Arizona Chickens

[BlueBaby]

I lost both blue girls. One in the nest box and one under the picnic table in the mud puddle.

Well, I can't help you with replacing those 2 blue ones this year. I've been butchering my Australorp roo's, and my Splash Australorp hen is in with my White NN roo. I'm not breeding full Australorp's anymore.

 

[nicollee]

I'm sad to repirt I lost my first chicken today, Indigo my dark blue Australorp. She was a beautiful bird. I'm sure it was the heat, she was panting early this morning and it was over 90* all night.

so sorry about your Indigo

 

[DesertChic]

I found a green egg in the drink puddle today

Had to cool bathe callie bc she was broody and gasping in the heat bc of it I'm not her favorite right now lol

Yeah, I'm back up to 3 broodies right now, and they all curse me regularly in chicken cluck because I pull them out of their nesting boxes and relocate them, then sometimes close off their preferred boxes to force them to cool down. I've tried the cool bathes, but so far that hasn't been enough to break the broodiness. I'm considering giving them aspirin.

 

[FeatherPugs]

So dislike when the heat is so high and you had a blast furnace of wind to it. Just not right! Sorry you lost her. @igorsMistress

 

[FeatherPugs]

My one broody right now I've been taking her out of the box and putting her in one of the water pans they like to stand in. This morning I put ice in the pans because the overnight temp was so high so water was warm - anyhow she was a bit shocked!! I just keep doing it. She just keeps getting back into a nest - any nest will do for her -AND if it has an egg in it she is quite happy. Crazy girl.

 

[meetthebubus]

I lost both blue girls. One in the nest box and one under the picnic table in the mud puddle.

Oh no so this happened at separate times today? ((((())))) that's so rough hugs

Yeah, I'm back up to 3 broodies right now, and they all curse me regularly in chicken cluck because I pull them out of their nesting boxes and relocate them, then sometimes close off their preferred boxes to force them to cool down. I've tried the cool bathes, but so far that hasn't been enough to break the broodiness. I'm considering giving them aspirin.

Wow crazy how this sets in at the hottest days possible I broke Callie's broodiness with the bath but probably bc she was suffering from the heat so. Rambita is only 5 months old but boy is she determined she's so broody that even after I close off the boxes she walks around with the broody growl and ruffled feathers and runs away from me lol

My one broody right now I've been taking her out of the box and putting her in one of the water pans they like to stand in. This morning I put ice in the pans because the overnight temp was so high so water was warm - anyhow she was a bit shocked!! I just keep doing it. She just keeps getting back into a nest - any nest will do for her -AND if it has an egg in it she is quite happy. Crazy girl.

Sounds a lot like Rambita, guess with 24 girls I should be thankful there's only one really broody

They must think we have nothing better to do than run them out of the nest lol


@SonoranChick How are things? Any broodies and how did the foot soaks go?

 

[nicollee]

I lost both blue girls. One in the nest box and one under the picnic table in the mud puddle.

Hugs,

 

[meetthebubus]

@nicollee how are your baby chicks?

 

[Michelle Guynn]

I’m so sorry for all the lost babies. I will be so upset if I loose one. I will need you all. I have 3 dogs that are getting old and a 15 yr old cat I’m dreading loosing.

 

[nicollee]

@nicollee how are your baby chicks?

Out of 8
4 successful beautiful chicks,
2 infertile, 1 chick hatched and passed
one more egg, that apparently quit at the end...
I'm excited to see the feather pattern as they grow.