Arizona Chickens

[MrsFitzDarcy]

I saw this and had to share it. http://www.animalsaustralia.org/appeal/mcdonalds-cage-eggs-tv-ad/

That made me weepy!

 

[MrsFitzDarcy]

Just won this off ebay:
Turbo Fan HovaBator Egg Incubator 2362N w Egg turner

Oh dear, what these chickens hath wrought on Cool Drive!

Now off to do my weekly posts online for my Graduate Composition class.

 

[cyborg]

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Pretty soon I'm building another bike for excersicing the dogs. We'd love to join.

Me too. Mine will be 106 cubic inches with a six speed tranny.

The future is so bright, I gotta wear shades!

 

[moms3cuties]

They didnt want to come in at all yesterday evening before dark i had to catch each one by hand, i used raisins they followed me about half way then stopped and ran back into the front yard. I have only been putting 8 out 7 pullets and 1 Roo. Ill try BOSS this evening to see if they will follow, Should i stand by there coop and call them with the BOSS or make a trail? The last chickens i had always followed us so not sure what im doing wrong. I cant keep them out all night because of our dogs, the chickens stay out of from 8 or 9 am until the evening time around 6 or 7 pm then i try to get them back in. Is that to late to try to get them in? What pic are you talking about i posted a few lol. 

each time I go outside at night if I haven't gone to put them in to bed; they were lined up at the door, until I taught them toHow to.. perch in the tree and after that the rest was history!! =D

Post dinner kitchen scraps. Mine will come running.

anytime, anytime my chicken SEE me.. they all come runnin;. in fact "Cotton/aka Bangs, my youngest & newest White Leghorn jumps in my lap looking for a treat or food, lol...

I have a mealworm question for those of you that raise your own.
I order some meal worms online, I received them two days after shipment and there were very few dead ones. I put them in a large, flat, clear plastic container with air holes in the lid. I am using oats as their substrate and have been giving fresh veggies or fruit daily (celery, carrots, cantaloupe rinds, etc) they seem to be eating very well.
I have them in the storage compartment of the coop. So they are in the heat but not in the sun.
Anyway, they seem to be dying and a fast rate. There are a lot of dark, dead ones. There are several skins I see which tells me that some are molting which is fabulous but are they dying because of the heat, lack of moisture, or???
Am I doing something wrong?
I thought I could keep them outside but maybe the heat is too much?
I want stop spending a small fortune at the local pet store buying mealworms for my girls.

Gallo has a link on meal worms! A great read! I think he uses a 20 or 10 gallon fish aquarium with like a reptile top that has netting.

When mine were younger I had to pick them up and place them in the coop at dusk. Like they didn't know that was where they were supposed to sleep. It was so cute once they got a little more mature when they put themselves to bed! We would stand around the coop and wait for them to decide it was time then watch them gather around and go up the stairs to the roost bars. I think you sort of have to train them for a couple weeks.

Mine All free range so 80% of them are up in my peach tree and the other 20% go on top & inside and around my dog kennel on the other end of my yard!

Lutefisk taste like rotten mulled fish.

We have left overs we have to eat first. And Monday I am invited to a BBQ in Minneapolis. So we will have it later. I have to make lefse. [VIDEO]

In Norway a village was discovered, lost to an avalanche, and abandoned. A stash of preserved cod was found. Estimated over 200 years old. A few of the dried cod (same preservation as done to day) was reconstituted, lutefisk. It tasted exactly like preserved dry cod only a yr old. It is indestructible, the archaeologists believe that it could have sat for another 200 or more years and still be good to eat....... DID THEY SAY GOOD TO EAT?

Lol....

Have not posted in a while but I am constantly lurking in this thread. Need help deciding. I have a empty pen, two incubators (one does 70 eggs and the other does 10) and an itch that needs to be scratched. But........ can't decide which way to go. I want a project. I want to hatch and then improve a single breed pen. Not as concerned about chicken appearance as quality of eggs. Can't decide between going Darkest brown, brightest olive, or brightest blue.......... Help me decide!!!!!

X5 or 6 towards some blue! how about just do one of each =D

If anyone is interested in some of this seed for grazing let me know.  The more you buy the cheaper it gets.  I'm placing my order soon.  I grew it last year.  It came in fast and the chickens loved it.

http://www.groworganic.com/omega-3-chicken-forage-blend-irrigated.html

I'll check that out. ..does it grow year round? I'm not sure that question is already been answered.

 

[moms3cuties]

Look what I found behind a local store. I am going to try and make something for the chickens out of it.

ooh. .. very nice find!

 

[Timskins]

each time I go outside at night if I haven't gone to put them in to bed; they were lined up at the door, until I taught them toHow to.. perch in the tree and after that the rest was history!! =D
anytime, anytime my chicken SEE me.. they all come runnin;. in fact "Cotton/aka Bangs, my youngest & newest White Leghorn jumps in my lap looking for a treat or food, lol...
Gallo has a link on meal worms! A great read! I think he uses a 20 or 10 gallon fish aquarium with like a reptile top that has netting.
Mine All free range so 80% of them are up in my peach tree and the other 20% go on top & inside and around my dog kennel on the other end of my yard!
Lol....
X5 or 6 towards some blue! how about just do one of each =D
I'll check that out. ..does it grow year round? I'm not sure that question is already been answered.

It doesn't grow year round here. I over seed with it during the cooler weather.

 

[LadyKotaDoria]

Thank you for the link on free rand chickens for McDonalds. They buy their eggs from chicken egg farms that are slightly more human then standard now. They have more inspectors the the US Government, and a lot few harms to inspect. Unfortunately, I feel not enough. They have the power to make a difference and set standards. One of the things they do not allow is beak trimming, but it have been informed this may not be true because despite requiring a little larger cages they are still picking each other. I have not yet been able to confer meat her way. They have responded to the public, without us there is no McDonald's. That holds true with all the other fast food changes.

It would be even better if all of the FF company's united for both eggs and meat. They could set new standards, despite the price going up. As it is Health Advocate's have forced McDonalds and the like to artificially raise their prices, claiming it was the cheep ness of the food was making us fat. They mind as well put a tax on gluttony. Anyone at an "all you can eat buffet", be charged a tax when they go back for seconds or if the pile on so much food you can not see the plate. We all know that it is a combination of things that are making us fat, stress, hormones & highly processed food, stress, fats that have to be processed to get, such as corn and veritable oils. LOL, Crisco was originally before WWII was used to make candles, not for human use. More and more they are finding animal fat better for you then even canola oil. The word moderation is in there, a point we need to take responsibility for. Just wanted to use of deep fried breaded/battered food in any fat is bad for you.

Our ancestor's (greatly simplified) lived on beans (protein), cabbage (vegetable), and potato's (starch). Stuff kept with out refrigeration, dried or preserved.

 

[City farm]

Just won this off ebay:
[COLOR=333333]Turbo Fan HovaBator Egg Incubator 2362N w Egg turner[/COLOR]

Oh dear, what these chickens hath wrought on Cool Drive!

Now off to do my weekly posts online for my Graduate Composition class.

You need to teach a class on chicken math.. Include issues on;
Do boys add more or girls? What happens if there is a double yolk?
Can chickens count, do they want more brothers & sisters? What happens when you see
a friends chicken? Do chickens love humans?

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/histo...ered-the-World.html?device=iphone&device=ipad

I will add another video

 

[City farm]

I came across this while looking for the video. If I can't find it maybe someone can?
It is the video of the girl talking about what happens when you get chickens, then other farm animals are next.. It is hilarious
http://www.poultryhelp.com/toxicplants.html

 

[City farm]

@moms3cuties
How are your chickens with bumble foot? Is that one new chicken a roster?