Arizona Chickens

[Tinman0ut]

Mine wouldn't eat the ant's, but ants ate some of my chick's a couple of summer's ago. Now I run around the yard looking for the anthill's to destroy.

They seem to like eating them... they’ve been biting the heads off then eating just the bodies... they’ve basically decimated the entire group that came into the run this morning... there are small piles of ant heads all over the ground... if it was red ants I’d sprinkle some diatomaceous earth around the coop to drive them off...

 

[wolfwalker]

I'm begging to think I have a serious problem. I just set up for hatch number 6 for May. I brought in another dozen eggs and with teh counter full and no room in the fridge I said to myself, there are 14 open spots in one of the incubators, might as well.

Each of these hatches are 5 days apart starting on the 4th. I need to do some serious baking soon, because I have to tell you, storing eggs in an incubator is not the way to go.

 

[BlueBaby]

I'm begging to think I have a serious problem. I just set up for hatch number 6 for May. I brought in another dozen eggs and with teh counter full and no room in the fridge I said to myself, there are 14 open spots in one of the incubators, might as well.

Each of these hatches are 5 days apart starting on the 4th. I need to do some serious baking soon, because I have to tell you, storing eggs in an incubator is not the way to go.

You could always boil up a few, then crumble them up so that they don't look like egg's and feed them back to the chicken's. I do that, mixing them in with some wet feed for them. That way they are eating the feed too and not just filling up on just the egg.

Edit: No need to even peel the egg's. The egg shells can go into this also for extra calcium for the hen's.

 

[BlueBaby]

My last batch of hatched chick's will be 2 week's old tomorrow. I'm still not sure of the sexes of them yet. I'm watching the feathering start to come in on them, and have decided to name one of them Candy.

 

[Cynjay]

We had some ants in the run this morning... they have found them and decided that they are a delicious snack everyone is currently eating their weight in ants... they were drawn in by the watermelon I had put out for the chicks yesterday...

Mine too they liked the ants as well.

 

[Tinman0ut]

Tonight is their first night out in the coop... got the heat lamp in there and have it secured using wire and clamped to one of the soon to be nesting boxes... have the boxes themselves blocked off... can’t wait to see them in the morning, got them new parent worries about them being outside alone all night...

 

[cavemanrich]

got them new parent worries about them being outside alone all night...

they will be fine, and you will be happy in the morning

 

[Tinman0ut]

Finally home from work (it was a late day ) and the chicks all made it out of the coop... and everyone made it through their first night just took them all out a treat of frozen watermelon.

 

[Chikibabymom]

Good afternoon everyone, one of our hens has been in the nesting box all day so we’re worried she’s gone broody. We’re gonna see if she comes out at all today but if not, how do we get her to break out of her broodiness?

 

[igorsMistress]

Good afternoon everyone, one of our hens has been in the nesting box all day so we’re worried she’s gone broody. We’re gonna see if she comes out at all today but if not, how do we get her to break out of her broodiness?

Put her in a dog crate with no bedding until she stops the broody clucks. A day or two usually.