Arizona Chickens

[kacklinkelly]

...Only 3 of my 5 are molting...

I only have 3 hens. One is a complete free loader. She's an EE that has only ever layed 6 eggs. She is almost a year and a half old. Our RIR is hanging in there and laying almost daily. The black australorp who also lays almost daily is now molting terribly, so no eggs from her. I feel like I'm going to go into withdrawals if I run out of my girls eggs before the molt is over. They are being rationed at this time.

. Boy the australorp is a mess and so is our back yard and their run. I can't imagine multiple hens molting at the same time.

 

[UrbanPHXChicks]

I'll do this! Thanks for putting the information together!

 

[kpgoldstar]

Some pics of my lettuce garden.





And tonight's harvest. I picked enough for at least a week's worth of salads!


This pic doesn't do the harvest justice. I have a mix of red leaf, green leaf, romaine and a butter-type. I used about 1/10 of this for my salad tonight.

 

[AZHotChicks]

Hatching some Marans from the incubator. I love how darling the chicks are. They look like tiny fuzzy baby penguins

 

[SunBaked]

Gorgeous birds! The sweet potatoes I've grown would not trellis very well; they really want to go flat over the ground. For vines on the pens I like grapes. I just got a passion fruit vine for my patio area but I haven't yet researched to find out if they are toxic to chickens. They're supposed to grow very fast too. Oh, and I wonder about Queen's Wreath? Does anyone know if they are chicken safe?

Thank you

Oh too bad they don't climb. I'll have to put them in the garden instead. Grapes are a good idea. I will get some of those. I think I will use some of those snap pea's also. They look like they make a vine. Going to look into the others you mentioned, thank you.

For all our BYC friends in Arizona:

OK we need help people!!! It will only take you a few minutes!!! promise. I need you to make some calls and send some emails. Going to make it super easy for you.. the homework has already been done.. We need voices!!!

There are 7... ONLY 7 people you need to call right now!! when it passes we will need more phone calls. Seriously it will take 5 minutes of your time...

When I called this is what I said.... Hi my name is... Senator... is on a the Committee of Government and Environment that is meeting Monday. I am calling in support of the Homegrown Freedom Act SB1151 that will be coming in front of the committee. I hope the Senator will support the bill..

Left my phone # also.

Also Emails...again right now only 7 If you can blind copy them to [email protected] that will be helpful in showing how much support this bill really has.

here is a copy of one of my emails... Change it up if you want...Doesn't need to be long, its going to be tallied.. We need those #'s up!

Senator Hobbs 602-926-5325 [email protected]
Senator Ward 602-926-4138 [email protected]
Senator Farley 602-926-3022 [email protected]
Senator Crandell 602-926-5409 [email protected]
Senator Burges 602-926-5861 [email protected]
Senator Begay 602-926-5862 [email protected]
Senator Griffin (chair) 602-926-5895 [email protected]

for emails...

Hello Senator .........,
I am writing to show my support of the Homegrown Freedom Act SB1151 that will be coming in front of the Government and Environment Committee on Monday Feb. 3, 2014. I understand that you are on that committee. Please support this bill Smile It is so very important to so many of us. Thank you! Constituent ........ in .......

I'll do this also. Thank you for the information.



So sorry for everyone that lost pets. Those darn coyotes are a pain. I've seen them go over a 6 foot chain link fence. Only way I've found to keep them away is my dogs.

 

[MagicChicken]

One of my 5 day old chick nuggets just chest-bumped a 3 1/2 week old cockerel in the brooder. And the older bird was not the aggressor. Looks like that nugget is a boy, too, and he's going to be trouble.

 

[AZHotChicks]

One of my 5 day old chick nuggets just chest-bumped a 3 1/2 week old cockerel in the brooder. And the older bird was not the aggressor. Looks like that nugget is a boy, too, and he's going to be trouble.

Yep you can tell the little roos by their behavior sometimes. Good thing he is still tiny. What breed is Nugget?

 

[chicksurreal]

Some pics of my lettuce garden.





And tonight's harvest. I picked enough for at least a week's worth of salads!


This pic doesn't do the harvest justice. I have a mix of red leaf, green leaf, romaine and a butter-type. I used about 1/10 of this for my salad tonight.

Wow! Gorgeous photos, thanks for sharing!!

 

[Demosthine]

My first attempt at hatching was a complete failure. The eggs I got from Aloha didn't hatch at all. Only three made it do a late stage of development, but they are three days late and there's no sign of success. I'm not sure what happened, but I'll have to try again. She did warn me that the eggs were a bit older and may not have a high hatch rate, but I expected at least a few... My humidity and temperature did not stay as stable as I expected, though, either. It's all a learning experience, but I'm sure glad I didn't make the attempt on expensive, specialty breed eggs!

So what do you all do with the eggs that don't hatch? They've been sitting in a high-humidity, high temperature incubator for nearly a month. Are they still ok to cook up for the flock or do they just need to go to the compost?

 

[roostereggs]

My first attempt at hatching was a complete failure. The eggs I got from Aloha didn't hatch at all. Only three made it do a late stage of development, but they are three days late and there's no sign of success. I'm not sure what happened, but I'll have to try again. She did warn me that the eggs were a bit older and may not have a high hatch rate, but I expected at least a few... My humidity and temperature did not stay as stable as I expected, though, either. It's all a learning experience, but I'm sure glad I didn't make the attempt on expensive, specialty breed eggs!

So what do you all do with the eggs that don't hatch? They've been sitting in a high-humidity, high temperature incubator for nearly a month. Are they still ok to cook up for the flock or do they just need to go to the compost?

We just toss them.