Arizona Chickens

[desertmarcy]

I wish breeding could be supervised or something. Lol

Same goes for people.

 

[a little chiken]

Same goes for people.

thats funny

 

[a little chiken]

So I get to go to Gilbert in the wee morning hours to pick up my Nubian doeling. very excited and so is my son. His first 4-H doe. she comes from some great genetics so hopefully she will turn out great. We also might be getting a smaller doeling to use in a mini Nubian project. Chickens, ducks, rabbits, guinea pigs, and goats oh my. lol
I will go to Kingman in July to get my pot bellied pigs and then in fall get my breeder pigs. I am very lucky to have a husband that not only likes my crazy animal habit but encourages it. Oh and I found a mini heifer cow so I might get a mini cow....yipee.

 

[Twinklin]

Tea's egg production has been down the past week or 2. I found one egg smashed to smithereens in the nest box which I think may have been hers but her shell coloring has been off and after being smashed was hard to tell. Phil and Ony felt they needed to fight over the same nest box this morning so I'm assuming the egg was a casualty. It felt like it may have had a thin shell but again hard to tell when it's in a bazillion pieces covered in sticky yolk. She seems to be going through her first for real molt. They're all about 14 months now. The other girls look like they're starting to molt as well. Tea's just going through the worst of the 4. The one side of her neck is completely bare. I've been giving them more protein treats a few times a week. A little more mealworms than normal and a few more eggs than normal. Today was mixed greens salad with spinach and scrambled egg and worms. They of course pick all the good stuff out and leave all the lettuce behind. Hopefully she perks back up. I did check her for mites and any signs of anything else that could be wrong and she seems a-ok so i'm going to assume between the heat and molt she's just stressed out.

 

[carnivore]

Tea's egg production has been down the past week or 2. I found one egg smashed to smithereens in the nest box which I think may have been hers but her shell coloring has been off and after being smashed was hard to tell. Phil and Ony felt they needed to fight over the same nest box this morning so I'm assuming the egg was a casualty. It felt like it may have had a thin shell but again hard to tell when it's in a bazillion pieces covered in sticky yolk. She seems to be going through her first for real molt. They're all about 14 months now. The other girls look like they're starting to molt as well. Tea's just going through the worst of the 4. The one side of her neck is completely bare. I've been giving them more protein treats a few times a week. A little more mealworms than normal and a few more eggs than normal. Today was mixed greens salad with spinach and scrambled egg and worms. They of course pick all the good stuff out and leave all the lettuce behind. Hopefully she perks back up. I did check her for mites and any signs of anything else that could be wrong and she seems a-ok so i'm going to assume between the heat and molt she's just stressed out.

LOL,,,,chicken salad! Try baby spinach instead of lettuce, my ladies love the spinach, but won't touch the lettuce, especially not the purple kind.

 

[Syl in Tucson]

 thats funny

Hey! I'm sure if my parents had to do paperwork beforehand, they woulda been turned down!

 

[Twinklin]

LOL,,,,chicken salad! Try baby spinach instead of lettuce, my ladies love the spinach, but won't touch the lettuce, especially not the purple kind.

it was 1/2 spinach. Was the old 50/50 mix I had left in the fridge. They don't touch any leafy greens unless they're attached to my bougainvillea but since it had spinach I wanted to at least try vs throwing it in the composter.

 

[carnivore]

. I wish breeding could be supervised or something. Lol

HEY! Can I be a supervisor?

 

[carnivore]

it was 1/2 spinach. Was the old 50/50 mix I had left in the fridge. They don't touch any leafy greens unless they're attached to my bougainvillea but since it had spinach I wanted to at least try vs throwing it in the composter.

Must be your dressing! Mine actually won't eat the spinach unless I chop it up into smaller pieces. They have no problem stripping my lantana, though. Has anybody tried mesquite leaves? Those got stripped pretty quick too.

 

[a little chiken]

Must be your dressing! Mine actually won't eat the spinach unless I chop it up into smaller pieces. They have no problem stripping my lantana, though. Has anybody tried mesquite leaves? Those got stripped pretty quick too.

mine love mesquite. the beans the leaves and the the blooms.