Arizona Chickens

[turkeybreeder]

i like walking my chihuahua i only take out the chihuahua because we have a pitbull
but the dog weights more and its harder to handle if he gets mad and i dont want to
risk the pitbull biting someone so we only take out the chihuahua and my pitbull runs
fast and after my heart surgery i cant run fast i get short of breath fast

 

[nurseshelly]

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I walk my 5 pound chihuahua and my 91 pound lab together ... looks silly! I leave the 2.8 pounder at home because I end up carrying her when she gets tired.

 

[nurseshelly]

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I'm sure if you leave them alone with some eggs, they would all be very pleased - LOL!

 

[nurseshelly]

Mahonri,
Here are your grandbabies

Which kind of Marans do they look like? One, somehow didn't get that pic, has a chipmunk face like my cuckoo marans had as a baby. The others are all like the pictures.

Here's the smallest baby, that needed help out. Started zipping and just quit after about 1/4 inch.

The baby that is more yellow than the others

My favorite ... look at those poofy cheeks!!!!

Oh, I never updated, but the last four didn't hatch. 3 pipped internally and drowned. 1 never pipped, and seemed to be getting weaker, so I opened the air cell and wrapped up in warm, wet paper towels ... it was too weak to hatch even like that. So, 14 total

 

[Mahonri]

cute chicks... the marans are Black Coppers.

 

[stevensonm]

Anyone doing coffee this week?

thx
Shaun

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Did one of your chickens get scratched?

only humans can get cat scratch disease and they get it by a bite or a scratch from the cats its said in the article
my gradma use to have cats but we never had cats we have raise birds, dogs, rabbits,goats,fishes
i have seen cats in the neighborhood a neighbor has cat food in front of her house for all the wild
cats in the neighborhood here is the link http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/healthy/firstaid/bites/024.html

Cats also OFTEN carry pasteurella (dogs too). Doesn't make them ill, but it can infect humans, poultry and rabbits through a bite. Maybe others. With rabbits it is called snuffles, and is a horrid, horrid disease. With chickens it is fowl cholera. There is no effective vaccine.

 

[5pinkarrows]

Laree--Your broody hen pics are hilarious! How did you get so many broody at once? I love your pic editing ont he last one.

ca--You totally had me on the edge of my seat! That rotten little critter! I don't know how you could keep him out. Those things are smart!

nurseshelly--Those chicks are adorable!!!

Your favorite is also my favorite. Those cheeks are irresistable.

 

[turkeybreeder]

after the first chicks hatch from a broody how many days
can you leave the eggs with the broody chicken

 

[johnrobertiii]

Does anyone know where you can purchase chickens or laying hens in northern arizona?
Or does anyone want to sell their chicks or laying hens?