Arizona Chickens

[Michelle Guynn]

I belong to a few silkie groups on Facebook and when other members order eggs the will say how many hatch and it’s usually a good rate. BlueBaby and are waiting on some coming from Florida. This will be my first time ordering through the mail. I’m hoping for a good hatch rate. Remember to let the eggs rest for 24 hrs after you receive them before putting them in your incubator. So if you belong to fb maybe search the breed you are looking for and check out the group for eggs or chicks.

 

[Hamburg]

This is how chickens can warp our minds. A year ago I started thinking about getting more chickens. Then I started thinking and researching breeds and characteristics that I like. Then like many of us I started thinking about cross breeding to develop a chicken that was right for me and our climate. I put a lot of research into it and enjoyed myself thinking about all the possibilities. I kind of liked marans nice calm duel purpose breed that lays large dark brown eggs, OK there is one breed. Then I looked close at Penedesencas very heat tolerant flighty Mediterranean breed that lays large dark brown eggs like marans. Cool I could cross them and get a heat tolerant, calm medium size dual purpose breed that lays dark brown eggs. There it is my perfect chicken. Duh!!!! I would have developed what essentially is a welsummer, already my favorite breed. But true to our nature I still want to cross breed and develop a "welsummer". Got to have fun with the chickens.

 

[igorsMistress]

@nicollee I haven't seen you post in a bit. How's your flock doing? Everyone ok?

 

[starri33]

I belong to a few silkie groups on Facebook and when other members order eggs the will say how many hatch and it’s usually a good rate. BlueBaby and are waiting on some coming from Florida. This will be my first time ordering through the mail. I’m hoping for a good hatch rate. Remember to let the eggs rest for 24 hrs after you receive them before putting them in your incubator. So if you belong to fb maybe search the breed you are looking for and check out the group for eggs or chicks.

did you order your eggs from someone in the fb groups?

 

[starri33]

I've read about "broody poops" heard about them, but never pictured what I just saw..lol, let my broody out of the cage for a bit and this thing would have made any Saint Bernard proud..rofl.. she's been doing it in the shavings and I haven't paid any attention, just cleaned out the shavings and gave her fresh.

 

[cavemanrich]

Saint Bernard proud..rofl.

 

[cactusrota]

Introducing the miracle of the Arizona summer. I've been setting eggs in the incubator that were overflow, late developing, and other random eggs that weren't working out under broody's for one reason or another. A FEW DAYS AGO I deemed the last few left as duds. Pulled them, and left the incubator off and open to dry out. This morning I go out to feed/water the three random chicks in the brooder that couldn't be snuck under a broody hen, and there's an extra mystery chick on the floor! What the heck?!?!?! Found the hatched egg over by the incubator. Also on the floor. The days have been 98-101 and the nights in the 70's here... humidity around 10%. And this baby just hatches out on the floor of an open pen, with gravel floor, that I normally use for other things.. It's just where I've set up the incubator and brooder this year. Talk about hardcore!
To top that off, it's the only real clean neck Na/Na that's hatched so far this year. Looks like it's probably gonna be a boy. I stuck the little punk in the brooder with the other chicks and, despite being fresh out of the egg, will not stay under the heat plate for anything. He insists on wandering around and complaining about everything. Thinking I'm gonna name him Clint Eastwood, he's just that damned hardcore.

 

[starri33]

Introducing the miracle of the Arizona summer. I've been setting eggs in the incubator that were overflow, late developing, and other random eggs that weren't working out under broody's for one reason or another. A FEW DAYS AGO I deemed the last few left as duds. Pulled them, and left the incubator off and open to dry out. This morning I go out to feed/water the three random chicks in the brooder that couldn't be snuck under a broody, and there's an extra mystery chick on the floor! What the heck?!?!?! Found the hatched egg over by the incubator. Also on the floor. The days have been 98-101 and the nights in the 70's here... humidity around 10%. And this baby just hatches out on the floor of an open pen, with gravel floor, that I normally use for other things.. It's just where I've set up the incubator and brooder this year. Talk about hardcore!
To top that off, it's the only real clean neck that's hatched so far this year. Looks like it's probably gonna be a boy. I stuck the little punk in the brooder with the other chicks and, despite being fresh out of the egg, will not stay under the head plate for anything. He insists on wandering around and complaining about everything. Thinking I'm gonna name him Clint Eastwood, he's just that damned hardcore.View attachment 1808407 View attachment 1808408 View attachment 1808409

Clint is adorable, you ladies need to quit posting pictures of those little guys or I am going to have to add some to my flock.. lol.

 

[cactusrota]

Clint is adorable, you ladies need to quit posting pictures of those little guys or I am going to have to add some to my flock.. lol.

I can send you eggs!

 

[BlueBaby]

Introducing the miracle of the Arizona summer. I've been setting eggs in the incubator that were overflow, late developing, and other random eggs that weren't working out under broody's for one reason or another. A FEW DAYS AGO I deemed the last few left as duds. Pulled them, and left the incubator off and open to dry out. This morning I go out to feed/water the three random chicks in the brooder that couldn't be snuck under a broody hen, and there's an extra mystery chick on the floor! What the heck?!?!?! Found the hatched egg over by the incubator. Also on the floor. The days have been 98-101 and the nights in the 70's here... humidity around 10%. And this baby just hatches out on the floor of an open pen, with gravel floor, that I normally use for other things.. It's just where I've set up the incubator and brooder this year. Talk about hardcore!
To top that off, it's the only real clean neck Na/Na that's hatched so far this year. Looks like it's probably gonna be a boy. I stuck the little punk in the brooder with the other chicks and, despite being fresh out of the egg, will not stay under the heat plate for anything. He insists on wandering around and complaining about everything. Thinking I'm gonna name him Clint Eastwood, he's just that damned hardcore.View attachment 1808407 View attachment 1808408 View attachment 1808409

Yes, it does have a real clean neck! Are you sure he didn't drop on the floor when you took those last one's out? I can't imagine an egg laying on the ground for 20 day's without stepping on it.