Arizona Chickens

[Memphisjourney2seramas]

Ca- You'll just have to keep it at a few. I would have the place over run with chicks and with my luck they would show up a week early!!

 

[pastrymama]

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hum, i wonder too. my coop is split in two halves, so i could easily set off a bug bomb on one side by closing up all the windows. anyone have any thoughts on this? or can you just spray the heck out of the coop with sevin 5? laree, i need to pick that up from you. i have to go to pet food depot anyway. birdies gotta eat.

 

[LarryPQ]

Come on over.

 

[Tracydr]

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I didn't know U of A did that sort of thing. Thanks for the info and I'll be interested to learn the results, too. I just assumed, since they didn't have a vet school, that they wouldn't do necropsies.
Again, I'm really sorry about your loss.

Every state has a diagnostic vet lab. Some do more detailed testing than others, and when required they send things to other labs that have the needed equipment and expertise. Texas has one of the best in the country.

Good to know. I did know TX had a good one but didn't realize that all states did. Course, before AZ, I've always lived in a state with a vet school. CO, OK, WA,CA. I guess I never really thought about it. Luckily, nobody has died since I've lived in AZ.

 

[ca]

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Don't worry, I love fire drills

Conversation: "Hi dad, what!? you'll be here tomorrow? Great! Awsome! Got to go now..." followed by mad scramble/overnight rescue/relocation and hazmat exercise.

No. He usually buys plane tickets months in advance and I pick him up at the airport. I know waaaaay ahead of time when he gets here. Until then the house belongs to the chicks

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[Memphisjourney2seramas]

your secret is safe with me!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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That should work. Even if you have an open pen, if you cover all sides with plastic sheeting taped together, it should work. Main thing in either case is to let it very thoroughly air out with fresh air before putting birds back in.

 

[southerndesert]

Bug bombs work quite well and just clean everything out as well as you can close off everything and set it off, air the thing out for several hours as mentioned. Remember to repeat in several days to get any newly hatched....

 

[ca]

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That should work. Even if you have an open pen, if you cover all sides with plastic sheeting taped together, it should work. Main thing in either case is to let it very thoroughly air out with fresh air before putting birds back in.

All right! At least now I am not dreading an outbreak. Back to being relaxed *sofa plus snoring smiley*

 

[Tracydr]

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I would remove the used bedding. If anything like fleas, I'd worry about the bug balm not getting underneath all the bedding well.
I finally decided on my brown egg layers. Don't laugh too hard. I'm going to get a couple of naked necks. My husband mentioned he wanted a large chicken and I wanted a brown egg layer. I had them in OK and they were sweet, good layers of large, medium brown eggs. Very heat tolerant because they have about half the normal feathers.
Still considering a red sex-linked as the other option. Any idea how heat tolerant they are?