Arizona Chickens

[igorsMistress]

Where is the Arizona State Fair? Oh duh, would that be at the Pima County Fairgrounds?--BB

I believe it's later this year at the fairgrounds in Phoenix...October usually

 

[cactusrota]

I remember reading a few years back, either in one of the hatchery magazines or Backyard Poultry when the ISA Browns were featured, and how they were superior to other sex links out there. There may have been a hint of what bloodlines they used. I still have a pile of those hatchery magazines and should go back through them.

Hatcheries have a minimum number which is too many for me, so I have no choice but to go somewhere like MyPetChicken or find a local breeder for a smaller quantity. I also don't want a Red Star, Golden Comet etc., when I specifically ask for an ISA brown.

Some of the magazines specifically distinguished the ISA Browns from the other sex links, but was a little disappointed that MyPetChicken didn't make that differentiation. --BB

I think alot of people, My Pet Chicken included, just look at the basics. Yes, you can breed a number of combinations to get sexlinks. I've seen the chart somewhere, there's a dizzying number of birds you can use to make a "red/brown type sexlink". But their little brains can't process past that and realize that not all sexlinks are created equal. You could combine a RIR with a white leghorn or with a white plymouth rock, they'll both be sexlinks but the quality of the end bird is going to be different. Especially if you use the larger heritage strains, you could get a very nice bird.
Just about guarantee you these hatcheries probably use hatchery birds to make these hybrids. If you could track down even a partial recipe, you could gather some higher quality strains of the same birds and make your own higher quality version.

 

[cactusrota]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/sex-linked-information.261208/

ok... I guess I remembered wrong.. you can't use white leghorns...

 

[Michelle Guynn]

Where is the Arizona State Fair? Oh duh, would that be at the Pima County Fairgrounds?--BB

No it's in Phoenix.

 

[DesertChic]

The necks on DesertChick's birds would make tasty soup, I'm thinking. And look at the size of those feet!

I make bone broth on a regular basis, using the carcasses (both cooked and raw), the feet, the combs when they're large enough, the necks and sometimes even the wattles. The broth is exceptionally gelatin-rich and very therapeutic. My neighbor and a couple other acquaintances buy broth from me following butchering season. They know how fanatical I am about my food as well as what I feed the chickens - everything non-GMO and/or organic, home-grown as often as possible, etc. As one woman put it, "Once you've had REAL eggs and homemade bone broth you just can't eat the stuff from the store anymore."

 

[DesertChic]

hi
Desert Chic i have been interested in your NN turkens we had some of them in the 1960' on our horse farm in CT, turkens are sweet & strangely cute HA , so any time you have some for sale..? , im in Bisbee not that far from you , i have been interested in heat resistant birds seeing that other breeds are not the best when it comes to the heat of AZ & i love the show girl silkie NN look Ha, but want standard size birds that are good in the heat of AZ , so i have been again interested in NN turkens and any colorful eggs would be great..!! do you have any frizzel NN ever..?? i would be very interested, in what ever you have so let me know , take care thanks

LOL! As much as I like the look of frizzled NNs, no I don't have any myself. I do have two frizzled EEs that I cross with one of my NN roosters, which produced outstanding hens that lay big blue and green eggs, but the only hints they have of frizzling are a few "perky" feathers on their heads.

I had considered making Showgirls, but my focus really is more on meat birds and those Showgirls are both small, and much harder to pluck with those downy feathers.

Right now all I have are extra Nn cockerels, not homozygous NNs, that don't fit into my own breeding plans. One is an EE cross (Seamus), one is a Dorking-mix cross (Ash), and the third has a little Bielefelder in him (Abraham).

Seamus - This photo really doesn't do him justice. He has splash of white and blue.


Ash: (Seamus is in the background).


Abraham - his tail is slow to grow in but is growing in black.

 

[BlueBaby]

Thank you so much. I was looking for another friendly brown egg layer. I live alone, so there is no need for a prolific egg machine.

Bobby, I think I read that you might be looking for some of the Black Australorps? I have some chicks here now, and more due to hatch on Sunday. I have my Australorps in the Black, Blue, and Splash colors if you might be interested in getting a few.

 

[BlueBaby]

I make bone broth on a regular basis, using the carcasses (both cooked and raw), the feet, the combs when they're large enough, the necks and sometimes even the wattles. The broth is exceptionally gelatin-rich and very therapeutic. My neighbor and a couple other acquaintances buy broth from me following butchering season. They know how fanatical I am about my food as well as what I feed the chickens - everything non-GMO and/or organic, home-grown as often as possible, etc. As one woman put it, "Once you've had REAL eggs and homemade bone broth you just can't eat the stuff from the store anymore."

It would be interesting to know your recipe for the broth. I don't live next door to you to get some.

 

[Bobby Basham]

I do! I love their feed!

Thanks so much, DesertChic, I did mark their website and read all they have to offer. It looks pretty good and may give them a try.

 

[Bobby Basham]

Bobby, I think I read that you might be looking for some of the Black Australorps? I have some chicks here now, and more due to hatch on Sunday. I have my Australorps in the Black, Blue, and Splash colors if you might be interested in getting a few.

Thanks BlueBaby, it's good to know that you have some, but I gotta get that coop built and considering brooding them out there. I live in an HOA where poultry (NO ROOSTERS) are allowed. Please keep me posted on your hatchings while I get to cracking on my homework. I'm retired now and can basically do what I want, when I want. If I have to sleep out there with those babies, I'll do that, as long as I keep the gate locked and pack a firearm.

Delawares and BA's are my first top choices, and kinda hesitant about getting those hybrid sex-links. I had my heart set on some ISA browns, but having different thoughts.

I think the coup design is finally nailed down, but my run just needs screened in completely, including the top with 1/4" hardware cloth. --BB