Arizona Chickens

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: Think of it this way, many women do not realize they are pregnant until they are a couple of months along; some even longer. Giving birth at three months would mean that they had a month or less of knowing that they were going to have a baby and getting prepared for it. That is basically what you do when you give a barely broody hen chicks.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: MANY, not man, lol! Yes, they come in pink, although the pinks I have seen are startlingly bright.

 

[Arizonachicken]

Think of it this way, many women do not realize they are pregnant until they are a couple of months along; some even longer.  Giving birth at three months would mean that they had a month or less of knowing that they were going to have a baby and getting prepared for it.  That is basically what you do when you give a barely broody hen chicks.

Oh I know! Don't forget, I have 6 children!

 

[flower]

Bielefelders ?????? got to look that one up.
Lemon Cocoo Marnas, I would suspect are birds from somebodies project.

 

[flower]

Arizonachickens anyone ask you for a demonstration on processing lately? There was some talk of this a while back but not much since.

 

[redrocketrooster]

Does anyone have carpenters savvy wifes or husbands? Hehe. I need an indoor coop built. Not sure if anyone saw but a friend of mine has three hens that are disabled due to a coyote attack. They need to be indoors and given specific care. Pretty simple build but id rather not mess it up. Im bad with carpenter work anyway. If your interested in chicks I can do a partial chick/cash trade too. Either way, got to get it built!

 

[LadyKotaDoria]

Ok, I'm going for it,
Bielefelders, German started in 197x.

Lemon Cockoo Maran

I'm going to up my bid right now $4.00 and egg. I have time yet on the LCM
The Bielefelders are 10 eggs at this time $29.00 + shipping. PM Me is interested in going in with me, it is a little high for me to go for 2 bids. 21 hr xx min on E-bay. If anyone is interested in bidding on them I am interested in buying a couple from you.

Now I have to get an incubator, any one has a used one I can buy. I will be getting one Monday. Any suggestions on what brand not to buy.

 

[Timskins]

Does anyone have carpenters savvy wifes or husbands? Hehe. I need an indoor coop built. Not sure if anyone saw but a friend of mine has three hens that are disabled due to a coyote attack. They need to be indoors and given specific care. Pretty simple build but id rather not mess it up. Im bad with carpenter work anyway. If your interested in chicks I can do a partial chick/cash trade too. Either way, got to get it built!

Wish I could help you out but I just broke ground on my coop and that's gonna keep me busy for several weeks.

 

[LadyKotaDoria]

Arizonachickens anyone ask you for a demonstration on processing lately?  There was some talk of this a while back but not much since.

I'm sure there are people interested. I am, I just do not have any to proses, unless I decide to do not want to hang on to my 2 of the freeloaders to see if they will start laying. They are all sweet girls. I more likely want to trade with someone, Blondy and Bon, I'm sure they will start laying when it cools. I think Blondy could have laid an egg earlier before it got hot.

 

[MagicChicken]

Quote:
When I got my first chickens they came with a metal trash can full of feed. The lid of the can was dished in so it would have held water instead of shedding it. I had the can in the corner of the run. It was fine for a couple of months, until the cold weather hit. One frigid morning I went out to feed the chickens and discovered the center part of the feed was soaking wet. When I dug down into it there was a lot of mold. Which was bizarre because it hadn't rained at all. The whole can of feed was ruined. Over 50 pounds of it. It took me a long time to figure out that the problem was condensation forming inside the lid and dripping down into the center of the feed. Yikes...

Now I keep the bulk of my feed in the storage shed, in metal trash cans and 5 gallon buckets with lids. One trash can will hold two bags of feed still in the bag, although it can be tricky getting both bags in there. I prefer not to dump feed directly into the metal can because I don't want a bunch of old, eventually buggy feed accumulating at the bottom, which is what would happen if I kept refilling it. When I get a new batch of feed I split up as much of it as possible into the buckets, which I am going to use first, and anything left goes into the metal cans for longer-term storage. A 50 pound bag of feed usually fills two buckets.

I keep a bucket of feed in each coop/run for daily use. They are easier for me to handle and I don't have to schlep stuff from the storage shed so often. I keep a quart yogurt container in each bucket of feed for a scoop. I haven't had a problem with condensation in the plastic buckets. Been using them for a couple of years now. They get afternoon shade but do get some sun exposure and they are holding up fine.

Everyone has different storage solutions. It's interesting hearing how other people do stuff.