Arizona Chickens

[cyborg]

Any injuries?

No injuries. Bigfoot, the yard boss, broke it up every time before it got serious. I will use him for a breeder, and keep the other two in reserve.

 

[AZGardenFarmer]

* I hardly got any rain. As usual. I had more clouds than anything. Oh well. *

 

[DesertChickens1]

We probably got about three or more inches of rain. The fire pit and the pigeon coops are in small lakes and everything is soaked. I have to go buy a new straw bale today and clean out all the pens

 

[moms3cuties]

Good for you! My place is a muddy mess and several low areas have ponds. A couple of my white orps can pass for chocolates right now. I have to build out another area too but will wait until it dries out. How much rain did you get these past few days? My rain gauge has over 2".

I had over two inches as well - my girl's yard is so muddy it'll take two or three days of that sunshine to get it dried up!!  I'm still not able to do much lifting, raking, etc but if I break things up in 15 minutes pieces with at least a half hour rest in between it'll work out and I'll have the yard cleaned up by next weekend!!!  (or not)  Still a little goes a long way in a muddy yard.

...well good for you, I'm very glad to hear you are able to get out a little and enjoy the weather!
**As the fly lady says, 15 minutes you can do (accomplish/get done) anything!...

Where I am, we got just about three inches of rain and my girls pen is about 2 inches of mud so today I decided to let them out and free range. And my leghorn is brown!

I know what you mean! Welcome to byc!

* I hardly got any rain. As usual. I had more clouds than anything. Oh well. *

Welcome to byc! Some rain is better than having to water!


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@ChuskaMtns

Thank you for the lovely Marans eggs to hatch!!! =D It was nice to meet you today and a privilege to have some of your eggs that you have invested so much time, energy and money in! You definitely have a world full of good and practical information!


I'm sure I will enjoy the baby chicks as chicks are some of my favorite parts of owning my own backyard chickens! These future babies proper name is ____________ Marans, if you don't mind reminding me as I'm STILL learning and consider myself a newbie.
If I have eggs that I can't place or fit in my incubator, who knows how you keep them until you can put them in an incubator for hatching later on? Do these others need to be refrigerated and then brought out to warm up at room temperature and then placed it in the incubator at a later desired time?

 

[Ebove06]

No injuries. Bigfoot, the yard boss, broke it up every time before it got serious. I will use him for a breeder, and keep the other two in reserve.

What is big foot?

 

[DesertChic]

My Barred Rock cockerel is attempting to crow. LMBO....He starts off strong but just chokes out towards the end. He just turned 3 months old and I honestly thought it would be a few more weeks before he gave it a try, but he began...uh...serenading this afternoon.

I love chickens. They just bring me so much joy.

 

[cyborg]

What is big foot?

Bigfoot is my Jersey Giant rooster.

 

[FeatherPugs]

...well good for you, I'm very glad to hear you are able to get out a little and enjoy the weather!
**As the fly lady says, 15 minutes you can do (accomplish/get done) anything!...

That's my life these days 15 minutes of activity - dishes, laundry, chickens (preferably) - then half hour to 45 minutes of sitting (

or two hours should I fall to sleep!!!!). Frustrating for me but my body rebels. Gotta obey the body (and the DH!!) But I am getting there slowly but surely

. I snorted my tea with ""**As the fly lady says....""".........funny!!

 

[MagicChicken]

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[/]ChuskaMtns[@/]

Thank you for the lovely Marans eggs to hatch!!! =D It was nice to meet you today and a privilege to have some of your eggs that you have invested so much time, energy and money in! You definitely have a world full of good and practical information!

I'm sure I will enjoy the baby chicks as chicks are some of my favorite parts of owning my own backyard chickens! These future babies proper name is ____________ Marans, if you don't mind reminding me as I'm STILL learning and consider myself a newbie.
If I have eggs that I can't place or fit in my incubator, who knows how you keep them until you can put them in an incubator for hatching later on? Do these others need to be refrigerated and then brought out to warm up at room temperature and then placed it in the incubator at a later desired time?

I hold hatching eggs in an egg carton on my kitchen counter until I have enough collected to go in the incubator. I keep one end of the carton tilted up and I rotate the carton several times a day so different ends are propped up. It's an easy way of turning the eggs. (I find that the 18 count cartons are more stable than the 12 count cartons when using this method of turning.) Try not to hold the eggs more than a week or ten days before putting them in the incubator.

Do not put hatching eggs in the refrigerator.

If you have too many eggs to fit in your incubator, maybe you could borrow another incubator from someone? Or pick up a second incubator? I like the two incubator method - one for incubating and one for hatching. Lets you incubate eggs at different stages in one incubator, and makes post-hatching cleanup MUCH easier.

 

[MrsFitzDarcy]

Burt, he is a isbar.. We also have a biefelder that will need to go.. He is sweet heart, but will be to big for our small Banty hen's..

@AZChiknGoddess