Arizona Chickens

[BostonBryce]

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Here are some pics from the cold country of Heber, AZ...
I will only show the pics of chickens, the rest of the snow pics you will have to click on the links.. As to not spam the board to much.
I am getting around 12eggs a day... Usually get 7-Icelandics, 3- EEs and 2-BCM eggs each day.
yesterday I got 14 eggs from 24 layers.
-Boston

Coop far shot, standing about mid backyard, To the left is my Barn, with a side shelter for the Goats.

Coop-Closer with 13inches of snow.

The famous BW Amer Geoffery with his girls, he is such a looker.

The Icelandics, mostly with butts in the air, since I just fed them.

"Blau" the new biggest Icelandic Roo.

Big Egg.... almost twice the size of the Marans eggs.... Poor girl.

The Snow only...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/105805_mountain_medium.jpg
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/105805_house_medium.jpg
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/105805_house-back_medium.jpg

 

[Fuzzybird]

Quote:
Here are some pics from the cold country of Heber, AZ...
I will only show the pics of chickens, the rest of the snow pics you will have to click on the links.. As to not spam the board to much.
I am getting around 12eggs a day... Usually get 7-Icelandics, 3- EEs and 2-BCM eggs each day.
yesterday I got 14 eggs from 24 layers.
-Boston

Coop far shot, standing about mid backyard, To the left is my Barn, with a side shelter for the Goats.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/105805_coop-farshot_medium.jpg
Coop-Closer with 13inches of snow.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/105805_coop-closer_medium.jpg
The famous BW Amer Geoffery with his girls, he is such a looker.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/105805_geofery_medium.jpg
The Icelandics, mostly with butts in the air, since I just fed them.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/105805_icelandics_medium.jpg
"Blau" the new biggest Icelandic Roo.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/105805_blau-_medium.jpg
Big Egg.... almost twice the size of the Marans eggs.... Poor girl.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/105805_bigegg-_medium.jpg

The Snow only...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/105805_mountain_medium.jpg
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/105805_house_medium.jpg
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/105805_house-back_medium.jpg

Wow Boston that is one bright beautiful roo! Glad I am not in the snow! My eyes were dazzled by the red eggs!

What lays those? All the pix were beautiful.

 

[BostonBryce]

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Thanks Fuzzybird,
Those are the French Black Copper Marans Eggs.. They are shades of brown.. Although they do look a little red ehhh?

 

[southerndesert]

Nice cold country photos, here are some "warm country" photos.... Today about 4:30 pm in Morristown....

Didn't see this coming, heard thunder then snowing like....er....heck

Shot with garden in background.... Bummer.

Yard....

Tomotoes likely took a good hit....

 

[Mahonri]

Wow Boston. How wonderful. You are living the dream. And, I can't believe that Ameraucana double yolker nor how extremely large Blau has gotten! Dexter is small compared to him.
I also noticed that the speckled Icelandic still seems small. The black one I still have, has gotten bigger and has started giving me pullet bullet eggs.

I'm going to need to get you some more Pure bred Ameraucanas... looks like you only have one pure hen, and you'll need to phase out the Easter eggers or get another "Layer" coop.

Can't get the splash boy to dance with the ladies, but his brother has been frisky with a few of the hens so I may have a few fertile eggs.

 

[Mikey D]

Quote:
Here are some pics from the cold country of Heber, AZ...
I will only show the pics of chickens, the rest of the snow pics you will have to click on the links.. As to not spam the board to much.
I am getting around 12eggs a day... Usually get 7-Icelandics, 3- EEs and 2-BCM eggs each day.
yesterday I got 14 eggs from 24 layers.
-Boston

Coop far shot, standing about mid backyard, To the left is my Barn, with a side shelter for the Goats.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/105805_coop-farshot_medium.jpg
Coop-Closer with 13inches of snow.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/105805_coop-closer_medium.jpg
The famous BW Amer Geoffery with his girls, he is such a looker.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/105805_geofery_medium.jpg
The Icelandics, mostly with butts in the air, since I just fed them.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/105805_icelandics_medium.jpg
"Blau" the new biggest Icelandic Roo.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/105805_blau-_medium.jpg
Big Egg.... almost twice the size of the Marans eggs.... Poor girl.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/105805_bigegg-_medium.jpg

The Snow only...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/105805_mountain_medium.jpg
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/105805_house_medium.jpg
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/105805_house-back_medium.jpg

Very Cool! - Downright cold even!

I can't wait to have eggs!

 

[Mahonri]

We had a hail storm begin right over our home.... while DW was out putting up Christmas lights.

I looked at the radar loop and it seriously started right over our neighborhood and then moved to the NW.

I put a fire in the fireplace and the family room is warming... a little.

Dang cold out there.... 46 degrees and headed DOWN.

 

[Mikey D]

tour de Coop - Pictorial summary! - it is 5:55PM
Stop #1 - these guys had Turkeys!

Silly birds are huge! (and tame) - they kept making noises like a pressure relief valve!

And up close - pretty darn ugly! (we learned that their faces change color with their moods)

And their coop... several nesting boxes w/ a hen that wouldn't move even when he cleaned out the boxes

The only pict of the whole gang (4 generations of D's, Tammy & Meg Moringaseed!)
Each house had a large yellow chicken sign marker
Also - look closely @ Dad's white mini van - better pict later

Next stop had a very nice redwood chicken tractor / run that they used - the right side door is open.

A bunch of really nice small features like doors everywhere!

And a nice BBQ island - That was a side bonus of the tour - we got to see nice yard ideas!

Next stop - a very nice coop & run - terra cotta dishes to keep cluckers cool in the summer

And grand baby # whichever got to feed a nice Barred Rock

I don't know when this site is going to bail on post length so see next post! 6:08PM

 

[Mama Hen Chris]

The rain stayed away until we got to the last stop! Here is just a few highlights of today.

 

[Mikey D]

Here we go again!
Another shot of the same coop with playset and coop under a large well balanced Mesquite tree

And their very nice Back porch - this is still the French Canadian dude's house, very nice guy but I can't remember his name.
Thanks French Canadian Dude and welcome to the USA!

Next stop, probably the most well manicured yard on the stop! And right next to highscrapers.
I should have gotten picts of their raised beds and ultra organized compost bins
Their lawn was PERFECT! (except where a couple of hundred feed trampled it)

Nice little coop and yard setup - they are renting this place and fenced off the communal yard for chickens.

They also had a cute little bin garden with milk crates and what looked like shade cloth

We bumped into Mama Hen Chris adn Chicken a couple of times - she let me stencil her SUV
(She believed me when I told her it was removable!)

And Grandson helping stencil his Great Grandaddy's van