Arizona Chickens

[pimachickens]

Got my very first hatch today!!!!
These are 5 little serama eggs. Three look promising

My husband is playing Call of Duty in the background... sorry for all his button clicking! LOL

Oh, how wonderful!

Congratulations.

 

[LadyKotaDoria]

In other news, we had a tragedy with one of our new Silkies that we bought a few weeks ago.  She squeezed through the pool fence and drown, unfortunately!  Having the other girls out all this time, I never found them in the pool fence.  They've always stayed inside the main yard.  Now, I'm putting up some wire mesh that looks like a cross between chicken wire and hardware cloth.  It has smaller holes in the bottom, but they get wider as they go up.  In the meantime, the Silkies have not been allowed out unsupervised.  Of course, they are too young to be left out in this unusually cold weather anyway.  I'm working on getting the two Barred Rocks and the two Silkies to co-exist.  It's slow going so far.

I think it was Mahroni that had the Houdini chicken.  It just goes to show that no matter what you do to protect your girls, things are bound to happen.  I just didn't expect that.  Coyotes, hawks, my own dogs...  There were contingency plans and expectations there.  Not creeping through the pool fence.  Such a miserable feeling.  And to make it worse, my wife found her.  I got the crap socked out of me.  She packs quite the punch, straight to the chest...

OH NO!!! That really is a tragedy... So sorry ;(

. So sorry. You are doing fine. You are taking care of things

 

[pimachickens]

Good to see many of you still here and all the new folks! Yup still alive and still have chickens

So good to see you back!

 

[pimachickens]

They're heeere!

24 adorable, healthy Black Java chicks from Duane Urch arrived this morning:






Congratulations! I had to look them up because I had never heard of that breed until now, they sound very interesting. Good luck!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: When we rebuilt the association ramada and bathrooms several years ago, the plumber put in some sort of non-metal flexible tubing. Red line for hot water (not that the hot water heater is ever turned on) and blue for cold. I don't recall the name of the material, but copper had a 1 year warranty whereas this stuff has 20 year warranty,

 

[City farm]

Did we mention we made our first egg sale?
$3.00 for our first dozen... How egg-citing for us!

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

Did we mention we made our first egg sale?
$3.00 for our first dozen... How egg-citing for us!

Congratulations! That's a great milestone.

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

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Awwww!!! So cute. How many hatched? Were the eggs local or shipped?

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

In other news, we had a tragedy with one of our new Silkies that we bought a few weeks ago. She squeezed through the pool fence and drown, unfortunately! Having the other girls out all this time, I never found them in the pool fence. They've always stayed inside the main yard. Now, I'm putting up some wire mesh that looks like a cross between chicken wire and hardware cloth. It has smaller holes in the bottom, but they get wider as they go up. In the meantime, the Silkies have not been allowed out unsupervised. Of course, they are too young to be left out in this unusually cold weather anyway. I'm working on getting the two Barred Rocks and the two Silkies to co-exist. It's slow going so far.

I think it was Mahroni that had the Houdini chicken. It just goes to show that no matter what you do to protect your girls, things are bound to happen. I just didn't expect that. Coyotes, hawks, my own dogs... There were contingency plans and expectations there. Not creeping through the pool fence. Such a miserable feeling. And to make it worse, my wife found her. I got the crap socked out of me. She packs quite the punch, straight to the chest...

Oh, that's terrible.

I hope she's the last to find the pool.

 

[Mahonri]

It got down to 31 at my house.... guess I should have covered the plants again. OH WELL!!!

I am loving this high 60s, low 70 weather.

And yes, I did have a leghorn that ALWAYS seemed to find a way out.

Houdini is right.

And I did have an ameraucana that drowned in my pool once... I hope it never happens again.