Arizona Chickens

[turkeybreeder]

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Thank you i will use periods and commas so its easier to understand
how is your weekend going so far we are getting ready to go to
my brothers house in peoria

You have an interesting sense of humor you make me laugh how did it go visiting your brother's house in peoria i have never been there i guess it is in az so it cant be too different from me it would be nice to go someday

It was a little scary my little cousin that is 10 years old almost drown when one of my brother's that is a year older
than me thought it was funny to push him in the pool with out knowing our cousin does not know how to swim
my brother had drank a couple of beers

 

[Smiles-N-Sunshine]

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Hi,
I'm not sure - LOL! When I chose my chickens, I looked at different breed profiles and chose mostly ones that said heat hardy. Here is the website. http://www.ithaca.edu/staff/jhenderson/chooks/chooks.html I would just tell you what I have, but, I'm not sure every one of them was heat hardy.
If I haven't already said so -

I went with Delawares and Australorps based on that site. Heat hardy (and hardy in general), good layers, and mostly easy-going. We're cooler down here than y'all, and our temperatures are lower too (get it? LOL), but I'd be very surprised if either breed didn't do well for you, provided plenty of shade and cool water.

 

[LarryPQ]

Random thoughts that have no bearing on anything:

It is finally raining. I didn't expect it to rain for another few months.

I have 8 broodies.

Dozer (on 3 eggs)
Hissyfit (on 10? eggs)

Sassafrass- the only hen I WANT to hatch eggs from.
Daphne- sits in an empty box.
Mystic- 0 eggs, but bites like a mofo.
Orange- newly broody, in full moult.
Bloomers- MFC, but sits on the ground.
Teapot- She's sneaky...she'll hide eggs in her wings. I've tossed her a good 10 feet out of the box (nicely) and she'll WALK AWAY while smuggling an egg.



MY POINT (if there was one)--

Hissyfit is in a nesting boc, made out a microfiche film reader. She sat in it while it was upside-down, so where the glass plate would be (the bottom) there is a hole (above her) She is in a covered run, but towards the corner, where the wind can blow the rain in.

So I stuck a 9 by 13 baking pan over her, and called it a day.

Upside-down baked chicken!

 

[Smiles-N-Sunshine]

Candled the eggs in the bator. Only one clear out of 26 - and all 13 from the hidden clutch I discovered look good

Looks like a Memorial Day hatch

For me, it's a day of remembrance, not celebration, but the chicks will remind me that life goes on.....

 

[Smiles-N-Sunshine]

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"No, Bunny! That's a bad Bunny!"

I haven't had that problem to such a degree - just bucks peeing on their neighbors during mating. (I shove a divider between them now.) From what I understand, some bucks just do it, and some don't. It's part of their personality, good or bad. I *THINK* I've read that younger bucks are more prone to it, and it can ease off over time.

Options besides freezer camp might be to approach slowly to let him pee before you get into range, and wearing pee-proof overshoes and rain pants - and please forgive me, but I'm trying not to giggle at the visual of a 5 year old bundled up like baby Maggie on "The Simpsons" just to tend to a rabbit.

 

[5pinkarrows]

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"No, Bunny! That's a bad Bunny!"

I haven't had that problem to such a degree - just bucks peeing on their neighbors during mating. (I shove a divider between them now.) From what I understand, some bucks just do it, and some don't. It's part of their personality, good or bad. I *THINK* I've read that younger bucks are more prone to it, and it can ease off over time.

Options besides freezer camp might be to approach slowly to let him pee before you get into range, and wearing pee-proof overshoes and rain pants - and please forgive me, but I'm trying not to giggle at the visual of a 5 year old bundled up like baby Maggie on "The Simpsons" just to tend to a rabbit.

Yes, that would look nice in the 150* temps in July. Maybe he will outgrow it. He only seems to do it when he is really happy, like after the girls have been petting him and he has been rubbing his head on their feet. I wonder if it is related. Maybe he likes them a little too much. There is no approaching him slowly. He gets excited when he has visitors and runs (er..quickly hops) up to anyone that enters the coop. He is super friendly and loves attention except when it's hot. Then he just hunkers in his hole and sleeps. When it is cooler out, he hops up to the kids and they talk to him and pet him. Then, as he hops away, he sprays them with urine. Silly rabbit! We don't like those tricks! Thanks for the advice. Perhaps we should just keep some soap next to the hose for now.

 

[ca]

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I have not had rabbits for quite a while. But I know they are trainable. How about some distraction just at the end of the petting session? As in: give him his favorite treat (nuts???) to nibble on as you (the girls) sneak away? From what I remember positive reinforcement works best.

 

[nurseshelly]

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I have not had rabbits for quite a while. But I know they are trainable. How about some distraction just at the end of the petting session? As in: give him his favorite treat (nuts???) to nibble on as you (the girls) sneak away? From what I remember positive reinforcement works best.

Maybe he's marking your girls so all of the other boy bunnies in the neighborhood know they belong to him?

 

[ArizonaDesertChicks]

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I have not had rabbits for quite a while. But I know they are trainable. How about some distraction just at the end of the petting session? As in: give him his favorite treat (nuts???) to nibble on as you (the girls) sneak away? From what I remember positive reinforcement works best.

Our 6 month old mini-rex does the same thing. He'll be sitting on my daughter's lap, then when he decided he's ready to play, he'll hop, kick, and spray - gross! He started doing it a couple months ago (I'm assuming he became of age). It seems as if it is becoming much less common now - either that or my 16 year old daughter has figured out how to avoid it : )

 

[mclevinson]

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I have not had rabbits for quite a while. But I know they are trainable. How about some distraction just at the end of the petting session? As in: give him his favorite treat (nuts???) to nibble on as you (the girls) sneak away? From what I remember positive reinforcement works best.

Our 6 month old mini-rex does the same thing. He'll be sitting on my daughter's lap, then when he decided he's ready to play, he'll hop, kick, and spray - gross! He started doing it a couple months ago (I'm assuming he became of age). It seems as if it is becoming much less common now - either that or my 16 year old daughter has figured out how to avoid it : )

Soooo much less interested in bunnies now.