Arizona Chickens

[DesertChic]

My grandpa was a crazy chicken man. Must be where I get it from. He built a cabinet incubator to hatch his eggs in. My grandmother told me at thanksgiving that there was an incubator in the shed that had been there for 25 years. Best we can figure out is that he built it about 35 years ago. He died when I was 4, now I am rehabbing it to use again. We have to rebuild the cabinet as it has completely rotted. It is fully lined in galvanized metal inside and the workings and gutts are in great shape. I am excited for this project and to bring what I consider a family heirloom back to life! Pics to come as we work on it.

That is really special!!!

 

[ChuskaMtns]

My grandpa was a crazy chicken man. Must be where I get it from. He built a cabinet incubator to hatch his eggs in. My grandmother told me at thanksgiving that there was an incubator in the shed that had been there for 25 years. Best we can figure out is that he built it about 35 years ago. He died when I was 4, now I am rehabbing it to use again. We have to rebuild the cabinet as it has completely rotted. It is fully lined in galvanized metal inside and the workings and gutts are in great shape. I am excited for this project and to bring what I consider a family heirloom back to life! Pics to come as we work on it.

That is an awesome find! Can't wait to see it after you've refinished it. Chickens are definitely in your blood!

 

[desert bantie]

Does anyone here hatch their own chicks, or do you get them from a hatchery or feed barn? I want to get another chick since one of mine died last night. It was really sad, I found her trapped under a small piece of plywood I had used to close off the pen at night. I think my kids had moved it and she somehow knocked it onto herself. So sad!

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[moms3cuties]

introducing our first baby chick 2015 on day 20! :yiipchick

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[DesertChic]

introducing our first baby chick 2015 on day 20!

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Yeah! Congratulations! So cute!!!! What breed?

 

[Born2blove]

See what I has been done for my ChiCk this weekend, My chick very happy at the first time i release them to the tractor, it run and jump, seem like they have their own playground. I wil get 4 more Silver Laced Wyandottes.

 

[moms3cuties]

introducing our first baby chick 2015 on day 20! :yiipchick ......

Yeah! Congratulations! So cute!!!! What breed?

thank you! ....Good Question, but I'm not sure I know! ..... only a 4 hours old! He/she is a barnyard mix. .... I'm thinking Rhode Island Red with BCM?... Waiting for the leghorn mixes to hatch!! **My daughter asked me to ask, ,, WHO Knows, ,, How to Quiet A SINGLE BABY CHICK peeping like crazy???

 

[moms3cuties]

See what I has been done for my ChiCk this weekend, My chick very happy at the first time i release them to the tractor, it run and jump, seem like they have their own playground. I wil get 4 more Silver Laced Wyandottes.

nice looking chicken tractor! ! ..... maybe you could put one together for my kids! .. lol. .. .... Just teasing!

 

[houdiniduck]

thank you! ....Good Question, but I'm not sure I know!

..... only a 4 hours old! He/she is a barnyard mix. ....
I'm thinking Rhode Island Red with BCM?...
Waiting for the leghorn mixes to hatch!!

**My daughter asked me to ask, ,, WHO Knows, ,, How to Quiet A SINGLE BABY CHICK peeping like crazy???

Try a little stuffed animal. She is lonely.

 

[MagicChicken]

See what I has been done for my ChiCk this weekend, My chick very happy at the first time i release them to the tractor, it run and jump, seem like they have their own playground. I wil get 4 more Silver Laced Wyandottes.

That looks like a nice setup. While they are in the tractor do they have access to shade or a sheltered place where they can get out of the weather (sun, wind, rain) and hide from predators? It might be there. I just can't see it in the video. The birds look happy running around

It will be hot in most parts of Arizona in a few weeks. Supposed to be 80 degrees F in southwest Tucson tomorrow. The last couple of years it has hit 100 degrees F at my place in March. The early hot weather has made spring gardening difficult.