Arizona Chickens

[countrygirl74]

Thanks Mama Hen Chris and Pastrymama!

I will just leave them be and not-so-patiently wait - LOL.... If there's nothing by Monday, which would be day 29, then I will candle and see and go from there.

 

[Demosthine]

Our Black Copper Marans rooster started trying to crow this morning. It is such a funky, garbbled sound! I didn't have time to get video before work, though. I'll have to try later. I'm afraid he may be a loud one, though, so he may not last. I really want to keep him for breeding.

In the meantime, Captain squeezed out of the coop overnight and knocked a water basin off the chair it was on. Somehow, he ended up underneath it, trapped for who knows how long. I jumped and squeeled like a school girl when I picked it up and he flew like a bat out of hell. I really don't need a heart attack at 0500 Hours!

 

[countrygirl74]

 

[Mahonri]

HAPPY FOUR DAY WEEKEND Y'ALL!

 

[Demosthine]

Ok ya'll, so I'm going to write an article for the contest on the comb and wattle issue that I brought up last week. Does anyone have any good pictures of the various types of combs that I can use? Please message me if you do, with the photo, breed and approximate age. Mine all have single combs, except the Silkies, and I'm not sure I can get a good picture of his.

 

[Meara]

Hi everyone

I live in Benson and wanted to let all my neighbors in SE AZ know that I am currently selling bantam chicks (a few are frizzles) and also doing a flock reduction (~ 10 bantam hens). And I have a really sweet bantam rooster I will let go to a good home. Just send me a PM if interested or with questions.

Have a safe and fun holiday weekend!

 

[Chickeneggineer]

All,

Posted this elsewhere but figured I would copy it here as well -

The Post Office is proposing that we pay an additional $9.00-11.95 for every box of day-old poultry. This is a 75% increase! They are accepting comments on this proposal through this Friday, May 24th. We are asking you to contact the USPS today and protest this additional charge.

Why do we oppose this postage increase?

1) The average postage we now pay for all our duckling and gosling shipments is about $12.00 per shipment. If they add this additional charge, your postage charges will go up at least 75%! How often has the USPS raised rates 75%?

2) The USPS gives no indication how this new income will improve service in any way. It will not make shipping faster or easier. It is not designed to better track shipments. It is not for better ventilated trucks to carry your birds. It is only a way to increase their income at your expense.

3) This new regulation will only affect day-old poultry shipments and bee shipments. Was either industry notified in advance or was our input requested? Absolutely not. It was only when an AP reporter phoned another hatchery that we learned the USPS was proposing this 75% increase in fees. As mailing is our only option, hatcheries such as ours work closely with the USPS and we have our own Live Shipment Representative in Washington, DC. The only response I received when I asked my local rep about it was "Who sent this to you?" It appears to me the Post Office is trying to hide this proposed regulation until it is too late!

We are asking you to send a quick email to the USPS to protest this exorbitant and heavy handed increase!

• You must send all emails to: [email protected]

• The subject line must read Live Animals

• It must be received by this Friday, May 24th

A sample email is at the right. All you have to do is copy, paste, make it more personal about you, sign and send it.

By all of us sending an email, we can prevent this ill-conceived postage rate increase!

Thank you very much for your assistance!
John Metzer
Metzer Farms



To read the proposed regulation, click here.

Sample email you can send:

I am very much against the additional postal charges you are proposing for the live animal shipments. Do you realize this is an average increase of over 75% in what I now pay to receive my day-old poultry?

Your proposed regulation does not indicate how this money will be spent. Will it speed service? Will it making tracking of my birds easier? Will it provide a better environment for my birds during shipping? What does this 75% increase do for me?

I am also very disappointed you did not contact the day-old poultry and bee shipping industries prior to or after your posting of the regulation. Unfortunately it gives the impression that: 1) you don't care about me and 2) you don't care about any input from the hatcheries directly affected by your new rates.

Are you proposing a 75% increase in rates for any of your other customers? Or is it only us?

I do not feel this 75% increase in my postage rates for receiving day old poultry should be implemented.

Sincerely,​

I sent my note, but figured I would try to get others to do so as well

 

[LadyKotaDoria]

Thanks, I'm far from back to normal but now I can at least function a little bit. It's scary when you are sick and can't do anything. I know I'm going to be alright but I have responsibilities of my little ones. When I find someone that my insurance will cover, it will be interesting, 1 put laundry to was, feed the dog, feed and water the chickens, and check on the bees.
I do not believe it is good for people to live alone. In a close knit community it is different. But this is the way it is.

 

[City farm]

I completed the coop and run, now all of the chickens are in the same coop/run. I'm actually very surprised that the older girls didn't have a problem roosting with the younger ones. Here's a pic of the girls first night in the new coop.

Very nice.. They look like happy chickens to me...

 

[City farm]

Thanks, I'm far from back to normal but now I can at least function a little bit. It's scary when you are sick and can't do anything. I know I'm going to be alright but I have responsibilities of my little ones. When I find someone that my insurance will cover, it will be interesting, 1 put laundry to was, feed the dog, feed and water the chickens, and check on the bees.
I do not believe it is good for people to live alone. In a close knit community it is different. But this is the way it is.

Girl you do a lot & your body is telling you to rest..
That is why God gives us One day of rest..
The real question is do we take it?? I do not always take it... It is hard to just sit around & do nothing...