Arizona Chickens

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Arizonachicken are you raising Cemani's yet ?

just kidding with all the kids, I am sure that you do not have time to be a SERIOUS BREEDER.

But how long before Silkies were imported to this country before they became ubiquitously. I just noticed that the first mention of the breed here on BYC was back in 2008.

About the blue eggs geen found in several breeds and or types of chickens. All birds called ameraucanas or some other spelling used by Hatcheries some breeders and feeds store peeps are a mixed breed called easter eggers. Ameraucanas. the breed only come in specific colors and if matted with the same color and breed will always "breed true" In order to learn about this breed you would need to read the SOP or stand of perfection of this or any breed. That is if your are inclined to be a SERIOUS BREEDER and sell your birds for whatever it costs to breed show birds.

There are a few breeds out there which breed true and carry the blue eggs gene, one of those is the Legbar which was developed in the UK. I have a female, she will be bred by a Marans and thus her offsprings should lay green eggs, a blue egg covered by a brown covering. I have had a few beautiful white Ameraucanas and their eggs were blue. As a aside the gene for blue egg shell is geographically close the the gene which causes PEA combs and many hens with the BEG will have pea combs but not all. Depends what the parents carry and pass down. Legbars have straight combs because most birds used to develop the breed have straight combs.

Get easter eggers, they are great birds ! Friendly, calm and good producers. I have six EEchicks from City Farm and they are quite pretty, some with small semi-crests from their d'uccle DAD. I love mixing breeds to make my flock and egg basket very colorful.

 

[pipemum]

Off topic but thought those garden folks may be able to help. We recently purchased a house in Mesa (as-is sale, so unable to ask previous owner), and there is a deciduous tree, still small at only 5 ft tall but it has some bunches of flowers coming in with the new leaves....does anyone know what this tree may be?
I want to plant my potted fig tree there but hate to tear it out if it will be a fruiting tree.
Here are a few pictures of the tree, leaves and incoming flowers.

Any one know? Thank you!!!

I don't think it's a pomegranate, unless of course those flowers turn into big beautiful red ones! I was browsing fruit trees earlier...I think it might be a jujube?

 

[LadyKotaDoria]

I have a question for those of you in the Phoenix area. My Easter Egger's are older and laying but I want to keep the green eggs coming. Since I inherited them, I have no idea where to find more. I hatched my own, but since the roo is RIR, they will probably be olive eggers...? (Please correct me if I am wrong). 

I see Ameracaunas in the feed stores, but read that they are blue layers...and I never see EE chicks. So where do I find EE chicks? Hatching eggs would be ok also.

Thanks!

Most of the feed store Americana's are EE, not true Americana's. EE Will lay blue, turquoise, green any color in between. A very few will lay brown, pink or shades of white. My first EE laid a pale blue white egg, then it got darker to a soft blue egg. It is true Americana's that are hard to get. EE look like this.

 

[Beckyhsinglsc]

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I've had 4 EEs from Ideal Hatchery and they all laid green eggs.

 

[mom-to-5]

I don't think it's a pomegranate, unless of course those flowers turn into big beautiful red ones! I was browsing fruit trees earlier...I think it might be a jujube?

Thank you! Never would have thought of that, since I haven't made it to the nursery yet with a cutting I'm still unsure but from my quick search the flowers do look very similar to jujube. Thanks again!!

 

[MagicChicken]

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It reminds me of my Velvet Ash tree, but the leaflets and flowers are a little different. Wonder if it's a relative?

 

[kevs-chickadees]

Thank you! Never would have thought of that, since I haven't made it to the nursery yet with a cutting I'm still unsure but from my quick search the flowers do look very similar to jujube. Thanks again!!

Are there thorns on the branches? My Jujube isn't blooming or getting leaves yet so I can't compare. The blossoms also look like a sapote and or an avacado although I'm not sure about the leaf pattern.

 

[LadyKotaDoria]

Number 1 old Murphy has been very busy this week. This is the 3rd time writing this.

My 6 mo. Pullets are starting to lay. I have started to Glean Dumpsters.

I had Gleaned twice this last night. There was a head of cauliflower I could find nothing wrong with, an orange with one small brown spot. I am so confused. The box with spinach looked like the same stuff I argued with the manager of the store many weeks ago. They had 3 bunches left, they were slimy and turning to mush. He said they were good and they all look like that. I would have bought them at half price, using the good leafs only.

My bed, last night decided I needed to be flipped. I have been using air beds as a mattress, I like changing the firmness. Usually they deflate, I always but the guarantee if offered. This time, as I slept, half the bed deflated, half the bed ballooned up, the air chamfers gave way. The result was I was thrown into the air, and flipped on to my back. If only I had a video of it.

Lastly, I have been talking to Arizona bee keepers, one started in 1947. I am hopping to start next month. Most disheartened, the wild bees I have been trying to figure a way to save, I can not. I have neat her the money for the equipment nor the experience. I started the death of the hive last night. We are not a bee thread, so let me a give a quick synopsis. Wild bees are & are not Africanized, they WILL be in time. In the past years bee keepers IN ARIZONA have been re-queening yearly to keep their hives from becoming aggressive. "Some" keeps have been finding in approximately 3 years their hives will turn aggressive. There is no way to re-queen my wild hive. Also I learned more about Africanized Bees. They are both not as bad and every bet as bad. Again a lot for me to learn. In about 50 hrs my wild hive will be silent. For those of you that are interested in bees, may I suggest you go the AZ BACA meeting along with everything else. Every thing you have read is good and sound, there is just that, there are regional information needed, that is largely not in books.

 

[chicksurreal]

Number 1 old Murphy has been very busy this week. This is the 3rd time writing this.

My 6 mo. Pullets are starting to lay. I have started to Glean Dumpsters.
I had Gleaned twice this last night. There was a head of cauliflower I could find nothing wrong with, an orange with one small brown spot. I am so confused. The box with spinach looked like the same stuff I argued with the manager of the store many weeks ago. They had 3 bunches left, they were slimy and turning to mush. He said they were good and they all look like that. I would have bought them at half price, using the good leafs only.

My bed, last night decided I needed to be flipped. I have been using air beds as a mattress, I like changing the firmness. Usually they deflate, I always but the guarantee if offered. This time, as I slept, half the bed deflated, half the bed ballooned up, the air chamfers gave way.

The result was I was thrown into the air, and flipped on to my back.

If only I had a video of it.

Lastly, I have been talking to Arizona bee keepers, one started in 1947. I am hopping to start next month.

Most disheartened, the wild bees I have been trying to figure a way to save, I can not. I have neat her the money for the equipment nor the experience. I started the death of the hive last night. We are not a bee thread, so let me a give a quick synopsis. Wild bees are & are not Africanized, they WILL be in time. In the past years bee keepers IN ARIZONA have been re-queening yearly to keep their hives from becoming aggressive. "Some" keeps have been finding in approximately 3 years their hives will turn aggressive. There is no way to re-queen my wild hive. Also I learned more about Africanized Bees. They are both not as bad and every bet as bad. Again a lot for me to learn. In about 50 hrs my wild hive will be silent. For those of you that are interested in bees, may I suggest you go the AZ BACA meeting along with everything else. Every thing you have read is good and sound, there is just that, there are regional information needed, that is largely not in books.

Thanks for the information on bees (even though I know this isn't a bee forum). We have several wild hives and would love to keep them around.

 

[LadyKotaDoria]

Update: at 24 hrs in there was at lest 2 sworms. Alone and in experienced, I was ill prepared to capture them, one was leaving the other was trying to set up in another part of my shed. I thought I had selled it off before when that spot had a sworm. It was in my chicken pen, my girls were agitated, would not go to roost. After dark then wondered in to roost after the sworm quited down. I could think on nothing else but to poison it. Now to marrow morning I am going to have to get up early and wash the area with soap and lots of water. Rake up all the straw and get ridge of it. I just picked up soom 30 gal lawn bags, they will come in handy. I put pest strips in my shed, just in case they get inside.

I guess my girls learned some time ago to stay away from the bees, only the 6 chicks that Mary brood go back there. They must think it is great, no big girls to boss them around.