Arizona Chickens

[Born2blove]

Barred Rocks are wonderful! I have three and they're my favorites! Great personalities, hardy, and friendly.

The feed stores usually sell heat lamps. I know I got my replacement heat lamp bulb from WalMart, so you may even be able to buy one there.

If you're buying chicks then you will need a brooder setup. When I got my chicks I bought an over-sized Rubbermaid storage tote, adding 3 inches of pine bedding to it, placed the heat lamp on a homemade stand above the brooder pen, and added portioned water and feed trays.My chicks spent four weeks in this setup and did very well, and it was very inexpensive. Make sure you have a good starter food for them to eat as well, and very fine grit if you plan to give them treats (such as meal worms).

Thanks

I will shopping for brooder setup to night when I get home, than go pickup these chick tomorrow
where you get pine bedding?
How long they will stay in brooder?
what is the best tiem to release them into coop

 

[City farm]

Here are the new arrivals

Chicks on a mat with pictures of chicks...LOL! They almost blend in with the picture. Very cute! What breed?

Thanks, Wheaten Ameraucana, Isbar, & a mix of either Swedish flower- cream legbar- bielefelder. Some egg came from a friends mixed pin so we will have to wait and see. One of the WA has yellow feather, possibly a rooster or a mix, and the other is a creamy white.

 

[allsummedup]

10$ For an olive egger chick that's pretty steep.

Also I have a couple of incubator up for rent if anyone is interested in doing a small hatch. Mine only hold 6 eggs. I've tested them both and had good hatches.

Also looking for chocolate orps. Eggs chicks or adults.

 

[AZGardenFarmer]

Thanks

I will shopping for brooder setup to night when I get home, than go pickup these chick tomorrow
where you get pine bedding?
How long they will stay in brooder?
what is the best tiem to release them into coop

I get my Pine Bedding at WalMart. It's bedding for Hamsters and Guinea Pigs but my hens lovee it.

 

[City farm]

 

Barred Rocks are wonderful! I have three and they're my favorites! Great personalities, hardy, and friendly.

The feed stores usually sell heat lamps. I know I got my replacement heat lamp bulb from WalMart, so you may even be able to buy one there.

If you're buying chicks then you will need a brooder setup. When I got my chicks I bought an over-sized Rubbermaid storage tote, adding 3 inches of pine bedding to it, placed the heat lamp on a homemade stand above the brooder pen, and added portioned water and feed trays.My chicks spent four weeks in this setup and did very well, and it was very inexpensive. Make sure you have a good starter food for them to eat as well, and very fine grit if you plan to give them treats (such as meal worms).

Thanks

I will shopping for brooder setup to night when I get home, than go pickup these chick tomorrow
where you get pine bedding?
How long they will stay in brooder?
what is the best tiem to release them into coop

We use a box or a plastic tub for a brooder, yes home depot has the light you need. We use tree dropping's from our yard for bedding outside, or pine from a neighbor. In th e brooder we use paper towels. Easier to change 1-2x a day. Not exactly sure on when their feathers come in but probably at least 1 1/2 months.. We have hens that do all of that..post up photos.. If I were you I would post up for a local breeder and get a variety of chicks.. Trust us when we all say chicken math is a for real thing..

 

[moms3cuties]

it's only day 2 and Josh's they just catch the light brown egg I don't know what it is but its cute and it's crawling around like Brinsna incubator

 

[Beckyhsinglsc]

I just call Mesa Feed barn they has some Barred Rock for under 3$.
Is this brreed easy to take care and they can handle summer heat?
where I can get heat light for the chick? Does homdepot has that type of heat light
What do I need before get these chick

Barred Rocks are great! Usually friendly, smart, and hardy. My barred rock chick survived a hawk attack!
If you do get Barred Rocks... pick the ones with the darkest feathers and the most black on the front of their legs. You'll be more likely to get pullets then.
Also, any time you get chicks make sure you check each one for deformities or injuries. Check the beak and toes, especially.

Home Depot will have the lamp and Walmart usually has the red bulbs. If you use the regular white bulbs it disturbs their sleep at night.
You can put them outside when they are fully feathered but you might want to have them adjust to the cold gradually.
Mesa Feed barn has small waterers, feeders and chick starter.

 

[DesertChic]

Thanks

I will shopping for brooder setup to night when I get home, than go pickup these chick tomorrow
where you get pine bedding?
How long they will stay in brooder?
what is the best tiem to release them into coop

You can get pine bedding in large bundles at Petco and in the pet section at WalMart. I think the feed stores sell it too, but I always found it to be more expensive there. Check the pet sections for rabbets, guinea pigs, etc. That's usually where it's kept.

Moving them from brooder to coop is dependent on several factors, not the least of which is the weather at the time. I was able to move all of my chicks out to the coop when they reached 4 weeks because the daytime temps were still in the 80s and the nights were mild. I spent a week acclimating them to the outdoors by turning off the heat lamp in the day time and decreasing the temp of the lamp every night until the nighttime brooder temp matched the nighttime outdoor temps. The colder it is outside the longer you may need to wait to transition them. There are a lot of different ideas about raising them though. You should check out some of the forum threads for beginners. There's a lot of good info there. I know of some people who only kept their chicks in the brooder for 2 weeks, and others who went 8 weeks. Raising chickens isn't a black and white issue. There are a lot of methods, ideas, and strategies.

 

[Beckyhsinglsc]

Quote: I usually keep my chicks on paper towels the first few days and then switch to pine shavings.
Mesa feed barn has pine shavings. They have a big compressed bag for about $10 that will last you a long time. I like the fine shavings for chicks and chickens.
Good luck and make sure to post pictures of your chicks!

 

[houdiniduck]

@Born2blove I got my pine bedding at walmart for under 8 bucks, a huge cube of it. When doing your brooder just make sure that they can get out of the heat lamp area if they get too hot. I use a big plastic rubbermaid tub and I got my lamp from homedepot, bulb from petsmart. Make sure your wattages match up. Chicks should be fully feathered before going outside, but you can take them on little field trips outside to get them used to colder temps. We take ours outside when we work in the yard and will probably put them outside once they are about 4 months old, but I have big chickens too.