Arizona Chickens

[parentwarrior]

Anyone use Sand? I read that someone has a mister with deep layer of sand on the ground beneath it. The moisture goes into the sand keeping it cool which cools off the birds when they sit in it. It sounds like a cool idea. I think I may try it.
Kris Owen

 

[Mikey D]

So this perfect permeable membrane I though I had...

I walked into the coop & reached down to pet one of the Australorps.

She tucks her wings in and walks right through that fence like it wasn't there.

Silly Mikey!

 

[itsredcandy]

Have I mentioned that Tylan is the stuff? Thank you Mikey for recommending it to me! One of my 2 month old pullets ended up making some funny sounds yesterday. I noticed she was breathing through her beak and not her nostril. She looked to be gasping for breath with each time she tried to suck in air. Her eyes were fine, her nose was dry and clear. I have no idea. So I gave her a shot of Tylan yesterday and hoped for the best. She made it through the night and is no longer gasping for breath! She was actually cheeping like she should! I gave her another shot today. I will give her her final shot tomorrow. I cannot believe how that stuff just knocks out resp. illnesses the way it does. Great stuff!

What was the dose? I am going to pick some up tonight. All mIne are open mouth breathing.

 

[Mikey D]

Quote: Open mouth breathing is probably panting - they are just hot.

If they are wheezing, sneezing, dripping or smell like sickness - they you have an issue.

The dosage I used was 1/2 cc for big girls and 1/4 cc for the smaller ones.

 

[MagicChicken]

What was the dose? I am going to pick some up tonight. All mIne are open mouth breathing.

Are you sure they're not just hot? Panting is how they cool off. Mine have been panting recently in the afternoons/evenings, but not in the early am. I'm in the process of adding more shadecloth to my coop/run. And a mister.

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

We have a Sulcata Spurred tort thats 9 now . we adopted him 3 years ago . This is him last year

Wow, he's big! Fetching beers for you too! I had no idea they were so talented. Does your beer get warm by the time he gets it to you?

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

So, you remember that my turnips didn't form because I had too much nitrogen from the chicken poop compost? Well, it seems the squash and tomatoes are lovin' it!
Last year my squash and tomatoes were small, sickly and hardly produced anything. Look at this year! I can't even walk in between them.



See what happens when I don't check for a few days?



This will make at least 10 zucchini breads! My daughter is so excited!
And...I got 9 eggs from 9 chickens yesterday!
What good pets!

You garden looks fantastic! Is that Swiss chard off to the right and eggplant under the tomato cages? They really are liking your soil this year.

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

I ran across a really awesome website for information on home food preservation. Its called 'The National Center for Home Food Preservation' and is run by the University of Georgia. They have really good articles and directions on how to preserve almost anything, and the coolest part is that they have a web based home study course on canning. You even get a certificate you can print out when you successfully complete the course.

http://nchfp.uga.edu/index.html

I really enjoyed this website. I spent about an hour there this weekend poking around. The study course on canning looks well worth the time. Thanks for posting this!

 

[Beckyhsinglsc]

Correct, eggplant in front with Z squash between that and the tomatoes. Next to the chard is beets and behind that (where you can't see) is carrots. The beets and carrots are actually forming.
We had zucchini bread for breakfast, zucchini frittata for lunch and zucchini lasagna for dinner.

We also put 4 zucchini breads in the freezer for later. We ran out of walnuts so we have to get more so we can make more bread for the freezer.

I ran across a really awesome website for information on home food preservation. Its called 'The National Center for Home Food Preservation' and is run by the University of Georgia. They have really good articles and directions on how to preserve almost anything, and the coolest part is that they have a web based home study course on canning. You even get a certificate you can print out when you successfully complete the course.

http://nchfp.uga.edu/index.html

Thanks, I have it saved to look at when I have time.

 

[AZBootsie]

Also, when do the mama hens kick out the babies? Mine has started laying eggs again and she squats for me now, too. She also is A LOT more vocal and doesn't hang out with the chicks as much when they're out. For some reason I was thinking 10 weeks. Anyone know?

I like all the goat pictures. They are so cute!

I think 4-6 weeks is pretty average.