Arizona Chickens

[MrsFitzDarcy]

Eggervating, & eggciting all in one.
Yeah, we only did shipped egg's once.. No success here with shipped egg's..

My first dozen shipped eggs 9 hatched!

 

[lacymorgan]

Well at least the good thing is with this being a Az thread there is a great chance of just picking up some eggs without having them shipped from each other

 

[DesertChic]

My first dozen shipped eggs 9 hatched!

Very nice! What breed?

 

[MrsFitzDarcy]

Very nice! What breed?

Salmon Faverolles. I've lost a few to a respiratory thing I can't quite get rid of. Also, I think a couple had Marek's and I had to cull them. (I also got 11 from McMurray-2 boys, 9 girls). I'll have to count how many I have left total.

 

[desertmarcy]

Salmon Faverolles. I've lost a few to a respiratory thing I can't quite get rid of. Also, I think a couple had Marek's and I had to cull them. (I also got 11 from McMurray-2 boys, 9 girls). I'll have to count how many I have left total.

Chronic respiratory issues are a drag. You can try treating with Denagard. I had success with it last year. Mixed with water and gave as sole source of water. I will have to look up the dose again if you want to try it. It's a bit pricey though. I think I bought mine at Valley Vet Supply. I treated for longer than necessary, as I remember, I treated for 10-11 days, whatever length of time it was until I ran out of the drug.

 

[MrsFitzDarcy]

Chronic respiratory issues are a drag. You can try treating with Denagard. I had success with it last year. Mixed with water and gave as sole source of water. I will have to look up the dose again if you want to try it. It's a bit pricey though. I think I bought mine at Valley Vet Supply. I treated for longer than necessary, as I remember, I treated for 10-11 days, whatever length of time it was until I ran out of the drug.

Thanks for the heads up on the different antibiotic!

This one?: https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=30e07f7f-7b6a-11d5-a192-00b0d0204ae5&gas=denagard

 

[AZKat]

Hi all! It's been awhile since I've posted, things have been busy around here, and then I had to catch up on the forum, lol.

It's been a crazy year in my garden. We got a good crop on the winter veggies, but not so much with the spring planting, I think that the odd weather we had messed things up.

It certainly had an effect on my peaches. The trees got a heavy crop, and the taste is delicious, but the fruit is the size of small apricots. I usually put a bunch up, but this year they are too small to do anything but eat them and make a big batch of jam. If anyone wants some fresh, organic peaches, pm me. I live in Mesa.

The other fruit trees are doing well, we got good crops from the mulberry, apricot and grapefruit and the plums will be ripe soon. The mulberry tree is over 20 feet, and further research has shown that under ideal circumstances a Pakistani mulberry can get 40 or 50 feet tall. I think that my yard might be ideal conditions.

I've finally convinced my husband to let me set up a rabbit colony, so in the fall I'm going to start raising meat rabbits.

I'm down to nine chickens, since my EE, Jubilation, died this winter, she was almost 6. The other chickens are doing really well. My Russian Orloff, Natasha, is broody, which I'm happy about, since I'm getting chicks in June. I'm getting Red Stars (sex links), Easter Eggers and Fayoumis. I'm really excited about the Fayoumis, since that will be a new breed for me. I'm getting 25 chicks, so I'll have extras if anyone is interested in those breeds.

My youngest is fascinated by the chickens, and I have to watch her carefully, or she'll sneak outside and turn them loose to free range.

 

[MagicChicken]

Hi all! It's been awhile since I've posted, things have been busy around here, and then I had to catch up on the forum, lol.

It's been a crazy year in my garden. We got a good crop on the winter veggies, but not so much with the spring planting, I think that the odd weather we had messed things up.

It certainly had an effect on my peaches. The trees got a heavy crop, and the taste is delicious, but the fruit is the size of small apricots. I usually put a bunch up, but this year they are too small to do anything but eat them and make a big batch of jam. If anyone wants some fresh, organic peaches, pm me. I live in Mesa.

The other fruit trees are doing well, we got good crops from the mulberry, apricot and grapefruit and the plums will be ripe soon. The mulberry tree is over 20 feet, and further research has shown that under ideal circumstances a Pakistani mulberry can get 40 or 50 feet tall. I think that my yard might be ideal conditions.

The heavy crop on the peach tree is likely the reason the fruit size is small. You need to thin the crop when it's a heavy fruit set so the fruit can develop to a decent size.

 

[lacymorgan]

Hi everyone lots of work going on here. Just drew up plans for 8 new paddocks with 6 smaller ones for grow out or two to three birds. I have Tolbunts frizzle smooth and lavender// blue copper chicks do to arrive. Just setting up my breeding programs. I hope to pick up some used Brisnea incubators from people who decide not to hatch next season

 

[AZKat]

Normally I'd agree with you, but in this case the trees have the same number of peaches that they have in past years, they are just a lot smaller, and started ripening almost a month early.