Arizona Chickens

[BlueBaby]

And one egg has a pip. I’m so excited.

Has any hatched yet?

 

[igorsMistress]

Hey guys, I know a lot of you have dogs. I'm wondering if any of you treat for heartworm? Why or why not?
If you do, do you treat year round or only when the skeeters are around?

I'm on the fence about it.

 

[nicollee]

Has anyone had experience with DeathLayers? Theres a guy on my facebook group selling eggs at $15 a pc. That's too rich for my wallet, but I am curious.

 

[SonoranChick]

Hey guys, I know a lot of you have dogs. I'm wondering if any of you treat for heartworm? Why or why not?
If you do, do you treat year round or only when the skeeters are around?

I'm on the fence about it.

We have three dogs (ages 1, 7 and 13) and don't treat any of them for heartworm. The vet has never brought it up and they seem to be doing all right. We just stick to a regular vaccine schedule and never feed them table scraps (except eggs, of course..they each get an egg a day!)

 

[cactusrota]

We have three dogs (ages 1, 7 and 13) and don't treat any of them for heartworm. The vet has never brought it up and they seem to be doing all right. We just stick to a regular vaccine schedule and never feed them table scraps (except eggs, of course..they each get an egg a day!)

Having worked at three different veterinary clinics in Arizona I can tell you that heartworm is not a problem in the desert. The majority of cases we saw were in dogs that lived close to rivers or had been taken on vacation to another state that had more of a mosquito problem. Where mosquitos are active for at least half the year. We only get mosquitos here for short periods during the monsoons, really, they aren't active long enough. Making heartworm a rare occurance here.

 

[cactusrota]

I'm not exactly sure. He was already feathered when I got my White NN breeding group from @cactusrota a few months back. He wasn't crowing while all of those other roosters were still out there, but now seem's to be more at ease with trying to take over the hens.

Hatched February 1st. All my roos are getting pretty rambunctious, and I already have one pullet that I think may be laying. I caught her the other day climbing into a nest, and found a smaller pullet sized egg in it at the end of the day. Four months old is pretty darn early for that, but not unheard of.

 

[Michelle Guynn]

Hey guys, I know a lot of you have dogs. I'm wondering if any of you treat for heartworm? Why or why not?
If you do, do you treat year round or only when the skeeters are around?

I'm on the fence about it.

We have six dogs and do not treat. Never saw a flea or tick since we moved here. Two of them have been stung by scorpions but I think the chickens have taken care of them.

 

[Michelle Guynn]

Has any hatched yet?

Yes I have 3 new babies. Two black and I hope one paint and is a female.

 

[Michelle Guynn]

We have six dogs and do not treat. Never saw a flea or tick since we moved here. Two of them have been stung by scorpions but I think the chickens have taken care of them.

Omg lack of sleep I ment mosquitoes lol

 

[meetthebubus]

Hey guys, I know a lot of you have dogs. I'm wondering if any of you treat for heartworm? Why or why not?
If you do, do you treat year round or only when the skeeters are around?

I'm on the fence about it.

I've had osa my dog for 8 yrs never treated i always waited to see if there were signs of fatigue and shes always fine, shes an outside dog too i do trest her with a bit of de for stonach worms although ive hever seen evidence she likes to dump her food and eat off the ground so every once in awhile I've given de to her

Hatched February 1st. All my roos are getting pretty rambunctious, and I already have one pullet that I think may be laying. I caught her the other day climbing into a nest, and found a smaller pullet sized egg in it at the end of the day. Four months old is pretty darn early for that, but not unheard of.

4 months is a good age to start crowing marshmellow man started at 3 months


@Michelle Guynn congrats on the


I went to cal ranch for my feed they have a big selection and lots of stock I tried a bag of their country companion or whatever the chickens are not too happy with it, I've noticed the feed that has a browned color is not as well liked as the yellow ones