Arizona Chickens

[Mahonri]

sorry the post was so long, it was all interesting so i couldn't figure out what part to cut out!!

OK, you sold me on it. Where do I buy?!!

 

[Mahonri]

Random chicken, chick and newly hatched pics.

Ground Hogs Day chicks. 4 Olive eggers. (3 black and one with stripes) and 12 purebred w/bw Ameraucanas



Sorry for the mess, I just changed the paper an hour earlier!




Black one is an Icelandic, "Kola". Buff Brahma in the background hasn't laid ONE EGG!
White Leghorn is a TraderJoes Egg Hatched by Meg.




Some NYD Hatch chicks. SFHs on top and top left. White one is the SWA X TJ leghorn
Blue one is an olive egger. SWA X FBCM. The others are Icelandics.



The love the broccoli out of my garden. All but three in this pic are Icelandics.



I hatched the SLW at Easter. Still hasn't laid an egg.



Gratuitous political pic.

My son and the neighbor boy with the next President of the United States.

 

[kevs-chickadees]

sorry the post was so long, it was all interesting so i couldn't figure out what part to cut out!!

Thanks for posting that, very interesting! Anyone currently using this? Memphis, are you still planning on taking a certain roo home with you?

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Not with that parentage.

Okay experts.. Here is a pic of my newest chick( I hope ).. PBR roo over BO hen.. About a week old.. Any guesses as to sex.?..

 

[kevs-chickadees]

Sweet pictures of the chicks and adults. I especially like the last one, very cool and I hope your right!!!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

OK Peepers!

This is an official notification that the economic recession and bad chicken juju are OVER!

It is peeper central at Mikey's house. Ideal did screw up and did not send males for warmth, just made a circular nest out of the bedding material. And while there were two chickies trapped between the nesting material and the cardboard box, and one was half alive, my dad picked up the chicks, bought a bunch of supplies (while I was at school), fixed up the brooder and saved it's life!



Also...

One Dot did it again! That's egg #4 - 3 eggs in 3 days! Boy I'm sure glad we didn't eat her!

And as a side bonus, I've got the cutest Welsummer on the planet!



And of course I'll mention that my mom took first place in the master's division at the AZ gourd festival!

Here's to a good start for the weekend!

I do believe she is giving you the "love" eye

 

[Mikey D]

so the brown guys look like welsummer chicks?

They did when they were new a week ago, but not so much anymore. Mine have no dappling and a definite chipmunk stripe down their back.

Ohh, the heck with it, I'm gonna go take a pict...

OK, I'm back. Compare her to the stores picts.

My beautiful chickie:



Shopper's quite cute but not quite as beautiful chickes:

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

What!

No *b*l*i*n*g* ?

Just kidding... I would never have expected it, lol. Mikey, you are our hero!

Now--how do you want us to pay you?

OK Peepers!

I just dropped $206 on T-shirts.

Everyone got their special requests in color & styles & please don't get me in dutch with the control tower.

Pastry, I could not find any hot pink shirts so you're going to blend in with the rest of us.

The colors are all pretty close except for the half sleeve Navy.

Heather sapphire
Turquoise
Indigo blue

I was leaning towards black ink which would show up well on the lighter colors but not on the navy.

Possibly yellow ink???

And NO! You can't have sparkly ink!!!

 

[Mama Hen Chris]

Mahnori- glad it is still alive.

Mama hen- cool cupcakes. and so excited for the lav. that means mine should be laying soon. I have it seperated with the lav roo and 3 other buff orps too and I am going to start incubating eggs soon.

Mikey- what is shoppers number and I will try to find out what the chicks are. Also good job calling higley. I was the one that called this morning. I will try to copy and paste the article about oxine. it kills every virus known and it also helps keep the slime build up in waterers down.

Sounds egg-citing about little lavs.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

I was wondering if anyone can recommend a type of vine to grow around my run. I use a 6 x 14 chain link fence dog run as a run for my 4 chickens. I wanted to grow vines that will grow up the fencing. What vines would be good here in the valley that won't be poisonous or harmful if/when the chickens eat them. Thanks!

Grapes, passion flower, hardenbergia, sweet pea, gourds, peas, beans, bower vine, ...