Arizona Chickens

[City farm]

That's exciting! Nothing like new seeds sprouting or new chicks to get you moving. Here's a used stock tank. http://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/for/4534208131.html

I love repurposing things! Here's a rusted out water trough that my MIL was going to throw away, I planted some extra tomato seedlings in it and WOW! they are doing great.

YES! This is exactly what we are looking for, just longer.. One for the pond & one for the garden.. Then I plan on building raised garden beds for another part of the yard..

 

[flower]

i have a severe UTI. i thought the pain was from my spinal stenosis but um no.

Besides the pain the infection makes you fell terrible as the entire body is affected. I am in empathy with you as both problems have been experienced. Hope that you are feel in much better by now.

 

[a little chiken]

Besides the pain the infection makes you fell terrible as the entire body is affected. I am in empathy with you as both problems have been experienced. Hope that you are feel in much better by now.

I am defiantly feeling better than i was on Monday. Thank you. I need to get better so I can make the carrot cake for Sunday.

 

[K9Dave]

I am defiantly feeling better than i was on Monday. Thank you. I need to get better so I can make the carrot cake for Sunday. 

Like a true mother. Trying to get better to cook for other people.

I myself and having the pleasure of doing a 2 day prep for a Colonoscopy/Endoscopy tomorrow. Glued home and to you know what and can't eat anything solid until tomorrow afternoon.

 

[Bobby Basham]

Colonoscopy is a breeze. I wasn't in there very long and went shopping at the mall accross the street. The will only do the procedure if you bring a driver with you because you cannot take the bus, taxi or any other public transit to get home for liability purposes.

Have you hugged a recordplayer today? --BB

Bobby Basham
Tucson, Arizona

 

[AzDesertChooks]

Do any of you use sand in your runs? I use a mister and fan in the run and it is covered with a shade tarp so the soil gets real wet. I thought if I had sand in it it would be better.

 

[chicksurreal]

Do any of you use sand in your runs? I use a mister and fan in the run and it is covered with a shade tarp so the soil gets real wet. I thought if I had sand in it it would be better.

I haven't used sand yet, but I know it drains well. We haven't had an issue with overly wet soil, but I'm getting ready to set up a fan in the run. The poor babies got so hot today. I had to water down the areas that they were hanging out in while free ranging several times because it kept drying out. What kind of misting system do you use? I've considered that option on the days that it gets SO hot.

 

[a little chiken]

Like a true mother. Trying to get better to cook for other people.

I myself and having the pleasure of doing a 2 day prep for a Colonoscopy/Endoscopy tomorrow. Glued home and to you know what and can't eat anything solid until tomorrow afternoon.

yuck!!!!! that is no fun Dave.

 

[AzDesertChooks]

I haven't used sand yet, but I know it drains well. We haven't had an issue with overly wet soil, but I'm getting ready to set up a fan in the run. The poor babies got so hot today. I had to water down the areas that they were hanging out in while free ranging several times because it kept drying out. What kind of misting system do you use? I've considered that option on the days that it gets SO hot.

Right now we only have a flexible mister (see below) that I set on a patio table and I have a heavy duty fan behind it...so it acts kind of like an evaporative cooler. I use it everyday, so the ground doesn't completely dry and gets soggy by afternoon.

http://www.thegreenhead.com/2012/03/flexible-cooling-mister.php

 

[mom-to-5]

I haven't been on lately and there are too many post to completely catch up.
I lost two of my laying hens today with the heat. I'm so bummed! One barred rock and one BO. They were both hatched last Oct so this was their first summer. They have shade (from trees and a shade cloth), plenty of water, mister was on and there was 1/2 of a frozen watermelon I put out at noon.
Now I have 6 laying hens and 7 10-week-old's. I'm hoping we don't loose any more but I thought we were doing everything right. Anything else I should be doing for them? I feel terrible!
I was expecting the chicks to have a harder time but I didn't expect two of my layers to die especially with all the precautions I was taking.
Tomorrow I will put out ice blocks several times during the day in hopes that will help. So sad!
Anything else I should do?