Arizona Chickens

[MrsFitzDarcy]

oohh very pretty. I think I will take one of them

Me, too! But what happens if you cross a cuckoo Silkie with a paint Silkie?

 

[MrsFitzDarcy]

you remember posting something about a fan not working?

Ha ha. Oh yeah. Good memory. I did replace it. I now have A/C. Happy mom/wife, happy life.

 

[Stynch]

Down here you need to garden in shade cloth raised beds and use compost to create your own soil.

We tried that with limited success - onions, cabbage, tomatoes grew okay, but then the ground rats (sorry, don't know what they are called) would come in and raze the entire garden overnight! We finally hit on these self-contained planting boxes that Home Depot sells. Last spring, we had tomatoes, peppers, onions, beans, yellow squash - and it was so rewarding!! A far cry from the 2000 sq ft I planted in Yakima (we lived there for 16 years before moving here 10 years ago - where in WA did you live?), but at least it was something! We bought a little greenhouse and my DH wants to experiment with some hydroponics this winter. What I really want to do is survive the next few years here until we can retire and then move to someplace where green grass and trees grow naturally!!

 

[FeatherPugs]

I candled at day 6 and I had 2 with some veining and 3 with lots of veining! I'll check again at day 12 and get rid of the duds. I'm really hoping that all 5 make it to hatch.

I haven't done any candling - I really don't know much about it number one and two - this sweet hen that sits on my lap will hardly let me near her to say soothing hello mamma words to her!! So I'll just wait and see. I'm thinking I'll give the eggs an extra 3 or 4 days just in case they can't count.

 

[AZChiknGoddess]

We tried that with limited success - onions, cabbage, tomatoes grew okay, but then the ground rats (sorry, don't know what they are called) would come in and raze the entire garden overnight!  We finally hit on these self-contained planting boxes that Home Depot sells.  Last spring, we had tomatoes, peppers, onions, beans, yellow squash - and it was so rewarding!!  A far cry from the 2000 sq ft I planted in Yakima (we lived there for 16 years before moving here 10 years ago - where in WA did you live?), but at least it was something!  We bought a little greenhouse and my DH wants to experiment with some hydroponics this winter.  What I really want to do is survive the next few years here until we can retire and then move to someplace where green grass and trees grow naturally!!

I lived all up and down the I-5 but primarily in Vancouver.
I'm lucky that my dogs and cats have pretty much run off the little gophers. But here you do have to bird net and fence critters out.

 

[City farm]

Bad day in Chickenville. <Sigh> Polly, the chicken I've had the longest, passed away tonight from shock I think. I'm so sad. I dealt with the other deaths better, but this one has hit me harder. Mostly I feel guilty for messing up with the dogs. I told my boyfriend and roommate that the chickens were freeranging and not to let the dogs out, but somehow Mr. Darcy got out. A series of unfortunate events began. I wasn't outside, but my roommate was. He was making a roof for my side pen for the little bantam Easter Egger and Stan the Silkie cockerel. The EEer got caught in the fencing ... she freaked out because Stan was roaming around outside the isolation pen (and she wasn't). She basically scalped herself from the base of the neck to her pea comb. All the neck anatomy was showing and the skin was hanging down like a great big apron. Then I saw Polly. She was lying on the ground panting. I picked her up and tried to replace her on her feet. She was good on one but was a little weak on the other. I didn't see any blood but looked under the feathers and there were some tears and punctures, but no blood. It didn't look like the wounds went into the muscle so I was hopeful. My roommate said that she was trying to get in the pen while the bantam was flipping. He didn't see Mr. Darcy actually grab her, but I think he saw the commotion and it was irrestiable. He's a lab; I think he just wanted to carry her around. He's a duck dog after all. We had to put the little EEer down. I put Polly in the isolation pen, but she passed away sometime tonight. I feel horrible. I feel like a horrible guardian of my chickens. I want them to have the opportunity to free range in the compost, etc., but I've had too many accidents. On the upside, I got my incubator from eBay today. I can't even think about hatching chickens now. I'm so traumatized.

. Condolences from us

 

[702marine]

oohh very pretty. I think I will take one of them

You can link up with AZChiknGoddess about getting you some when she is out this way.

 

[City farm]

@moms3cuties
That is only enough for one.. I have more..once you put it on him he will try to walk backwards.. It took our guy about 2days to get it. Then we righted it up 2-3 more times.. Make it so you only have enough room to fit a finger. just call me if you need any more info..

 

[City farm]

So I started my Barley Fodder set up on Sunday, I have 8 plastic tubs on 4 shelves that I made from a old bathroom shelf stand I had outside I put a pound of soaked seed in each tub and they started to spout yesterday and looking good still. I also have 7 smaller tubs set up with 1/2 pound if soaked seed that hasnt sprouted yet my brother put vinager into the soaked seed that are in the smaller tubs I think that is why it isnt sprouting yet he said the vinager will keep it from molding ( he did it without me knowing ). The tubs that has the pound of soaked seed should make 6-8 pounds of fodder and the 1/2 pound tubs should make about 3-4 pounds of fodder. Since I have 45 chickens and 5 guinea fowl how much fodder should I feed them?
I read everyone got alot of rain in the past few days shoot yall can send some my way all I got was about 20 minutes of sprinkles lol.

The general rule is, how much they can all eat in 15 minutes..
Our property is still drying.. Suppose to be another storm heading our way next week..

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

Hey everyone. Been a while since I have been on. Finally got internet connected.

Just wanted to show you all the new chick in town:

Carena Elizabeth arrived on September 8th at 2:10 am. She arrived with the big storm.


Look at that hair!!




Big Brother Cooper, Jon, Cara and baby sister Carena
Family photo before leaving the hospital tonight

Congratulations! You must be so proud. And my, look how fast Cooper is growing! It seems like yesterday that he was a baby.