Arizona Chickens

[City farm]

Happy Memorial Day to all those who have served and are serving!

Girl love those family photos.. Yes you said it!! Thank you all for your service.. Along with the families that are here at home THANK YOU..

 

[countrygirl74]

Girl love those family photos..

Yes you said it!! Thank you all for your service.. Along with the families that are here at home THANK YOU..

X2 - such handsome guys!

 

[MaddBaggins]

Whoya!!! Sounds like a blast!! Hope you have a hamic...
Check out the lake. It is one of he first entrances on the left... When I was there like 15 years ago, I was like "right"!!! Mud puddle
With ?&@';/---"? In it..hope it is full when you are on the mountain... Have you ever done arivipa in safford?
Hope you take photos and share them with us.. I envy you...

Done Arivaipa Canyon a few times. I love that place.

Rose canyon lake is a mud hole and over crowded. I don't go there.

 

[MaddBaggins]

Happy Memorial Day to all those who have served and are serving!

Go Navy!
USN 90-94 here.

 

[City farm]

I posted this and now can't find it here so I'll do it again. I'm old gimme a break. Our sex-link 'Red' started laying last week, 5 eggs in 6 days! It seem she taught our Polish hen 'Phyllis' how and where to lay! Yea! Our first eggs. Red Phyllis Our slikies haven't started laying yet but I'll bet it won't be too long. They are 6-7 months. We've had our birds for about 7 months and really enjoy them. We let them out of the run in the late afternoon and enjoy interacting with them. 2 silkie hens, 1 sex-link, 1 polish. 1 columbian wyandotte and 1 partridge rock hen that are a few months from laying. I just wanted to show them off now that they are fixing my breakfasts.

Congratulations on your eggs.. We have a polish named Phyllis too..

 

[AZKat]

The blue Marans that I got from Mahonri decided to start laying today! Beautiful chocolate brown egg.

 

[Buddyfarm11]

Can someone tell me if this is a dark sex link? if not what breed is it or what color
she is about 3 months old

 

[520farmer]

just got back home about a hour ago. Busy day.  Went earlier today to Vaquero Feed in Tucson and finally hooked up my Blue Wheaten Ameraucanas. I got 2 pullets (hens) and was soooo tempted to get the rooster. SO PRETTY. But the wifey would kill me. Anywho, I let the kids swim in my mothers' pool for a few hours as payment for dragging them to Tucson. Furry and Fluffy (original names indeed) stayed in the guest bathroom so they could stretch their legs and cool off in my mom's house.  Boy can those birds fly. They don't really peck, but they sure were runners and flyers. My mom's house is pretty big and chasing those girls around really gets tiring. lol.  When we got back home, the birds were dusted with DE and put in the run to "socialize". The usual birds were doing the peck and pull feather thing but a few swats sent the pack scattering and the amers stayed close to the kids while they adjusted.  I want to give a shout out to Kathy who happens to work over there in Vaquero and who supplied the birds from her own stock. She did an excellent job on these birds and I really hope to do more with her.  I also would say that Vaquero Feed is in a weird place at the moment.  The store is stuck in Tucson's notorious construction and it is a little difficult to reach.  But the store is clean, easy to locate merch and the staff (including Kathy) were soo helpful.  I was able to get my 1st. 50 pound bag of Manna feed at a ridiculously low price. Outstanding day today.

Sounds like fun lol I have a bule Wheaton roo if you guys need astud lol

quote name="mckeesbackyard" url="/t/31227/arizona-chickens/36960#post_11287259"]Hi! We're from the White Mountains (Pineop/Lakeside) & planning to get some chicks & build our coop in the next 2 weeks. We are set on getting some barred rocks & australorps. For those in the valley Stock Shop at Thunderbird Ave offer a variety of breeds of chicks.[/quote]

Welcome to BYC! Consider getting a heritage breed instead of hatchery, the austrolope once held the world record for most eggs laid in a year, 364 eggs in 365 days I think it was back in the 40s before the intensive factory lighting that they use now days.

 

[LadyKotaDoria]

i hope everyone had a great week end. For many of use remembering our love ones that served our country, and also celebrating their return.

My Barred rocks are almost 3 weeks old. A lot of people say they can tell by then, well others say not quite yet. I got one that tells me nothing. Two are just a tad lighter, but still, I have no idea. Hoping at lest 1 pollet. Head spots, color, feather growth, comb development, I really need experience to help me.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: There are a number of agencies that provide home care. Insurance typically will pay only for home health: medical help, such as skilled nursing tasks or therapy (physical, occupational, speech). Personal care such as meals, chores, etc. are not usually covered by insurance. Cost for runs from $18-25 per hour. Google "home care" and you should find a number of agencies.

However, most prefer setting a regular schedule, and may not have someone available on short notice, so you might want to start looking for someone who is simply looking for occasional work. Would probably be les expensive, too.