Arizona Chickens

[desertmarcy]

Psst. Pssssttttt. PSSTTTTTT!!!!! Is anyone alive out there? Nearly 16 hours of no posts, at all? I'm beginning to wonder if the chickens aren't the only thing the heat has gotten to.

'Course, I'm stuck in a huge brick building with no windows all day, so I couldn't even tell you what the weather is like out there...

Well I can give you a hint, try frying an egg on the sidewalk, yeah it is hot. Nothing new to report down here except 4 one month-old Royal Palm turkeys found a new home this morning

Just trying to survive the heat and keep the birds in fresh water.

 

[BY Chicken Lady]

Psst. Pssssttttt. PSSTTTTTT!!!!! Is anyone alive out there? Nearly 16 hours of no posts, at all? I'm beginning to wonder if the chickens aren't the only thing the heat has gotten to.

'Course, I'm stuck in a huge brick building with no windows all day, so I couldn't even tell you what the weather is like out there...

My girls are chillin under the coop with the mister cooling the air for them. The hubby and I are going to a friends 50th Birthday party. Just easing our way into this Fathets Day weekend.

 

[BY Chicken Lady]

jbolt you hatched fertilized eggs you bought at trader joes? are they intended for hatching or for eating and kept in the cooler? what is your ratio of hatched per dozen eggs? I had no idea you could do that.

 

[LadyKotaDoria]

I've been doing nothing but wiggling my fingers. Board to death, I miss being out with my girls. The two Good Shepherd Barred a rock little Roos are definitely Roos. They have to go this month. Free to a good home. Please PM me if you want them.

Everyone seems to be dealing with the heat. When I've gone out to check on them they are not panting. They seem to lay under the misters get wet then look for scratch. 1/2 of their pen gets heavenly misted, lots of shade and a fan.

I think Powder was the first to use the new coops nesting box, it looked like her egg. in a couple of weeks or so I'm going to turn the old coop around for the new ones to use. As soon as I am okayed to start using my hand again.

 

[LyleCanyon]

Hi, I'm new to raising chickens and have learned a lot from this forum - thank you. I'm at 5400 elevation in SouthEast AZ so we don't get as hot as Tucson or Phx but it's still hot. We did get rain out here yesterday, not a lot but enough to cool everything down and it smelled wonderful! Here's a pic of my girls this morning (I think it's 62 degrees right now). There are two Easter Eggers (Purdy & Cheeks), two Silver Laced Wyandottes (Sylvia and Lacey) and two sex links (Lucy & Ethel). No eggs yet but hopefully soon!

 

[Mama Hen Chris]

Welcome to all the new peeps.

 

[Arizonachicken]

I was expecting the eggs under my broodys to hatch yesterday, but they didn't. It is very possible that my days are off as I'm not entirely sure when they started sitting. I never candled, but the fertility rate has been high. The last batch had 8 out of 9 hatch. Hopefully I'll have some chicks today!

 

[Sheof3Angels]

Lots of panting chickens here. Been very diligent on trying to keep the girls cool in the afternoons. Been stock piling the ice cubes, chunks and pies (yup we are making "piecicles"). Our girls love the piecicles because they can stand right on top of them and when they melt they make a great dirt bath. Silly girls. Really concerned about what we are gonna do when we hit the 100-teens.

Does anyone in here use the air tight pail and oil pan/water dish to provide their chickens with water? My husband and I bought one of those orange pails from HD and a rubberized 3 gal watering bowl from a feed store and can not get the air tight seal that is needed for the "home made watering system" to feed the water into the 3 gal bowl without it over flowing. What are we doing wrong??? We have tried drilling holes at the bottom with the pail right side up, flipping the bucket upside down..... different types of "bowls". Ugggghhhh!! Don't want to have to spend too much money but I'm getting to a breaking point, especially with how hot it is and getting.

 

[MaddBaggins]

Lots of panting chickens here. Been very diligent on trying to keep the girls cool in the afternoons. Been stock piling the ice cubes, chunks and pies (yup we are making "piecicles"). Our girls love the piecicles because they can stand right on top of them and when they melt they make a great dirt bath. Silly girls. Really concerned about what we are gonna do when we hit the 100-teens.

Does anyone in here use the air tight pail and oil pan/water dish to provide their chickens with water? My husband and I bought one of those orange pails from HD and a rubberized 3 gal watering bowl from a feed store and can not get the air tight seal that is needed for the "home made watering system" to feed the water into the 3 gal bowl without it over flowing. What are we doing wrong??? We have tried drilling holes at the bottom with the pail right side up, flipping the bucket upside down..... different types of "bowls". Ugggghhhh!! Don't want to have to spend too much money but I'm getting to a breaking point, especially with how hot it is and getting.

Thats what I use for water. 5g bucket and a galvanized oil pan. I hogged out an appx 1x1/2" about 2 inches from the top of the bucket. It works like a charm.

 

[MaddBaggins]

By the way, had my first backyard eggs today! I went with over medium, toast and bacon. Th eggs were eggsellent!
Daughter had scrambled. Yummy