Arizona Chickens

[City farm]

Anyone selling 2-5 (?) Month pullets near new river, anthem, peoria, north valley area? My chicks just died (2 month) and her companion is sorta confused without other chickens... preferably around 2-3 month old, thanks!

Condolences from us.. nope. We are in Tempe

 

[City farm]

One of the benefits of living in the desert, this is the beginning of prickly pear wine. With jelly and syrup to soon follow! Yum.

Oh please do tell how to make the wine? Is it easy???

 

[chickybobby]

Thanx anyhow...

 

[City farm]

Has anyone been to the BIOSPHERE in Oricle?

Ya all down by the border, are you getting tons of rain??

 

[AZChiknGoddess]

Has anyone been to the BIOSPHERE in Oricle?

Ya all down by the border, are you getting tons of rain??

I'm in Tucson so not exactly on the border but we are getting a nice steady gentle rain with a lot of thunder and lightning.

 

[MandyFitch]

Hey folks,

I am about 100 pages behind but in dire need of advice so I'm jumping ahead. I also posted this in the sick chickens thread but you all are much more liable to respond quickly.

So my one year old silkie hen is in obvious respiratory distress. She started mewling like a kitten started a few days ago but I just thought she was weird. She's been off by herself all day today after breaking a nearly two week broody. Tonight she was sneezing (or she did once or twice) and now sounds like she's choking, wheezing/squeaking, and she keeps stretching out her neck like she's fighting for air / gaping . I've brought her in to the house (another chicken tried to attack her) but I have no idea what to do for her. Her crop is empty but she's got plenty of flesh on her breastbone.

Anyone have ideas? I don't have much of a medical kit here, just some blu-kote and electrolytes.

Thank you for your thoughts.

 

[chicksurreal]

Oh please do tell how to make the wine? Is it easy???

It's easy to make, it just takes a long time to get the results, a year or more. Lol! Wines take longer than beer of course, but I started out using a recipe from this guy... http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/prickly.asp

I've only done it once before and it was passable, but I'm learning as I go, so I expect this year to be better!

 

[AZChiknGoddess]

Hey folks,

I am about 100 pages behind but in dire need of advice so I'm jumping ahead.  I also posted this in the sick chickens thread but you all are much more liable to respond quickly.

So my one year old silkie hen is in obvious respiratory distress. She started[COLOR=333333] mewling like a kitten started a few days ago but I just thought she was weird. She's been off by herself all day today after breaking a nearly two week broody. Tonight she was sneezing (or she did once or twice) and now sounds like she's choking, wheezing/squeaking, and she keeps stretching out her neck like she's fighting for air / gaping . I've brought her in to the house (another chicken tried to attack her) but I have no idea what to do for her.  Her crop is empty but she's got plenty of flesh on her breastbone.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=333333]Anyone have ideas?  I don't have much of a medical kit here, just some blu-kote and electrolytes. [/COLOR]

[COLOR=333333]Thank you for your thoughts.[/COLOR]

Fowl pox going around and there is a respiratory version that sounds like what she has. Open her mouth and see if there are sores inside her mouth.

 

[MandyFitch]

No pox in her mouth, thank goodness. Would make sense, though!

 

[chicksurreal]

No pox in her mouth, thank goodness. Would make sense, though!

I hope all turns out well.