Arizona Chickens

[MrsFitzDarcy]

OK -- I have a hankering for some salmon faverolles. Someone stop me! I've pretty much settled on silver-laced Wyandottes, Welsummers, and bantam black Wyandottes, but everyone needs a white/cream egg layer too! Anyone know somewhere locally I can get some?

 

[cgmaster]

I have a couple barnyard mix chicks (heritage silver-laced Wyandotte x hatchery Minorca) that I'd like to sell. A friend was checking out his new homemade incubator and turner and wanted some fertile eggs. They should be good egg producers. Anyone interested?

i might be interested. How much would you be asking? Would you take a trade?

 

[MrsFitzDarcy]

i might be interested. How much would you be asking? Would you take a trade?

I was asking $3.00 each. But what do you have?

 

[MrsFitzDarcy]

i might be interested. How much would you be asking? Would you take a trade?

Here is one of the Minorca crosses (Wynorca? LOL) at about a week. I think they are about two weeks now. They are getting their little tail feathers. They are very energetic and haven't had any problems with pasty butt like the hatchery chicks I have. They are friendly and curious little buggers, too.

 

[aviddamy]

I started out with just normal chick starter. I haven't used layer until now. I am going to switch to organic soon but haven't yet.
I did do something to save money though. I started a fodder system which I will be switching them to over the next few weeks. I bought organic seed from azure standard. That plus a 20 dollar green house shelf from tractor supply. (They were on sale) so for less than 100 I have probably 3 months of feed. I'm 5 days in and i already have sprouted seeds.

I am current feed my chick with phoenixorganicfeed.com Big Sky layer mash from the beginning. the problem my chick only eat the seed the mash left over they don't eat that, if i add water in they will eat, any best food out there in mesa I can get without add water in the food. I remember some one told me about that, but i can not find his post.
if some one has any idea mix your own feed for saving money please show me.

thanks

 

[Beckyhsinglsc]

Yes, WE LOVE living in the wild, wild, west.. Only here in Arizona, after the LLAMAS get a moment of fame, on Television... a COWBOY ropes them from the back of a truck, yeeehaaaa.

Not only that, but it happened the same day as the Tucson Rodeo Parade!
I went every year as a kid. I thought rodeo weekend was a perfectly normal reason to get a couple of days off of school. lol

 

[girlchick]

OMG, Chicken Math got me tonight, big time!!!!
I won an auction here on BYC and have 24 Marans and some Olive Egger eggs arriving on Monday.
Holy cow, that's a lot of eggs.......hope ALL of them hatch. LOL
DH is still shaking his head.
What fun! Wish me luck.

 

[DesertChic]

I started out with just normal chick starter. I haven't used layer until now. I am going to switch to organic soon but haven't yet.
I did do something to save money though. I started a fodder system which I will be switching them to over the next few weeks. I bought organic seed from azure standard. That plus a 20 dollar green house shelf from tractor supply. (They were on sale) so for less than 100 I have probably 3 months of feed. I'm 5 days in and i already have sprouted seeds.

That's a really nice setup! Tractor Supply company and Azure Standard, eh? I think I may be copying you very soon.

 

[DesertChic]

OMG, Chicken Math got me tonight, big time!!!!
I won an auction here on BYC and have 24 Marans and some Olive Egger eggs arriving on Monday.
Holy cow, that's a lot of eggs.......hope ALL of them hatch. LOL
DH is still shaking his head.
What fun! Wish me luck.

Congrats and lots of luck!

 

[ChinoChix]

I started out with just normal chick starter. I haven't used layer until now. I am going to switch to organic soon but haven't yet.
I did do something to save money though. I started a fodder system which I will be switching them to over the next few weeks. I bought organic seed from azure standard. That plus a 20 dollar green house shelf from tractor supply. (They were on sale) so for less than 100 I have probably 3 months of feed. I'm 5 days in and i already have sprouted seeds.

I'm doing this too this year I buy organic barley, what are you sprouting? I ordered some sprouting peas from Azure but they didn't send them with my Scratch n Peck food which I order every month. A tip: add some grapefruit seed extract to the rinsing water. It helps keep mold away.