Arizona Chickens

[Twinklin]

They don't seem to make the Oster egg cooker that I have anymore but it's similar to this one:
http://www.amazon.com/KRUPS-F230705...F8&qid=1382574863&sr=8-1&keywords=egg+steamer

Neato! And not badly priced. Thanks!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: Seems like the Fair, not your beloved is the one who might be at risk. She is simply the one representing the Fair. She needs to make sure she takes complete documentation, and if anyone is involved whose testimony might be needed, she needs to have a notarized statement from each one (needs to be notarized to be admissible).

EDITED TO ADD: Get the county attorney involved as was recommended by pipemum. I con't see how your beloved is likely to be anything except a witness (and that assumes that she was aware of what was going on at the time of the incident).

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Phottoman, I don't quite understand. Here, since the fairground is run by the county government, the county attorneys would be involved any matter going to court. Your beloved needs to call the county attorney's office if the fair employees aren't doing it. I don't think she will be liable for any $$.

Agreed!

 

[desertmarcy]

Thanks, it's going to be so hard. He's such a good bird. Despite every attempt to avoid it, I've fallen for him.

Of course I just heard him crow for the umpteenth time today. That makes it a bit easier and imperative.

I grew out 12 Orloff cockerels. Culled (butchered for meat) 5 of them a week or so ago. 7 left, will be a hard decision which to keep for breeding. They are starting to squabble so will need to thin them out some more soon. They are really nice birds, very mellow with people, so it is hard to have to butcher them. Not like a nasty, mean rooster. But it is all part of breeding quality chickens: keep the best and eat the rest. How many pullets did you end up with, Gallo?

 

[Fuzzybird]

Quote: Well darn!

 

[Bobby Basham]

This reminds me of living back East in the 60's/70's. A/C in vehicles and houses was an option there, while out here in the southwest, it is standard equipment and the norm to have A/C and/or swamp cooling. I never heard of swamp cooling until I moved to Tucson from Pennsylvania.

Oh crap, I was referring to the comment of how most coops were designed for cold climates. I read somewhere in an entirely different forum where folks partially wrapped plastic/plexi-glass around the lower part of their runs to cut down on some of those nasty, winter drafts.

Those living in the desert SW would have coops with different specifications and wouldn't have to deal with extreme cold temps. Chickens aren't particularly picky about their housing, but it's great that you folks take their housing seriously and build your coops according to our SW climate. Happy Hens = Happy Eggs! --BB

Bobby Basham
Tucson, Arizona

 

[MagicChicken]

Note to self. Do not use a gallon glass jar to ferment your feed, even if you take the lid off regularly. I woke this morning to an exploded jar with feed and water all over my entryway. What a mess and a waste! I had the lid off at 8:30 last night and found the disaster at 7 this morning. I don't even use any starter to ferment, simply chick feed and water. I rarely had much gas (CO2) each time I unscrewed the lid. I had to toss all the feed and start over in a food grade plastic tub. I will be letting this one vent more. The NCK blog states no ventilation and it should be tightly covered.

Ouch! What a mess!

On the Fermented Feed thread people were adamant about NEEDING ventilation and NOT keeping it tightly covered in order to avoid explosions. You want some kind of cover to keep mold spores and dirt out. But not a tight cover! Sounds like the info got scrambled somewhere.

I tried fermenting feed for a while and it was ok but I went back to dry food when I had to go out of town for a week. It was much easier for the folks helping me to scoop out some pellets and let the birds free-feed than to have them deal with the fermented stuff. Have not gone back to fermenting since.

 

[maryhysong]

Note to self. Do not use a gallon glass jar to ferment your feed, even if you take the lid off regularly. I woke this morning to an exploded jar with feed and water all over my entryway. What a mess and a waste! I had the lid off at 8:30 last night and found the disaster at 7 this morning. I don't even use any starter to ferment, simply chick feed and water. I rarely had much gas (CO2) each time I unscrewed the lid. I had to toss all the feed and start over in a food grade plastic tub. I will be letting this one vent more. The NCK blog states no ventilation and it should be tightly covered.

No matter what you are fermenting you must never make it air tight without a way for gasses to escape; even beer and wine have special air locks to keep out the bad bacteria but allow the co2 to escape. I ferment in 5 gallon buckets and simply set the lid over the bucket to keep bugs out.

 

[dlayne]

Hi everyone, I have been in and out of this thread for a couple years but haven't posted much. I just got some pullets from my pet chicken and I do not plan on keeping them all and think I remember someone saying they might be looking for some of the breeds I have? They are coming up on three weeks old. some of them are the ones in my profile pic. I'll have a Buff laced polish, a splash polish, a golden spangled hamburg, a silver spangled hamburg, a appenzeller spitzhauben, and a white sultan. Thought I would check with you guys before I put them on CL.

CUTE LITTLE FLUFFY BUTTS!!!

 

[kpgoldstar]

2 birds x 6 days=



I'm so proud of Ony and Lil' Phil. I haven't eaten eggs all week because I wanted to fill a box. Every day both lay in the nest box and not a single broken, strange, faulty egg in the bunch. I haven't gotten an egg or food scale yet to see what size they actually are but plan to get one soon. I'm going to guess Phillie's are small and Onyxia's are closing in on medium.

How awesome, Twinklin!! You must be such a proud chicken Mama!!