Arizona Chickens

[LarryPQ]

They need 100 degrees at first, just like any other chick.

They may be more susceptable to breezes or cold snaps, since their feathers are different. BUT- if you brood them with all the other bantams, they should be fine.

 

[cluckin_crazy]

Long time no post... Wondered if anyone here has bees and is willing to sell me some wax? I have a project up my sleeves...

Since I haven't checked in since I had the baby, I should let you know that mister Hartley Danger was born on August 13. Little booger wasn't so little... 9 lbs 8 oz and 22 inches of amazing.

 

[ca]

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Cool, I will have to look into that. I bought some Purina in Prescott awhile back but I am thinking the calcium was lower....grr can't remember now. Tomorrow I am going to the other feed store and trying their Kruse brand. I want to see how that compares to what I am getting from DD.

If it's not the organic it's not so good. I bought some and it had a lot of ashes in it. Chickens did not like it and egg production went down too. I never tried the organic but some people like it.

 

[ca]

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Boy, he is handsome! Congratulations! Do not start teaching him about chicken breeds until he is at least - say - 3 months old?

 

[LarryPQ]

CLUCKIN!! AAAWWWWWW!

...what happened to bosephus?

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Nope, same temperatures. IMO, silkie feathers tend to be better insulators than regular feathers...unless they are wet, in which case they do nothing. I always keep chicks inside for the first few weeks (unless they have a mama hen). During the summer I would usually remove the heat lamp after the first week or week and a half. We keep the house at the high 70s in the summer. Anyways, I adjust temperature by ear (or rather by chick behavior), and usually don't actually measure the brooder temp.

 

[noisyroo]

I have a beautiful White/Black Americauna Rooster who needs a home where he won't meet the skillet or oven
We are in New River and would like to send him to a home where we could visit on occasion. He's lap-trained and hand-raised.

Picture available on request.

Send me an e-mail: [email protected]

 

[Arizonachicken]

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Awwww! He is a cutie! Thanks for sharing! My baby boy was born August 11th. August was a great month for both of us!

 

[tightwad]

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He is just too stinkin' adorable! Love the shot where he's showing off his muscles.

Crockett Honey in Tempe sells wax if you can't find any other. It's $5 lb/unfiltered, $5.50/filtered. I always buy some to make my hard lotion when I go in to get my honey from them.

http://shop.crocketthoney.com/Wax_c4.htm

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

Hey cluckin_crazy! Congratulations on the baby! I was wondering how the little scrapper was doing. What a great 500th post.