Arizona Chickens

[starri33]

Good Morning, How is everyone? I let Sir Poops a Lot out with the big kids last night, slight pecking order behaviors, then added him to the coop, beyond having to assist, no issue there, they've been up probably close to 3 hours now and I just checked on him, he still has his tail feathers, my question is how soon should I allow him out of the run to free range, I've just started giving everyone free range time. Big hens and Roo answer to the coffee can for getting them back in the run early and come in on their own just before sun set.

 

[FeatherPugs]

I'd not worry about him free ranging.....I believe he will follow the crowd for coming in, etc.

 

[starri33]

I'd not worry about him free ranging.....I believe he will follow the crowd for coming in, etc.

Thank you, had a feeling it would be ok, but wasn't sure, I'll let him and everyone else out this evening for a short time before sunset..

 

[BlueBaby]

I was watching the weather new's on tv last night, and she said that we are about to have higher than normal temp's, so make sure there's plenty of water out there for the flock's.

 

[BlueBaby]

I fought my broody to get today's egg's from under her. Then I put 3 plastic egg's in the other nest box. I checked on it a bit ago, and she moved to the box with the plastic egg's in it and is happily sitting on them.

 

[cactusrota]

I fought my broody to get today's egg's from under her. Then I put 3 plastic egg's in the other nest box. I checked on it a bit ago, and she moved to the box with the plastic egg's in it and is happily sitting on them.

Ha!! I just took some eggs from another pen tonight and added them under my fourth broody of the year so far. If they want to do the work for me... more power to the girls!!!

 

[BlueBaby]

Ha!! I just took some eggs from another pen tonight and added them under my fourth broody of the year so far. If they want to do the work for me... more power to the girls!!!

Well, if I had some egg's with some new blood, I'd let her sit on them. I'm growing out the last batch of chick's from my flock that hatched on April 14th. I had hoped to buy some hatching egg's from @DesertChic out of her blue egg NN pen, but she hasn't been seen lately.

 

[cactusrota]

Well, if I had some egg's with some new blood, I'd let her sit on them. I'm growing out the last batch of chick's from my flock that hatched on April 14th. I had hoped to buy some hatching egg's from @DesertChic out of her blue egg NN pen, but she hasn't been seen lately.

Well, if you want something to mess with I've got this pure bred black Ameraucana that lays pure blue eggs under my blue Bresse/NN boy. You won't get all NN's and most of the offspring should lay a light green egg. But it could be something fun....

 

[starri33]

Those NN are so ugly they are cute..lol, I've been thinking about adding a few EE's to my flock, just for the colored eggs.

 

[BlueBaby]

@cactusrota By looking at all of the feathers on that hen's neck, plus the neck feathering on that blue roo, I can tell that the off spring would also have too much neck feathering. I'm currently trying to get less of that in my flock.