Arizona Chickens

[Mikey D]

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oops, it was late and I was tired.

to me

No it was fun! I was envisioning the local bird population coming to the rescue trying to help out. Or maybe a racoon stealing eggs from the neighbor's chickens and bringing them over... (I smell Disney movie)

I was wondering what that smell was...

I thought something had gone bad...

 

[Mikey D]

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No it was fun! I was envisioning the local bird population coming to the rescue trying to help out. Or maybe a racoon stealing eggs from the neighbor's chickens and bringing them over... (I smell Disney movie)

OK, you write the script and Laree & TT will draw the animation. The rest of us will team up and do production and direction. Tryouts for speaking parts open to all Arizona thread members. And we all get rich when it hits the theaters

Meg Moringaseed needs to be in the story--was it Gallo who told us her legend? He can help wth script writing.

I've got dibs on special FX!

 

[Beckyhsinglsc]

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So you're saying I don't need the heat lamp on now? I'm such a wimp...

I had the heat lamp on last night because it was 36, but I'm trying to convince myself that it isn't needed anymore. The chicks are 8 weeks now but my coop is only 3 sided so I'm just not sure.

 

[Mikey D]

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Memphis - Do you know about these folks? And is $55 the going rate for a Serama?

Seramas on CL

Hi Mikey,
I sell my Serama chicks for $15. I don't keep them to be old enough to tell which ones are SQ and which are PQ, since I don't have a big enough yard for grow out pens. Mine are smooth and frizzle, class A or B parents. If you want to see them they are at www.azseramas.com. Once they all molt, I need to get new pictures because they have matured a lot, and their chests have filled in nicely.
I do have one hen from the person on the slideshow (Priscilla), another hen from this person's friend (Mama Cass), and then two hens (Marilyn and Celiene) and Elvis from Amy Bullock (the SCNA rep for AZ). Amy sells hers for $15 for willow color legs, or $20 for yellow color legs when she has young birds available ... and then on up to hundreds, depending on frizzle or show quality. My sister in law is friends with the lady with the slide show and she is how I got so interested in Seramas. Then I started looking for other breeders, since I wanted unrelated (as much as possible) birds and found Amy too.
I have tons of chicks right now, suddenly now that the weather is better I'm getting 100% hatches - so 4 - 6 a week! It's really crazy. I have a lady coming to pick up 4, and then I have two more that just hatched and another 3 going into lockdown today. In the summer we were just getting 2 here and 2 there. If we keep getting so many we might have to not put so many in the incubator!
Oh, it's so cute! Celiene has been super broody, so we let her have two day old chicks for the first time, and she is SO happy! She is such a good mommy, taking them all over for food, and keeps them tucked up under her wings so cute

We had been afraid the hen wouldn't accept them before, so never tried it. We're going to do it every time we have a broody now

Thank yo Nurseshelly! great information. Those silly little birds are so cute - wait, did I just say that?

Tammy'd kill me if I came home with some of them!

 

[Mikey D]

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So Sorry T-ball

 

[Mikey D]

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So you're saying I don't need the heat lamp on now? I'm such a wimp...

I had the heat lamp on last night because it was 36, but I'm trying to convince myself that it isn't needed anymore. The chicks are 8 weeks now but my coop is only 3 sided so I'm just not sure.

I don't have a ladder up to the coop yet so I put sides on 2 faces of the run (so it is 3 sided now. That ugly huge Cornish still has no back or butt feathers and just sits there and shivers so I feel bad for him.

 

[Tracydr]

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So you're saying I don't need the heat lamp on now? I'm such a wimp...

I had the heat lamp on last night because it was 36, but I'm trying to convince myself that it isn't needed anymore. The chicks are 8 weeks now but my coop is only 3 sided so I'm just not sure.

It isn't needed. My six week old silkies are in with one six week old Cornish in a tractor with a tarp. They're fine.

 

[nurseshelly]

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Awww he is so handsome!!!! What a sweetie

 

[Beckyhsinglsc]

So, apparently Western Ranchman has treadle feeders for $60.
Has anyone seen them? It's a long way for me to drive, but I'll do it if they are worth it.
The treadle feeder keeps getting moved down on my hubby's to do list.
Western Ranchman is at 32nd St and Greenway

 

[Tracydr]

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Memphis - Do you know about these folks? And is $55 the going rate for a Serama?

Seramas on CL

Hi Mikey,
I sell my Serama chicks for $15. I don't keep them to be old enough to tell which ones are SQ and which are PQ, since I don't have a big enough yard for grow out pens. Mine are smooth and frizzle, class A or B parents. If you want to see them they are at www.azseramas.com. Once they all molt, I need to get new pictures because they have matured a lot, and their chests have filled in nicely.
I do have one hen from the person on the slideshow (Priscilla), another hen from this person's friend (Mama Cass), and then two hens (Marilyn and Celiene) and Elvis from Amy Bullock (the SCNA rep for AZ). Amy sells hers for $15 for willow color legs, or $20 for yellow color legs when she has young birds available ... and then on up to hundreds, depending on frizzle or show quality. My sister in law is friends with the lady with the slide show and she is how I got so interested in Seramas. Then I started looking for other breeders, since I wanted unrelated (as much as possible) birds and found Amy too.
I have tons of chicks right now, suddenly now that the weather is better I'm getting 100% hatches - so 4 - 6 a week! It's really crazy. I have a lady coming to pick up 4, and then I have two more that just hatched and another 3 going into lockdown today. In the summer we were just getting 2 here and 2 there. If we keep getting so many we might have to not put so many in the incubator!
Oh, it's so cute! Celiene has been super broody, so we let her have two day old chicks for the first time, and she is SO happy! She is such a good mommy, taking them all over for food, and keeps them tucked up under her wings so cute

We had been afraid the hen wouldn't accept them before, so never tried it. We're going to do it every time we have a broody now

I'm trying very, very hard not to get a few Seramas. How soon can you tell if you have a roo? Do you ever have any little pullet chicks and how much would they cost?