Arizona Chickens

[chicksurreal]

I know you all are waiting to see the chickens I spent 12hours getting.

OMG! Sooo cute!

 

[Sill]

Hi all. I'm still trying to find a home for my smallest aloha rooster. He is friendly, hand raised, hand fed, and picked up and petted daily. I'm going to try keeping the RIR rooster for a while. I hope he crows less with the other 2 gone. I think they just compete with each other.

They sure will quiet down without other roos to compete with!

I know you all are waiting to see the chickens I spent 12hours getting.

Wait, what did I miss? Why 12 hours? Those NNs in that last pic are adorable!

 

[Sill]

.....you're right stinker is an understatement, lol!

Sill might have some fertile quail eggs and
Maybe desertmarcy who is near Tucson might have some but I'm not 100% sure

I do have fertile quail eggs but they are unfortunately way too small for a broody chicken. They get broken by even banty chickens. Quail hens are only 5-14 ounces and the eggs are designed to be incubated by that size bird. I think even Seramas are too big, but I've heard of people hatching them under doves and budgies.

 

[AZChiknGoddess]

The reason it took 12 hours was I had to drive from Tucson to Chino Valley to get them. The NN Silkies make me giggle. They are so kooky looking.

 

[AZChiknGoddess]

I do have fertile quail eggs but they are unfortunately way too small for a broody chicken.  They get broken by even banty chickens.  Quail hens are only 5-14 ounces and the eggs are designed to be incubated by that size bird.  I think even Seramas are too big, but I've heard of people hatching them under doves and budgies.

I have a friend in Tucson who has quail eggs you can try.

 

[moms3cuties]

Beautiful! @ AZChiknGoddess !

 

[moms3cuties]

So how do we know the chicken is a Roo?

* bigger comb and Wattles
* Spurs on each of their feet
* bigger then a hen of that breed

Is there anything else I need to know in determining if I have a pullet or Roo ?

 

[AZChiknGoddess]

So how do we know the chicken is a Roo?

* bigger comb and Wattles
* Spurs on each of their feet
* bigger then a hen of that breed

Is there anything else I need to know in determining if I have a pullet or Roo ?

It depends on the breed but pointy feathers on the neck and saddle are more telling to me than larger combs and wattles or size. Some hens have bigger combs than others. Some boys take longer to develop than others but they cannot hide those pointy feathers.

 

[AZChiknGoddess]

Beautiful! @ AZChiknGoddess !

Thank you. The last two I would not call beautiful, more like....interesting or unusual.

 

[moms3cuties]

So how do we know the chicken is a Roo?

* bigger comb and Wattles
* Spurs on each of their feet
* bigger then a hen of that breed

Is there anything else I need to know in determining if I have a pullet or Roo ?

It depends on the breed but pointy feathers on the neck and saddle are more telling to me than larger combs and wattles or size. Some hens have bigger combs than others. Some boys take longer to develop than others but they cannot hide those pointy feathers.

...Soo if they have spurs or spurs growingalong with pointy neck and saddle feathers,,, then can I safely conclude they Are Roos?!?