Arizona Chickens

[notinoz2007]

Anyone have an idea yet what breed my beautiful Grace is yet?

i have had many EEs pass through my yard, and this looks like an EE roo to me. green legs are a pretty good sign. very pretty coloring, although not a particular design. EE's are very flashy, i love them.

 

[notinoz2007]

i went out to check my birds for mites last night while they were roosting. no signs so i am happy about that, but i am still unhappy about the no eggs situation we seem to be in.

you all remember the story where ginger laid her egg standing up on the patio and then laid another right after? well she did that exact same thing 3 days ago. and i found a soft shelled egg on the coop floor under her spot on the roost last night. she gives no care whatsoever about where she is laying these eggs! even just plopping one out while she's settling in for bed. i'm glad it didnt go splat all over, but still not happy with her, or any of them for that matter. gosh, at least they didnt eat it...

 

[notinoz2007]

if anyone in the area is interested in working on the aloha project, or you already are, i have 2 cockerels and one really great looking pullet that i am looking to rehome soon. the girl is showing the most white of any aloha pullet i've ever raised and she has yellow legs, i dont think she will be as big as a sussex but she's amazing. the boys are both good looking candidates with really nice color, yellow legs and good body type. i was breeding for yellow legs this go around, and unfortunately have to put it all on hold for now. i dont want these to go to waste tho so if you will use them in your program PM me.

 

[heidisue]

Lol

i went out to check my birds for mites last night while they were roosting. no signs so i am happy about that, but i am still unhappy about the no eggs situation we seem to be in.

you all remember the story where ginger laid her egg standing up on the patio and then laid another right after? well she did that exact same thing 3 days ago. and i found a soft shelled egg on the coop floor under her spot on the roost last night. she gives no care whatsoever about where she is laying these eggs! even just plopping one out while she's settling in for bed. i'm glad it didnt go splat all over, but still not happy with her, or any of them for that matter. gosh, at least they didnt eat it...

Lol! I have one that lays on the floor of the coop rather than the nesting boxes and she is broody right now, so she just sits in the corner of the coop. The other girls had to pick a new spot to sleep last night! I keep moving her to a box, but she just moves back to her corner (not sitting on anything by the way)

 

[LadyKotaDoria]

Honey, is really big! Big enough to include HOME LAND SECURITY
Check this out . . . .

http://www.businessweek.com/article...gest-food-fraud-in-u-dot-s-dot-history#r=read

Here are a couple of segments from the article .

On March 24, 2008, von Buddenbrock came to the office around 8:30 a.m., as usual. ........... .............. on area and went to have a look. A half-dozen armed federal agents, all wearing bulletproof vests, had stormed in. “They made a good show, coming in with full force,” he recalls. “It was pretty scary.”


Von Buddenbrock’s introduction to the honey-laundering scheme came months after he’d settled into Chicago. In the spring of 2007 he was getting ready to take over the U.S. operation from a university friend, Thomas .......... ............. a shady garage.” They were out in the open, eating pasta. Marten could not be reached for comment..........

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

Honey is really big! Big enough to include HOME LAND SECURITY
Chick is out . . . .

http://www.businessweek.com/article...gest-food-fraud-in-u-dot-s-dot-history#r=read

Here are a couple of segments from the article .

On March 24, 2008, von Buddenbrock came to the office around 8:30 a.m., as usual. ........... .............. on area and went to have a look. A half-dozen armed federal agents, all wearing bulletproof vests, had stormed in. “They made a good show, coming in with full force,” he recalls. “It was pretty scary.”


Von Buddenbrock’s introduction to the honey-laundering scheme came months after he’d settled into Chicago. In the spring of 2007 he was getting ready to take over the U.S. operation from a university friend, Thomas .......... ............. a shady garage.” They were out in the open, eating pasta. Marten could not be reached for comment..........

That was a fascinating story LKD. On the one hand, the heavy-handed militarized agents seem sooo far over the top, especially in light of the history of the two peons they were after, but on the other hand, I'm so glad they are out there watching this stuff. This helps every single American bee-keeper and anyone that consumes honey. It makes me mad to think that they were so blatantly scheming to import such crap. All the more reason to eat only local honey and support your local bee-keeper. I'll be sending this article to my friends at Zia Queenbees in NM.

Oh, if anyone is interested in reading the article, copy and paste it into a new browser window and remove the stuff after "history" (the link doesn't work otherwise).

 

[Demosthine]

i went out to check my birds for mites last night while they were roosting. no signs so i am happy about that, but i am still unhappy about the no eggs situation we seem to be in.

you all remember the story where ginger laid her egg standing up on the patio and then laid another right after? well she did that exact same thing 3 days ago. and i found a soft shelled egg on the coop floor under her spot on the roost last night. she gives no care whatsoever about where she is laying these eggs! even just plopping one out while she's settling in for bed. i'm glad it didnt go splat all over, but still not happy with her, or any of them for that matter. gosh, at least they didnt eat it...

It's good to hear we're not the only ones not getting eggs, though. All my girls seem very healthy and doing well, except the two we got from RedRocket. We still have lots of feathers being scattered all over, so I'm pretty sure it's their molt. You know that rumor about women who spend all their time together. They start to syncronize... If you know what I mean. I guess mine are right there.

 

[LadyKotaDoria]

Gallo, we have to understand, those military trained defense personal, have a need to use what they have been taught. I personally believe that these officers should learn several entry's, to situation risk assessment. Think about it, there are people that if you handed them a stick of dynamite, they will just have to use it. All to often they end up as a candidate for a "Darwin award". I personally like the "Cheshire Cat" approach, or method. Never give a way what you got, keep them guessing and worried. But the military dose not believe in that.

I am to glad, and I am just waiting for my nephew to lose interest in the bees, I have to resist the feeling they are 50% mine.

NOTS.: I have the same problem, no eggs, 1 was sold, no eggs, ever. Clare is a pet so she is safe. Whinny has had some health so her time may be limited. She is looking better, but? My gang of 4 I got May 5th. Ranging from a few days to 6 weeks. Tipsy is the oldest, Red Sex Link, she is starting to look good and I think she stopped her molt.

 

[maryhysong]

Well I still have some EE pullets for sale and got three pretty eggs from their pen today; just wish the camera would actually show the real color; these are more turquoise green than the pic shows {wow that was amazing! The spell checker is finally working!{|} City Farms are those girls laying for you yet? Looking at how pink the combs are I am thinking that the girls that came from a true blue egg will probably be the last to lay.

 

[notinoz2007]

city farm, i hope your family had a good time while they were here and that they have a safe trip back home. i'm going to visit england one day..... one day..*sigh

anyway. i should be home around 230 tomorrow, looking forward to seeing you again.