Arizona Chickens

[Mahonri]

Your laugh for the day...


A cowboy appeared before St. Peter at the Pearly Gates, and Saint Peter asked him "Have you ever done anything of particular merit during your stay on earth?"


'Well, not rightly, but I can think of one thing that might be something like that.....' the cowboy offered.


"On a trip to the Black Hills out in South Dakota , I came upon a gang of bikers who were threatening a young woman. I told them to leave her alone, but they wouldn't listen. So, I approached the largest and most tattooed biker and smacked him in the face, kicked his bike over, ripped out his nose ring, and threw it on the ground.



I pushed my way to the center of their gang and then yelled, "Now, back off or I'll kick the crap out of all of you!"




St. Peter was impressed, "When did this happen?"



"Ohhh.... 'couple of minutes ago."

 

[smjacob]

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First CONGRATZ on the new daughter.

the birds are doing well. The mites havent seemed to affect anyone else yet but I am watching it very closely. One bird legs looked a slight bit suspicious so it got an extra pam treatment a day or two ago but they are all well.

Shaun

 

[cluckin_crazy]

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She has already asserted herself... my head hen avoids her after only a few minutes. I'm sure there will be a couple more battles, but she's held her own against 3 challengers already.

 

[redrocketrooster]

Noskiviz, congrats on the little girl! Sorry it didn't go so well.

I'm not really sure how my interview was taken. My interviewer had a magical poker face but was pleasant.
I'm waiting for a call that should take place before next Monday or so. Or if I never receive a call, forget about it.

Overall though I feel it was relaxed and went well.

 

[a2ms4chickens]

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I'm hoping for a positive outcome of your interview.

Angie

 

[gckiddhouse]

Nice day up in Prescott! Saw lots of interesting birds and a small herd of pronghorn with 2 tiny babies. They didn't let us look at them for very long before they told them to lay down and off went the adults. The babies never moved. They are such interesting chaps!

Laree - Holy heart attacks, batman!

What the heck!? I am going with poison. There was something there in the yard. Sorry the wife is being a ... Let us know if you find something out.

RRR - hoping you get the call!!

Noskivees - congrats on the new bundle! I have done traumatic birth... not fun. So glad to hear all is well! Hope the hatch goes well!

Mahonri - love the joke. DS will love that. Darla (the new pullet) is doing well. We still have her separated, but tomorrow she will get a buddy (her clutchmate) for a few days and then we will add them both back to the flock.

Noticed tonight that our rooster's chin and neck are bare. The feathers have been picked out. His skin looks healthy and I looked him over well. I find nothing wrong with him, no bugs or injuries. Is this a normal place for picking? Why would they be picking his chin/neck? How do I get them to stop? It has to be the pullet that hangs with him as she is the only one who can get close to him.
When I inspected him, I brought him up on the porch to hold him and gave him a lap treat. Don't know if I will make a lap chicken out of him, but it's worth a try.

Enjoy the weekend! Looks like it will be pretty nice weather. I will be doing a little pruning with my new mothers' day pruning tools. Look out trees, here I come.

 

[smjacob]

not sure if any of you breeders saw this so... http://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/grd/1740474250.html

Shaun

 

[redrocketrooster]

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These really aren't that rare and most are likely from hatcheries.

Coolio for posting though!

 

[smjacob]

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These really aren't that rare and most are likely from hatcheries.

Coolio for posting though!

well the brama no but havent seen any Russian Orloffs or Faverolle locally. I liked both of those breeds (i like bearded chickens what can i say) but havent seen any.

or am i not looking in the right places... ?

Shaun

 

[redrocketrooster]

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These really aren't that rare and most are likely from hatcheries.

Coolio for posting though!

well the brama no but havent seen any Russian Orloffs or Faverolle locally. I liked both of those breeds (i like bearded chickens what can i say) but havent seen any.

or am i not looking in the right places... ?

Shaun

Not locally but it would be easy to order them from a hatchery, since that is the most likely scenario for the Orloff and possibly the Salmon these wouldn't be breeder quality.