Arizona Chickens

[kacklinkelly]

I feel so at home in this community. Thanks for sharing part of your life
with us. My mother thought I was going off the deep end when she found out I
got chickens. I am small time compared to you, but getting more adventurous
each time I read more posts. Never know what 2013 will bring. I declare
more chickens = more happiness. I'm going to take a nap for you now. Hope
you catch up with your sleep soon. Peace,

 

[itsredcandy]

Well, I've been missing for quiet a while and there are too many messages to try to catch up on. I got Texas A&M quail ranging in age of a few weeks to nearly full grown. My plan is to have enough to keep from buying chicken and eat the eggs. Looks like I'll be converting a wine cooler to an incubator as well as an ice chest or two. I now have 10 hens, 5 chicks and 26 quail. 8 of the quail are nearly breeding age. So far they are doing very well.




I am considering getting some giant browns to either breed with these or keep separate. I'd like to try and get the largest eggs and birds I can.

I've been looking at also getting a few cheap entertainment centers to convert to cages. I look forward to this new journey. This journey started almost exactly 1 year ago with 8 chicks.

 

[squeakyballs]

A very funny story a friend posted: My Favorite Animal

Our teacher asked what my favorite animal was, and I said, "Fried chicken." She said I wasn't funny, but she couldn't have been right, because everyone else laughed. My parents told me to always tell the truth...I did. Fried chicken is my favorite animal. I told my dad what happened, and he said my teacher was probably a member of PETA. He said they love animals very much. I do, too. Especially chicken, pork and beef.

Anyway, my teacher sent me to the principal's office. I told him what happened, and he laughed, too. Then he told me not to do it again. The next day in class my teacher asked me what my favorite live animal was. I told her it was chicken. She asked me why, so I told her it was because you could make them into fried chicken.

She sent me back to the principal's office. He laughed, and told me not to do it again. I don't understand. My parents taught me to be honest, but my teacher doesn't like it when I am. Today, my teacher asked me to tell her what famous person I admired most. I told her, "Colonel Sanders." Guess where I am now

Too cute!

 

[squeakyballs]

... I've been looking at also getting a few cheap entertainment centers to convert to cages. I look forward to this new journey. This journey started almost exactly 1 year ago with 8 chicks.

Keep an eye out, a lot of people upgrade to flatscreens during the holidays and no longer need such a large entertainment center. To the Craigslist!

 

[Mama Hen Chris]

Well, I've been missing for quiet a while and there are too many messages to try to catch up on. I got Texas A&M quail ranging in age of a few weeks to nearly full grown. My plan is to have enough to keep from buying chicken and eat the eggs. Looks like I'll be converting a wine cooler to an incubator as well as an ice chest or two. I now have 10 hens, 5 chicks and 26 quail. 8 of the quail are nearly breeding age. So far they are doing very well.




I am considering getting some giant browns to either breed with these or keep separate. I'd like to try and get the largest eggs and birds I can.

I've been looking at also getting a few cheap entertainment centers to convert to cages. I look forward to this new journey. This journey started almost exactly 1 year ago with 8 chicks.

Here's some to look at Selina:


http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/fuo/3486568441.html

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/cph/fuo/3496387701.html

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/fuo/3520811906.html

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/cph/fuo/3503935045.html

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/fuo/3467572865.html

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/cph/fuo/3489409251.html

 

[kacklinkelly]

Good Will is also a great place to find those entertainment centers. Thanks for a great idea.
You've gotten my creative juices flowing...........

. Time to start my next fun project.

 

[City farm]

Beehappy,
Love, love, love your everyday adventures!! Boy when it rains it pours.. It seems we all have those moments..
I always tell myself, ENJOY the stress.. "Deep cleansing breath"
There is a story behind that statment . That busy time & moment...is my way, to Slow down time...
ENJOY those busy times... I like to stop, pull up my comfy chair & have afternoon tea in the middle of it all..
My Aunt bought me a refrigerator magnet that says "dull women have immaculate homes" also my other favorite..
So much to do--- so few people to do it for me...

You sound like you do it all very well!!

 

[City farm]

OK, I am getting different advise on how to store your eggs.. In fridge? Or counter?
How long are they good till?
Use glove when taking from nest?
Will you all weigh in on this??

 

[AZKat]

You can store them on either the counter or the fridge, depending on how long you are going to need to store them. The best source of information on storing eggs comes from an older Mother Earth News article (I refuse to call it "old" because it was published the year I was born!) that you can read for free on their website: http://www.motherearthnews.com/Sustainable-Farming/1977-11-01/Fresh-Eggs.aspx
Its especially interesting because they tested out a whole bunch of methods for preserving eggs. The quick summary is that when kept on the counter at around 70 degrees, the eggs were still safe to eat after a month, although past their prime. In a sealed container in the fridge, the eggs were in good shape 'almost fresh' after 7 months. That result matches pretty well with my own experience keeping eggs in the fridge, although I usually eat my eggs by the time they are 3 or 4 months old, because we go through a lot of eggs. I've also read that in the first half of the 20th century, it was common practice to buy eggs in the spring and early summer, when they were plentiful and cheap, and then store them in vast refrigerated warehouses until winter, when they would fetch a higher price. Personally, I start to build up a stockpile of eggs in the spring, so I have enough to get through July and August without needing to buy eggs.

 

[KingR0o5t3r]

You can store them on either the counter or the fridge, depending on how long you are going to need to store them. The best source of information on storing eggs comes from an older Mother Earth News article (I refuse to call it "old" because it was published the year I was born!) that you can read for free on their website: http://www.motherearthnews.com/Sustainable-Farming/1977-11-01/Fresh-Eggs.aspx
Its especially interesting because they tested out a whole bunch of methods for preserving eggs. The quick summary is that when kept on the counter at around 70 degrees, the eggs were still safe to eat after a month, although past their prime. In a sealed container in the fridge, the eggs were in good shape 'almost fresh' after 7 months. That result matches pretty well with my own experience keeping eggs in the fridge, although I usually eat my eggs by the time they are 3 or 4 months old, because we go through a lot of eggs. I've also read that in the first half of the 20th century, it was common practice to buy eggs in the spring and early summer, when they were plentiful and cheap, and then store them in vast refrigerated warehouses until winter, when they would fetch a higher price. Personally, I start to build up a stockpile of eggs in the spring, so I have enough to get through July and August without needing to buy eggs.

I believe they were talking about storing eggs to hatch...