Arizona Chickens

[Mikokoke]

Maybe a lock on that door would work better?? Or a game camera.

Yes probably. Or I could just be the crazy chicken lady? Talked to a girlfriend about this today - she can relate, she has chickens too-and she said went through the same phase of someone's stealing my eggs. In reality, her girls weren't laying.

 

[City farm]

 


They don't seem to make the Oster egg cooker that I have anymore but it's similar to this one:



Neato! And not badly priced. Thanks!

X2!!! Just made 1dozen hard boiled for macaroni salad.. Gotta get one

 

[City farm]

Yesterday I posted this little sign on my coop. It so happens that when I am not home all day, my chickens lay only half of what they normally lay. Either they miss me or someone is taking my eggs. Let's see if my plan of attack works:

The photo is so small what does it say?? I hope someone else did not ask the same question?
Just catching up..

 

[MagicChicken]

Checked on my broody hen this afternoon just before I had to leave. There was one baby chick and I could hear a couple of others peeping. Right on schedule! Went to check again after I got home tonight. Momma broody is sitting tight. Can't see a thing. There is no peeping. I assume the chicks are sleeping. It's dark in that box. Can't wait to see who's in it in the morning!

I have the nest box separated from the rest of the coop/run by a 28" x 28" cage of 2" x 4" wire, mostly to keep the other pullets from trying to lay eggs in the nest box while the chicks are trying to hatch. The pullets are having hissy fits. None of the other nest boxes will do. They all want to lay in that one. Silly girls.

Once the chicks are hatched and ready to leave the nest box I'll open up the cage and let everybody out into the coop/run, and I'll reconfigure the 2" x 4" wire to a safe place for chicks to eat where the big girls can't steal their food.

Babies! We've got babies!

 

[kpgoldstar]

The photo is so small what does it say?? I hope someone else did not ask the same question?
Just catching up..

Click on the picture and it blows up! It says something like "Hey A Holes, quit stealing our eggs. Owners that know"

CityFarm if we were closer and headed to the big city this weekend we would love to come to your block party. I am headed to Palm Springs for my best friend's birthday get-away.

Twinklin, love the idea of an egg box thread. I am starting to regret that we have all the same breed, so our eggs will be identical. Plus I am worried that as they start to feather out, I will have a harder time telling them apart. So far they all still have the markings and personality that we can, but that might not be the case as the weeks go by.

 

[Bobby Basham]

Oh, sorry with the wife reference, it just slipped out.

The state law is much different than our lovely city laws. In fact, one can be ticketed and fined for parking in front of one's own house or blocking one's own driveway. Happens tons around UofA.

Good luck to your beloved! This guy sounds like a grade a bad egg.

I've been at the County Attorneys Office for 22 years, working with our prosecutors every day. I have not read the original post and all the details, but this is about some jerk who parked where he was told not to, then in turn had his vehicle damaged by a towing company, and want's to go after the folks who were originally using the facility to host the event.

I figure, for example, if you're renting some type of facility you shouldn't have to have any specific "No Parking" signs, especially if you have some type of security out there directing traffic. Parking lots have many uses such as setting up tents, stands, displays, roped-off sections, and vehicles should be directed to other areas on the property unless the property owners specifically state in their contract that you cannot use certain areas for your functions for safety reasons i.e., fire access.

He's ****** that the towing company was called in the first place, who in turn, damaged his vehicle and he should be dealing directly with them. Having someone out there directing traffic, telling people where NOT to park is as good as having a no parking sign. The person(s) directing entry was the "verbal" no parking sign. That guy violated any directions he was given and had to pay the consequences. It's like he could have been charged with some type of interference had law enforcement been called because his parking prevented an exhibitor from getting to his supplies, but cops have more pertinent things to deal with than parking issues, and that's where the good ole towing truck comes into play and let any violators deal with that. The towing wasn't a malicious act since he was in the wrong. Sorry for being so verbose. --BB

Bobby Basham
Tucson, Arizona

 

[quailee]

Apparently, the dogs who were attacked by the Africanized bees lived in a house where there was a huge hive--one was in the attic and the other was in a broken down wall. I am happy to say that the bees on our flowering shrubs have been behaving like perfectly normal bees. I found an excellent article on their behavior at this web site: http://labs.biology.ucsd.edu/nieh/TeachingBee/africanized.htm

I think it is certainly not good to over-react to the whole "killer bee" thing, but it is foolish and potentially dangerous not to be alert and extremely careful.

 

[ctroyer]

We got our second egg yesterday. It appears only one of the girls is currently laying. Here is a comparison of a store bought free range, cage free, pastured raised organic egg and ours. Not quite as big yet but I was surprised that this being only the second egg it is very close. Ours is on the right. Looking forward to another week when our Amrerecauna starts laying the blue eggs. I had read many stories of the first eggs being soft shelled and small. We will be having egg sandwiches for breakfast tomorrow!

 

[Arizonachicken]

Last night there was a pip in another egg and sure enough another little chick this morning! So now I have two of my own EE chicks and 4 Heritage New Hampshire chicks from Cbnovak. Yay! I have happy mamas in the coop today!

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

Babies! We've got babies!

Yay! Were you able to see how many this morning?