around looking for a coop. I hope she does too though...

^^^ Okay, so the poster is pretty sure that she was dumped for some reason. But it's seems she was almost certainly a backyard chicken because she said she was very calm and friendly when she picked her up on her walk. Anyone near San Tan Valley / Queen Creek interested in adopting?

Is anyone (probably in the San Tan Valley) missing their chicken? This picture was posted on the San Tan Valley Queen Creek Pets page of Facebook. She says she found it and is trying to give her away for free. However, based on the way that chicken looks, I'm guessing she belongs to a backyard...

Thanks City farm! They are characters. We're up to 4 dogs now and 4 chickens (we live in an HOA so we can have chickens but in "pet numbers"). They keep it interesting though. Yeah, my friend Eva (the vet who was letting her hang out with them in the morning) said she didn't seem very sick but...

So an update on Boss Hogg. She got two doses of antibiotics yesterday and one this morning. She definitely doesn't like me holding her mouth open, but she's been pretty good about it. But she's already gotten her voice back, so the drugs seemed to have kicked in pretty quick. She never stopped...

I'm actually starting to wonder if she's a genius. It gets up to 99 degrees and all of the sudden she pulls laryngitis out of the hat and ends up spending the day in AC and getting fed and held by everyone. My corgi pretends his leg is hurt sometimes if he wants more attention. I can tell...

So we've had quite the adventure today. I came home yesterday and Our very sweet Boss Hogg had lost her voice. I couldn't find anything helpful on the forums about it. Seems it's happened to a few people but since she wasn't symptomatic in any other way, it was a mystery. I think I went into...

OH MY GAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!! :D So cute!!! I wonder why it took my first two so long to do it? Btw, do you think it's ok for them to stay outside at night in the coop with a heat lamp? They seem to really like it out there and I'd like for the chickens to get used to them so that when I do finally...