Arizona Chickens

[Papas Chickens]

Inside your house?! Ticks are not one of their main prey items, but you never know.

LOL ya inside my house along with that little devil and his friends, also we have the occasional Desert Hairy and Fat Tail Scorpions and Camel Spiders.

 

[City farm]

I'm way behind on posts and have to just give up catching up.  Does anyone want to do a "shotgun" post?  (I miss Mikey for his great shotgun posts)
Anyway, I'll try to keep up for awhile again.  I have no more vacations or work trips planned. 

What is shotgun post? I do know his spits hatch was not successful..

 

[City farm]

OMG! OMG!! I went to go clean out the chicken poop from the coop today cause i was lazy this weekend and didnt do it.. and OMG OMG!! look what i found!! they have begun to lay!!!! AUG 4, 2014

Yeehaa! How eggciting.. What are you going to cook?

 

[City farm]

The feed store had almost full grown Cornish crosses for sale.  $3.99 for meat that I barely have to feed?  Of course I bought 4.  They started out gross and poopy and "dumb"...everything everyone says about CX.  Friday and Saturday, they did not explore beyond their coop.  In fact, I don't even think they'd checked out their coop at all.  But by this morning, they were already clamoring to get out and explore.   The feed store folks had no idea how old they were (guesses ranged from 6 to 12 weeks, lol), I'm guessing they need another couple of weeks to reach full size. In the store...they looked huge!  At home, I realized they aren't as big as I had thought.   It's the old saying--never go to the store when you're hungry! 

so true.. What feed store?? Are there more ??

 

[MagicChicken]

I caught this litte devil crawlin on my wall next to my bed.

It's a crab spider. They are common hunting spiders here. They like to hang out on walls, and they tend to hide in tight places. They don't spin webs. I consider them pets until they start hanging out in places I access regularly, like behind the door to the medicine cabinet. Then I relocate them. I've never had one bite me. They're pretty docile.

Here's some more info: http://www.desertmuseum.org/books/nhsd_giantcrab_spider.php

 

[Beckyhsinglsc]

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It's a quick review/update of what has been discussed or happened on the thread lately.

 

[Papas Chickens]

It's a crab spider. They are common hunting spiders here. They like to hang out on walls, and they tend to hide in tight places. They don't spin webs. I consider them pets until they start hanging out in places I access regularly, like behind the door to the medicine cabinet. Then I relocate them. I've never had one bite me. They're pretty docile.

Here's some more info: http://www.desertmuseum.org/books/nhsd_giantcrab_spider.php

Interesting, it is still EVIL lol. But since it is not poisonous i will release it.

 

[Beckyhsinglsc]

I need to find a home for a couple of 12 week old BCM roosters. Anyone interested?
To a good home only. If they are going to be eaten, I'll do it myself.
Asking $10 to make sure they are wanted. (pullet is not for sale)
"big rooster" is the one in front. He is a little bigger than the other one, has quite a bit more copper and some feathers on his legs.
"little rooster" is the one in back. He has less copper but the black is very shiny and he has a great personality. No feathers on legs.
Both have been hand raised and fed organic, soy free, corn free feed and are already free-ranging during the day. They come from local chickens so they should be heat tolerant.
I live in the East Valley of Phoenix but travel to Tucson regularly.


big rooster


little rooster

 

[kukupecpec]

Arizona Son probably does.  Try messaging him. 

Thanks for the lead! Sent him a message =)

 

[Billiam]

The feed store had almost full grown Cornish crosses for sale. $3.99 for meat that I barely have to feed? Of course I bought 4. They started out gross and poopy and "dumb"...everything everyone says about CX. Friday and Saturday, they did not explore beyond their coop. In fact, I don't even think they'd checked out their coop at all. But by this morning, they were already clamoring to get out and explore. The feed store folks had no idea how old they were (guesses ranged from 6 to 12 weeks, lol), I'm guessing they need another couple of weeks to reach full size. In the store...they looked huge! At home, I realized they aren't as big as I had thought. It's the old saying--never go to the store when you're hungry!

Too funny!