Arizona Chickens

[Sill]

Here are some new pictures of my black chicken (10 weeks)…maybe a Langshans since there are feathers on the feet.

Feathering looks pullet, but those are some wattles!

Got the first egg from the newest chickens! I thinking its from Sunny, one of the gold sex links

Congrats on the new layer! First eggs are always fun!

 

[Sill]

Lost a Partridge Cochin yesterday. Actually, I just found the body yesterday, looks like it had been dead for at least a week or two. I had a coop pushed up against a wall, and it apparently got wedged behind the coop and couldn't get out. So many chickens running around, I never realized I was missing one.
There are many, many ways for chickens to die, the number 1 reason is predators, 2 is diseases or sicknesses, 3 is probably chickens killed by other chickens, and it looks like coop/run layout needs to be added to the list.
I have made my run about as predator proof as humanly possible. I am learning about diseases and treatments as fast as I can. I keep an eye out for any "personality clashes" and separate any chickens that can't get along, and have enough room for any chicken to escape from a bully.
Now, I guess I need to take a look at how the run is laid out, and eliminate any "squeeze" areas that a chicken couldn't escape from by itself.

Sorry about loosing your Cochin. They sure can find ways to die.

 

[ladylauren44]

I had a black bantam frizzle go the same way. Took us over a week to find her. At the moment we are missing a Peking duck with a little top hat/afro. Her name is flop and she has been missing for about 3 weeks now. I'm almost certain a predator got to her, I'm just confused over the lack of feathers anywhere! It's like she just vanished out if thin air....

 

[ladylauren44]

We reduce the amount of hay we add to the pen during monsoon season. Helps a bunch.

 

[carnivore]

Chickens and their trees! Now that my babies are free range, they just love to hang out in the trees! And they jump off the porch, and pretty much whatever else there is to jump off of haha

I got stepped on by my friends draft horse once, that broke my toe, and not two weeks later, my pig was running around and stepped on my toe and omg that hurt more than when it originally broke haha, thankfully that was the only time I broke a toe 

Cool, where are the meetings, and where can I sign up for the newsletter? And yeah, it does look painful, but she doesn't seem to care, and it looks healed so I don't know what to do about it, if I need to do anything :/

OK, the place is a little hard to find. I just got off work and it is late, so I will send you a PM tomorrow explaining how to get there.;

 

[K9Dave]

Yep that's me he's such an @$$. My girls make noise when they lay eggs and while I'm out there they talk to me (a lot!) and another one of my neighbors comes over just to listen to them talk. Meanwhile there is a chihuahua next to me (directly behind him) who barks constantly if she can set one of my chickens or if there is another dog barking or if a human is anywhere around. And another neighbor has 5 dogs that never shut up and there is a hound dog that howls all day, etc, etc...you getmy point yet I'm the one he complains about and gets the cops called on me. It's likehe's got personal vendetta or something.
He's really gonna hate life though because a friend of mine who happens to live on the other side of him has decided to get chickens AND turkeys lol!

You really should bring your wife up here it is so much nicer. Slower pace, usually nicer, more open people. And it's not so dang hot! Let me know when you come up we can hang out at Trail Riders (that restaurant in front of Bashas) and talk chicken.

Haha. That's hilarious. Pretty soon he'll be surrounded with nature and for some reason, he'll still be ****** off. You can't please everyone. I would leave at least one dozen eggs for him so that at least there was an attempt at him not being an A-Hole.

Trail Riders, yeh that's it. I bet that bartender misses me. I got there early every Saturday so that I could get my channel on the tv in the bar. I would also tip right off the bat to keep the channel there because not everyone wants to watch LSU Football I guess. Ha

I really enjoy that little breakfast place (maybe in Springerville) for their Chicken Fried Steak and Eggs. Yum.

We were coming up there to spend our anniversary but decided on the lake instead. I was sick and it was miserably hot. We should've came to the mountains. I think my wife's company has other locations and one is in Showlow so there's hope at least.

 

[burbgirl]

Thanks so much for your reply.
Yes, I am sure ventilation has something to do with it. There are two 24" windows which are almost always open, so I am thinking that perhaps
a vent fan needs to be installed to keep air moving. I completely cleaned out the house, put all new pine shavings down, and the next morning when I let them out,
all the overnight droppings had blue/green growth already forming. I was so discouraged! I am thinking that maybe I need to just remove the pine shavings during monsoons and just line the house with newspaper, Then when the rain stops and things dry out in September, I can start using the shavings again. Hmmm....

 

[City farm]

Are you the original person that started the Arizona thread??

It says they joined BYC today.

Yeah that is what I thought, just wanted to ask..I had better give a proper welcome??

 

[City farm]

Sorry I don't live in Arizona but I am preety sure that there's chickens that can handle the heat.Paynemom.

So glad you joined in..

 

[City farm]

I had a black bantam frizzle go the same way. Took us over a week to find her. At the moment we are missing a Peking duck with a little top hat/afro. Her name is flop and she has been missing for about 3 weeks now. I'm almost certain a predator got to her, I'm just confused over the lack of feathers anywhere! It's like she just vanished out if thin air....

Oh man we hope that you find her.. We so love our ducks!!
AND talking of welcoming new members here, check out this welcome from another member..
I had to use it,, I am not good or have the ability to create this, so with that said Enjoy a sweet photo.. Also, you just gave us a name for one of our new ducks.. Lauren.. Yeah. e