Arizona Chickens

[flower]

Bonnie what bird did you loose. You did not say and I am curious !

 

[MaddBaggins]

i'm no help in this department really, sometimes i have to wait until they crow to know for sure (especially if i am in denial) i do know they are too old for feather sexing. i'm not sure how the comb would look on a BO but i think the Barred Rocks will be slender, dark red and taller with a roo than a hen.. good luck.

I do see one of the BO's that looks different from the others. But then again, for all hatching at the same time, they all look different in the development department. Some look really well feathered while others are all splotchy and funny looking. A couple are pretty big and the others range in size down to half the size of the big ones. All of the Barred Rocks look the same other than size.

 

[City farm]

We are roasting marshmallows here in tempe this evening if ya all would like to join us..
6:30PM PM us & we will give you directions

 

[Beckyhsinglsc]

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[MagicChicken]

Quote: Oh, they go in to roost on their own when the sun goes down. It's getting them into the coop in mid-day that is the issue, if I have to go out. The new hens are wild chickens, very skittish, and they don't like being confined in the coop/run at all. They will go in to lay eggs and eat, but only when they want to and not if I am in there. The two older hens are fat little mooches who follow me everywhere. I was hoping the new hens would learn to come when called but so far they will only approach, no matter how much scratch I toss around the coop. They won't go in the coop until I leave. Which makes it kinda hard to close them up in there before they go in on their own at sunset.

 

[Mahonri]

I finally took all of the golf balls out of my nest boxes, HOPING that would prevent any of my hens from going broody. So far it has worked.

If I ever think I have an egg eater though, I put the golf balls right back in.

 

[City farm]

I finally took all of the golf balls out of my nest boxes, HOPING that would prevent any of my hens from going broody. So far it has worked.

If I ever think I have an egg eater though, I put the golf balls right back in.

Ok great to know...

 

[LadyKotaDoria]

Bonnie what bird did you loose.  You did not say and I am curious !

Non, they are doing fine, all are comfortable in the coop. By the time they are full grown I hope to have a secon coop.

 

[LadyKotaDoria]

Pratt's orders from privett

Ideal is the only one he told me, he said they has serval hatchery s.

 

[cbnovick]

FLOWER I got her at Pratt's, they were supposed to be SLW. The young woman that waited on me was not one of the staff one of the knowlagable staff members as it turned out. I kept asking her questions. The Store on Glendale told me they has SLW at their Grand store. I do not know were they get their chicks. I asked them a month or so ago about Blue Orpington's. They said that they have not had any for years. however I found out one of the hatchery is Ideal. Their Americana's are really EEs, or hatchery quality. He, Glendale staff, that they do not get in really quality birds. The Wyandotte's are mixed in color assortment. I wish the girl on Grand told me. Then the young man gave me a HA HA moment, he dose not have any Ideal chickens himself, then tried to back track and told me they Ideal does have some nice Bantams, saving face for Pratt's. I am confident it is the same for other feed stores. To get a good quality bird, private breeders. I am not really disappointed, after all, I am a new be. I'm learning and I am only starting.

X 2...private breeders are the way to go for best quality and vigor...most often live longer and produce much longer too.