Arizona Chickens

[azhenhouse]

It has been a while since I have been on this thread, and reading back some I see that there has been a strange illness going around. Are these chicks that are sick or established flocks? If chicks, were they hatched by you, store bought or bought at a flea market? If store bought what hatchery did they come from? What store did they come from? How do you think this illness is being spread? Were those of you with effected flocks at a recent show? I am not panicking I just want to be well informed.

That said, does anyone in Arizona raise and sell Buff Orpington Bantam chicks or hatching eggs? I had three dozen hatching eggs shipped to me from Illinois, and they are not looking very promising.

 

[viejo loco]

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[viejo loco]

Mikey, Could I intrude in your chick problem to ask if your chicks came from "Ideal".?.. Could this have anything to do with their not shipping to some of the feed stores over here in New Mexico.,?.. I don't have a prolem, yet, but I was looking to get a few chicks, and all of the feed stores I checked said that Ideal would not ship any to them until the middle of April.. Being naturally parinoid, I was wondering.............? Will

 

[In2Ice]

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Great news Mickey!

 

[Fuzzybird]

Stubby the MOMMA Royal Palm Turkey !

Awww, pretty girl!

 

[AZ Minicoop]

Hi Selina,
We live in Gilbert and well I'm still trying to figure out what size coop and how to provide enough shade for a few birds. It would be on the east side of the house and share the space with our raised beds, compost bins and garden shed. I have water available and the area gets shaded staring around12:30 or so. The biggest concern is that unless the current policies regarding who can and who can't keep BYCs changes I would be risking having to tear down and find homes for the chickens. I'm an avid gardener and in my mind I think as long as they pose no problem,there shouldn't be a problem.

Glad to hear you are starting up, any pics yet?

dave

 

[Novaleigh]

I couldn't help but get her. Look how adorable! White crested black Polish

Also, Tommy Love, our one and only roo (whom AZKat kindly brought us, we gave our other roo, Sweety, to our neighbor because they didn't have one and they wanted one) crowed for the first time this morning!!! So cute! He, uh, needs some voice lessons...

 

[azsun]

Thnak you for the welcome and thanks for the replies---I seriously had my eggs out ready to boil them up as soon as the word came out they were good--lol


Mikey- so glad to hear that your chickens are doing better-logged on just to see

Anyone like the Walking Dead show on AMC? Well, if you haven't watched it, its a series that had a season final last week about a group of survivors shacked up at a farm and the seasons end they were over run by zombies and had to leave......and I was talking to my TV...... "TAKE THE CHICKENS WITH YOU!!!" ...humor I am sure that only you guys/gals would get....(Yes I am a little weird lol)

azurbanchickens, AZ Minicoop, Mr Maran, azsun,

Welcome aboard, we love new members!

 

[itsredcandy]

Hi Selina,
We live in Gilbert and well I'm still trying to figure out what size coop and how to provide enough shade for a few birds. It would be on the east side of the house and share the space with our raised beds, compost bins and garden shed. I have water available and the area gets shaded staring around12:30 or so. The biggest concern is that unless the current policies regarding who can and who can't keep BYCs changes I would be risking having to tear down and find homes for the chickens. I'm an avid gardener and in my mind I think as long as they pose no problem,there shouldn't be a problem.

Glad to hear you are starting up, any pics yet?

dave

I completely understand where you are coming from. Although some cities allow chickens some HOA's do not. I guess wer're not suppose to take about breaking the rules here but encourage those that want chickens to help get the laws and rules changed.

I have many pictures under https://www.backyardchickens.com/gallery/album/index/id/116706

I am planning to get into gardening, but I don't know about 'power tools'. I am waiting for my husband to build my garden. I started a compost bin and that is slowly going.

~Selina

 

[AZ Minicoop]

Yeah I know,
What did you need to know about i have several raised beds and lots of its filled with veggies. Lately I've ben planting in the landscape usually reserved for non edible plants, just for show. i decided why waste water and fertilizer on stuff I can't eat, I tried to convince my wife that we needed an apple tree in the lawn area of the backyard. That didn't go over well, she likes all the tomatoes and peppers, I'll get her on board yet.