Arizona Chickens

[lacymorgan]

It says 92' here in Tempe. . It will pass soon.. we live in a desert.

I hope so. I work outside for 12 hours from 6 am to 6pm with no air conditioning by the time I get off work I am barely functioning.

 

[desertrocks]

Just NW of Phoenix here, 117 on Saturday, !!4 yesterday, calling for +110 today. Supposed to drop back to 105 or so by Tue end of the week.
Scary when you look at 105 as a break in the heat.

 

[lacymorgan]

Just NW of Phoenix here, 117 on Saturday, !!4 yesterday, calling for +110 today. Supposed to drop back to 105 or so by Tue end of the week.
Scary when you look at 105 as a break in the heat.

Just NW of Phoenix here, 117 on Saturday, !!4 yesterday, calling for +110 today. Supposed to drop back to 105 or so by Tue end of the week.
Scary when you look at 105 as a break in the heat.

wow that is brutlal

 

[ChuskaMtns]

Is anyone here NPIP certified? I need information on what it cost and what is involved to get certified in AZ. Thanks in advance for any help.

Here's what you need in advance of your inspection: unique numbered leg bands for each bird, records in either book form or electronic showing vaccination, vaccination dates, band number, origination, breed, sex, etc. NPIP papers from sellers you purchased hatching eggs, chicks or breeding birds from, all your current stock must originate from NPIP stock with papers to back it up. Testing is for PT & AI (Pullorum-Typhoid & Avian Flu) and is a percentage of your birds, not all. The cost varies depending on how many birds need to be tested and you also have to purchase the NPIP certificates that are necessary to accompany any hatching eggs, chicks or live birds traveling over state lines. You can call the stat vet's office if you have further questions 602-542-4293. One other thing, clean your coops, feeding dishes, runs, roosts, etc. very well, though they may just glance in there or not at all some inspectors do a white glove inspection, I think it depends on how busy they are.

 

[lacymorgan]

Here's what you need in advance of your inspection: unique numbered leg bands for each bird, records in either book form or electronic showing vaccination, vaccination dates, band number, origination, breed, sex, etc. NPIP papers from sellers you purchased hatching eggs, chicks or breeding birds from, all your current stock must originate from NPIP stock with papers to back it up. Testing is for PT & AI (Pullorum-Typhoid & Avian Flu) and is a percentage of your birds, not all. The cost varies depending on how many birds need to be tested and you also have to purchase the NPIP certificates that are necessary to accompany any hatching eggs, chicks or live birds traveling over state lines. You can call the stat vet's office if you have further questions 602-542-4293. One other thing, clean your coops, feeding dishes, runs, roosts, etc. very well, though they may just glance in there or not at all some inspectors do a white glove inspection, I think it depends on how busy they are.

Sigh I don;t have vaccinations on any of my birds or leg bands especially on the babies or pullets as their legs are still growing. I had one almost lose a foot because of a leg band not allowing for growth and I missed checking that one.. I am not sure if I can get papers or number from all te npip breeders I bought from and about half did not come from npip stock It sounds like I am not going to be able to afford to do this any time soon. Is the testing expensive? or the certificate?

 

[lacymorgan]

Sigh I don;t have vaccinations on any of my birds or leg bands especially on the babies or pullets as their legs are still growing. I had one almost lose a foot because of a leg band not allowing for growth and I missed checking that one.. I am not sure if I can get papers or number from all te npip breeders I bought from and about half did not come from npip stock It sounds like I am not going to be able to afford to do this any time soon. Is the testing expensive? or the certificate?

Since I don;t have vacinations and my flock is a mix of npip and non I think that voids any mpip anyway so it is like starting from scratch. I will call the number and see what all I would have to do now

 

[lacymorgan]

Since I don;t have vacinations and my flock is a mix of npip and non I think that voids any mpip anyway so it is like starting from scratch. I will call the number and see what all I would have to do now

okay I contacted them and filled out a form we will see where this goes from here

 

[lacymorgan]

All right I have filled out the form to get started will see what is involved and the cost as I go

 

[lacymorgan]

To get started I went to agriculture.az.gov then to animal services then to premise id

 

[DesertChic]

Gee...it only got up to 103 at my house today. I almost ran to get a sweater. It hit 111 on Saturday and my husband ran out and bought a second portable A/C unit for our chicken cabin. This heat is brutal! But so far....no losses. I have one Cochin mix and a few Bielefelders that look less than stellar at the peak of the heat each day, but they're still holding on. Oh...and why on earth are my pullets turning broody when it's this darn hot?!? My Silkie girl and my Cochin pullet are baking themselves sitting on whatever real or fake eggs they can hoard under them. Crazy, crazy chickens!

On the plus side, my egg production hasn't dropped off at all and I'm now getting 12-13 eggs per day from 15 laying chickens. And.....the first of my Bielefelders laid her first egg today, just a day before turning 24 weeks old. It's a lovely rosy brown spotted egg weighing in at 1.41 ounces. Not too bad for the new girl.