Arizona Chickens

[igorsMistress]

@meetthebubus I rinse and fill with fresh water every day. I wash once a week with white vinegar and a dish rag or paper towel. I also dump any mud or dirty water out of the reservoirs when I'm out there for whatever reason.

 

[SonoranChick]

@FeatherPugs I wonder what the heck happened to your black naked neck gal? I'm guessing some sort of predator action, you might be onto something with the eagles because I would assume they wouldn't leave any evidence. Sorry to hear she is missing.
@meetthebubus I dump the sand and muck out daily, refill as needed, and use the scrubby brush with diluted dish soap about once every two weeks or so. They do get pretty yucky in the summer.

We are getting lots of rain, with big black clouds on the horizon. Be on the lookout, seems to be heading north!

 

[SonoranChick]

Oh that's so scary! So glad all is ok I bet Blue regrets her exploration today

She is definitely the explorer of the bunch. She is the one who somehow got onto the roof of the coop that one day a while back. I still have no clue how she did that. She's mischievous and curious! And luckily still alive!! Not many chickens live after visiting the mouth of a mastiff.

 

[meetthebubus]

@FeatherPugs I wonder what the heck happened to your black naked neck gal? I'm guessing some sort of predator action, you might be onto something with the eagles because I would assume they wouldn't leave any evidence. Sorry to hear she is missing.
@meetthebubus I dump the sand and muck out daily, refill as needed, and use the scrubby brush with diluted dish soap about once every two weeks or so. They do get pretty yucky in the summer.

We are getting lots of rain, with big black clouds on the horizon. Be on the lookout, seems to be heading north!

I'm always dumping the reservoirs and refill every couple of days, my bubus use the drip container mostly which stsys clean but I have to refill about times a day plus they drink out of the ice bottles they really only use the regular waterers if up that have to
The way the mud corodes is nasty


Btw @SonoranChick at 6:30 the dust storm came with lightning


The ee's wouldn't even go to the coop at all they stayed to scratch about i got them to walk to the coop but they just ran out again so I had to leave them bc the lightning was too close so they'll have to get in by themselves

....It reminds me of that old jump rope rhyme, "as I ran out, they ran in.... "

 

[Michelle Guynn]

No babies yet. Tomorrow is day 21. I’m usually off but have to work so I’m hoping tomorrow late afternoon. I’ll check on them before I go to sleep. I think I’m going to invest in a different incubator. Brinsea is supposed to be the top of the line but I have a very poor hatch rate. The last two batches I did an Eggtopsy on the ones that didn’t hatch all were fully developed.

I clean my waterers daily usually with dish soap. Mine are inside so th mess I get is pine chips. I’m going to look into pine pellets for their bedding to see if they are less mess.

Now my issue is watery poop with the boys. I’m not sure if I’m giving to many treats or it’s the heat. I put some acv in their water tonight to see if that helps and going to cut out treats for a week. Any sugggestions on what else to do?

So glad to hear you baby girl is doing so good. My 28th anniversary is November 2 so that would be an awesome birthday.

I would love to send you a baby gift also.

 

[BlueBaby]

Making quesadillas tonight, fresh homemade salsa....

I really should make something with eggs... I have over 200 and only have orders for 100 of them, plus I get more than a dozen a day, yesterday was 18 eggs

You could check out the recipe/cooking section here for recipes that will help you to use up those eggs.

Edit: Those are here... https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/egg-chicken-other-favorite-recipes.25/

 

[FeatherPugs]

@SonoranChick I'm guessing predator too. Usually everyone would act differently or their warning would be so loud I might hear it. OR I might not have been home as we had doc appointments all am to early afternoon.
Actually had enough warning so buttoned the chickies up against the wind and rain. Had horrid wind and some thunder and lightning but only 15 drops of rain so far! Tomorrow we put out the meds for worming.

 

[BlueBaby]

@SonoranChick I'm guessing predator too. Usually everyone would act differently or their warning would be so loud I might hear it. OR I might not have been home as we had doc appointments all am to early afternoon.
Actually had enough warning so buttoned the chickies up against the wind and rain. Had horrid wind and some thunder and lightning but only 15 drops of rain so far! Tomorrow we put out the meds for worming.

Sorry that your hen is missing. Is there anyplace in your yard where she could be hiding eggs in a nest?

 

[meetthebubus]

@FeatherPugs I hope she is hiding... seems strange only one missing plus they aren't acting weird...

How do you see the worms? Are they just really evident from afar?

 

[meetthebubus]

@Michelle Guynn for the poo I think cutting out the treats is good they may just be having too much water maybe try a probiotic/vitamin water supplement...