Arizona Chickens

[Sonoran Silkies]

OK, i've about had it with snakes!

This morning, I found a very well fed garter snake in my outdoor chick brooder. With five suspicious lumps in his body. Was so fat that he couldnt fit back through the wire, or was too full & lazy, I dont know. Either way, I destroyed him. That makes 7 chicks i've lost out of this batch in 2 separate incidents. Of course, the Blue Andalusians that I hatched from eggs I got from another member here on BYC, were amongst the most recent victims of this reptilian onslaught!

Weird, because I never had a problem with snakes before this. Unless you count that time my dog was bit on the foreleg as she innocently walked past a bush a baby rattler was hiding under. Ugh.

You need wire with smaller openings!

 

[MaddBaggins]

Well, it seems the rain is back!!

 

[GreatWhiteAfro]

Holy crap! It's raining pretty good at my house right now!! Woohoo!

I hope it makes it up to Casa Grande!! We have a lot of clouds but no percipitation as of yet..........

 

[MaddBaggins]

And it's still raining! So awesome!

 

[desertmarcy]

And it's still raining! So awesome!

What side of town/intersection do you live? Nothing but hot dry wind up here on the NW side.

 

[maryhysong]

my friends in Mammoth report wind and rain there also. oh would love for it to get to me tonight; that would be awesome....

 

[MaddBaggins]

What side of town/intersection do you live? Nothing but hot dry wind up here on the NW side.

Wrightstown/Camino Seco. My backyard was a swamp. The run was damp, but no standing water. The girls were talking about the weather.

 

[desertmarcy]

Wrightstown/Camino Seco. My backyard was a swamp. The run was damp, but no standing water. The girls were talking about the weather.

Well that figures. It is a rare summer that the rains don't start on the east side. I remember one blasted summer that we did not get any rain in our yard the whole month of July, yet it rained and rained on the east side and other parts of town, always skirting around us, teasing us.

 

[bcluff]

GUYS!!!!!!!!!! I HAVE WONDERFUL NEWS!!!! For the state of Arizona, I won poultry proficiency in FFA. Basically this means that out of the thousands of FFA members in the state I had the best knowledge and project relating to poultry!!! I am now going to Louisville in October to compete for the national title!! And yes i attribute much of my knowledge to you fine people!!! And on a side note....... I hear of rain. I like rain.

 

[Arizonachicken]

GUYS!!!!!!!!!! I HAVE WONDERFUL NEWS!!!! For the state of Arizona, I won poultry proficiency in FFA. Basically this means that out of the thousands of FFA members in the state I had the best knowledge and project relating to poultry!!! I am now going to Louisville in October to compete for the national title!! And yes i attribute much of my knowledge to you fine people!!! And on a side note....... I hear of rain. I like rain.

Congrats! That's awesome!