Arizona Chickens

[Memphisjourney2seramas]

I met T-ball chicky an her kids yesterday. What a nice lady. We attended the cochise county fair. It was really nice and got to see alot of cool poultry.

 

[tball chicky]

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Hey there! Thank you so much for meeting us. My kids thought you were great & they were so glad "she wasn't some old crazy chicken lady" haha out of the mouths of babes. They loved the clips you brought them - do you make those?

The Seramas are settling in nicely - his crow is HILARIOUS

Hubby about blew tea out his nose when he heard him! They are still picking on the little jap roo - but he stand his ground.

There was some great looking birds at the fair! My little girl fell in love with the white call ducks. And they all thought the guineas were ridiculous.

Glad you had & the family had a great time and made it home safely.

 

[Tracydr]

"Tracy - are your Cornish looking a tad on the "ratty" side? Nearly bald underbellies & the like...

I'm guessing that because they are perpetually squatting in unmentionables they all look a tad bit unkempt but after picking up the Cornish for the cleaning I noticed they are quite nasty looking."

Mikey- How did the peeper outing go? Cornish are notorious for laying in their poop and getting bald, nasty sores on their bellies and bottoms. Keep an eye on it, it can actually cause sores and infection if it rubs through, although usually it just looks bad like yours do right now. They like to lay at the feeders and eat/poop/drink and sleep in one spot. I try to move things around enough and even force them to get up and exercise. Deep bedding or clean grass ( I'm moving the tractor daily) really gets important as they start eating and pooping more. The 4-H kids bed really deeply and even give them baths. This summer I did catch mine and hose them down a few times. I was lucky in that they were good about spending the night in clean, grassy areas. I bedded the shady daytime areas in pine straw.
This batch of chicks, I don't see too much of that because the kefir and sprout seems to be making their poo drier but instead, their whole bodies a sticky mess from swimming in their kefir!

 

[tightwad]

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How fun! I'm looking forward to the state fair to see the poultry. Hope I can drag my husband along.

 

[Mikey D]

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thanks Gallo!

Note: two males : zero females

I showered!...

Take them to Grandma's.... On the chicks, are they getting wet on their belly somehow? Or is the bedding wet? We use pine shavings in the brooder so don't know much about rice hulls, but ours stay nice and fluffy unless we get a spill or something.

I believe the bedding is quite dry except underneath the nipples. They get an extra drop for each drop they drink. Maybe that's it?

 

[Mikey D]

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Take them to Grandma's.... On the chicks, are they getting wet on their belly somehow? Or is the bedding wet? We use pine shavings in the brooder so don't know much about rice hulls, but ours stay nice and fluffy unless we get a spill or something.

Or are the outgrowing their ability to produce feathers fast enough to keep up? They grow really really fast, right?
Did that make sense? When I was 16 I had my tonsils and adenoids out and I went from Twiggy to Sophia Loren in 3 months. I grew so fast that my skin couldn't keep up and I'm wondering if something similar is taking place.

Another good probability!

Ummm...got any post tonsil pictures Sophia?

 

[Mikey D]

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The only damp area is directly beneath the water-er. The hulls in that area were soaked. I'm now leaning towards scooping that area out every day and replacing w/ fresh.

 

[Mikey D]

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2 & 2 all for Grandmas!

 

[The Critter Place]

Mikey,
I have a lid from a large coffee can under my water dish. Could you put something like that to keep the bedding dry? And maybe put newspaper or something to absorb. ?

 

[Mikey D]

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OUTING REPORT WITH FREE BONUS NEWS FLASHES!!!

Grandma's house was awesome as usual!
Grand babies love the peepers!

We have a 3 year old autistic grandson who started saying (legibly/understandably) chicken almost immediately!

NEWS FLASH! - PEEPERS LIKE CORN ON THE COB!!!
(and kinishes, and banana, and cahsews! I picked up some grit from wally-world and sprinkled it on their food for the corn)

My big tough guy son (joined the army and selected infantry) played with them & the kids for hours!
(I told him to not get too attached to that one)

Didn't even mention it when the silly Cornish pooped on him

As we were talking about fish-es, I took some picts of Mom's pond for Y'all
Pond is the lush green in the background - we build the boardwalk a few years ago.

Vigorous waterfall on the left and slow waterfall on the right.

I know you cannot see really well but some of those Koi are over 2 feet long

Thanks for the well wishes guys! Hopefully able to post more coop picts soon-est!

***Edited to include the promised news flash***