Arizona Chickens

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: After I responded to your question, I meant to add I will ask.. I think
that you would know that.. I do need to stop assuming.. Sometimes
I wish we all had telepathy.. & thank you for picking up the feed for us!
I have been reading the ingredient's from big sky organic feed.. I like
what I read..
To help with the the amount of waste I put a cardboard with a 2 inch lip
all the way around the bottom.. That way it will get captured. Plus if it
gets caca on it I can toss it when it gets gross.. We also put it up on blocks..
I am thinking of hanging it..
Will ya all chime in on if you hang your feed & at what height..
On feeders that have a handle that can be hung, I try to hang them. Shoulder height of the shortest bird is best. for keeping feed in the feeder, and not billed out onto the ground.

 

[Fuzzybird]

Trill and Buzz my two young Keets are growing some! They are prettier! Still in my room. They don't want the heat any more but worried about putting them outside yet. They are suppoised to be 3 weeks old but wonder if the feed store was off a week?

 

[pastrymama]

Trill and Buzz my two young Keets are growing some! They are prettier! Still in my room. They don't want the heat any more but worried about putting them outside yet. They are suppoised to be 3 weeks old but wonder if the feed store was off a week?

I would LOVE to have a few of those. I find them to be fairly unpleasant to look at, but I also keep muscovies which I happen to love.

I am pretty sure the fireman only said, " No goats, pigs, mini horses, llamas, alpacas, maybe geese but I just pretend I didn't hear that part and jersey cows". I think a guinnea could pass for a muscovy if I keep them in the duck yard.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

For those that have problems with their birds being allowed per city or zoning code or HOA CC&Rs, from https://www.facebook.com/groups/backyardfarmersunited/ :

 

[desertmarcy]

I would LOVE to have a few of those. I find them to be fairly unpleasant to look at, but I also keep muscovies which I happen to love.

I am pretty sure the fireman only said, " No goats, pigs, mini horses, llamas, alpacas, maybe geese but I just pretend I didn't hear that part and jersey cows". I think a guinnea could pass for a muscovite if I keep them in the duck yard.

My brother and sister-in-law in PA kept guineas and got rid of them because they were too noisy. Just sayin'....

 

[pipemum]

desertmarcy, just read your signature--are you really looking for a caretaker to help with your farm? A live-in caretaker, or a part-time job type thing? I know a super responsible college kid that MAY be interested. He would only be available part-time, of course. I know he's owned chickens in the past, so he has some experience with poultry.

 

[nwebber]

Enjoying the cooler nights.

 

[Twinklin]

I decided on getting my next chicks from mypetchicken. I have to have sexed birds and want chicks not pullets so I'm going to try there. I guess I'll most likely be waiting to get my new girls until spring when they have more selection so I can be picky and get 3 I really want. I decided on a laced polish, any color laced i think, any color silkie and then for the 3rd either a cochin, wyandotte, brahma, salmon faverolle, or sultan depending on what they have available when the polish and silkie are available. They say you have to have 3 standards or 4 mixed bantam/standards but when I filled my cart to test it out i didn't get an error with silkie so maybe silkie is a bantam they count as a LF. If I have to get a 4th I'll either have to nix the silkie and get a LF or get 4 birds with 2 being bantams. If I got 4 with 2 being bantams I should really have 75 sq ft of run space and I only have 64. If I nix the silkie and get 3 LF my run is still a little short of the 70 sq ft I should have but I feel a bit better about being 6sq ft too small than being 11 sq ft too small. If I have to wait until spring anyway I may be able to convince my bf to let me expand the run but then.... ok unnecessary rant now over.

 

[pipemum]

twinklin, I thought about getting my chicks from mypetchicken, but the shipping for so few chicks was really expensive. Like, $15 in chicks was $55 in shipping. Don't worry about run size--yours out free ranging long enough that being short of footage shouldn't matter too much.

 

[pipemum]

Enjoying the cooler nights.

The EE? on the left is so pretty!