Arizona Chickens

[City farm]

The most common and 'classic' cross for an olive egger is between a Marans x Ameraucana (or blue egg laying Easter Egger but less likely). Here is a chart that helps illustrate what is behind the true olive egg and the common lighter green egg. Demosthine, If you bred that New Hampshire Cockerel to one of your Barred Rock hens you would create Sex Links....that is one of the many crosses hatcheries use.

Oh yeah love the chart, I can't wait to have those colored eggs..

 

[City farm]

IF YOU LIVE IN CHANDLER OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO DOES THAT WANTS TO KEEP CHICKENS



Proposed Chandler Chicken Ordinance proposes a 5 chicken maximum regardless of lot size. Chandler residents, please share your opinions with planning and zoning by emailing David at [email protected]

Thank you for passing this on

 

[City farm]

I can't get anymore chickens and I want some of those awesome eggs!!!

I KNOW RIGHT.. How dare she show off like that!

 

[City farm]

Here's what I'm getting now with the 5 that are laying... the rest are little and still in the brooder.

 

[City farm]

Here's what I'm getting now with the 5 that are laying... the rest are little and still in the brooder.

Oops double post.. Beautiful

 

[HomeGrownChick]

Maybe it doesn't bring it up for you because it reads your location and your home depot doesn't have them??? I just clicked on the link and right next to the portable shingle thing, it lists the cattle panels for $25. If you put in a zipcode for Prescott area (change store location), I think it will bring it up for you as the browser will have your location saved for the Prescott Home Depot. Pick the Prescott store and then do a search for cattle panel if all else fails.

My panels are 4' tall and 16' long, 4 gauge, with the squares on the panel 6"x8". When I arch it, I can easily walk under them. They are pretty heavy duty and difficult to manage with one person. For those of you looking for these, it might be cost effective to drive to get them if they are $40 where you live. Just make sure they have some in stock.

This is great info, thank you countrygirl74! The link worked fine for me, except it got my location wrong (I have satellite Internet so it thought I was somewhere across the country!). How do you secure them to the ground? I'm guessing stakes, but how deep do you have to drive them? Have you ever had problems with wind blowing them down? This would be a perfect solution for a garden area and chicken play area for me.

 

[countrygirl74]

This is great info, thank you countrygirl74!  The link worked fine for me, except it got my location wrong (I have satellite Internet so it thought I was somewhere across the country!).  How do you secure them to the ground?  I'm guessing stakes, but how deep do you have to drive them?  Have you ever had problems with wind blowing them down?  This would be a perfect solution for a garden area and chicken play area for me. 

I have them secured with either t-posts or some rebar right now but am looking for an alternative - still working with them. I will try to take a photo to show you what I've done with them. Nothing looks pretty right now because all my vines are still dormant. Even with the crappy set-up I have them on right now, they have never blown over. And we get a LOT of wind and dust devils out here - no wind blocks where I am. I had to drive a block the other day to get one of my tarps! LOL

 

[MaddBaggins]

The girls have gotten so used to the morning treats that they all run to the door when I come out in the morning. That always brings a smile. This morning they got a heal of multi grain bread, strawberries, cauliflower, radishes and some salad mix.
Happy girls.

 

[Arizonachicken]

That would depend on the mix of your Orp rooster. If he carries only light brown genes then the offspring would be considered an easter egger. Offspring from the olive egger most likely would produce a more muted olive egg laying offspring. For the most color depth on olive eggers one needs to have a Marans or dark laying Welsummer crossed with either a blue or olive egger to get dark olive eggs

What do you all think he's mixed with? Kev said it's probably an English Splash Orpington or a CC Marans, or possibly Black Copper Marans. I sent him a picture, too. It's not crucial, I'm just curious, that's all! I don't know if it's even possible to tell.

 

[AZ_HenHouse]

Hi all,
I don't post much, but read everything

I live in Tucson and teach 1st grade. I was hoping to hatch out some chicks in my classroom this spring. Would anyone have an incubator that I could borrow long enough to hatch some chicks? And of course a couple of fertile eggs would help

We have a little roo (serema mix kinda guy) and we would have a few to hatch but would like some regular size guys too.

Thanks in advance for anyone who can help or knows someone that can help