Arizona Chickens

[will45ix]

I've got a smallish swamp cooler I use when the air is dry I stick outside the one of the coop windows and let it run till it cools down. When it doesn't cool down I run it 24/7. When it gets real humid I just run the fan. Around noon I start up the sprinkler and move from place to place. I also don't cut my grass to low it holds water and helps cool the ground and I do let them out all day. Enjoy

 

[lacymorgan]

Update on the fake Cemani eggs I bought ebay made them give me all my money back for selling the fake eggs just before they closed their accounts and moved to another one names unknown at this time

 

[dofnup]

Well I won't even try to unload my cuckoo marans roo ... But I've got 3 BLRW roosters, too ... If anyone is interested, lemme know. They are gorgeous!

In any case, I predict a processing weekend awaits me...

 

[houdiniduck]

Well I won't even try to unload my cuckoo marans roo ... But I've got 3 BLRW roosters, too ... If anyone is interested, lemme know. They are gorgeous!

In any case, I predict a processing weekend awaits me...

how old are your BLRW roosters?

 

[MrsFitzDarcy]

Well I won't even try to unload my cuckoo marans roo ... But I've got 3 BLRW roosters, too ... If anyone is interested, lemme know. They are gorgeous!

In any case, I predict a processing weekend awaits me...

What happens if you put a BLRW over a SLW hens?

 

[houdiniduck]

What happens if you put a BLRW over a SLW hens?

nothing. It makes a mixed breed. the silver will actually dilute the red on the babies and take them farther away from the "standard" (air quotes because they aren't recognized yet, but do have a standard.) You can't make BLRW by crossing gold and silver either... The blue laced red is a coloration created by crossing a couple different breeds and years upon years of work. Now we have BLRW and the heritage breeders (like me) are working to a standard of color, type etc. I am just learning, but they are my pure breed I am focusing on.

 

[lacymorgan]

how old are your BLRW roosters?

have any photos

 

[City farm]

Eggervating,

I've been fortunate in that most of my shipped eggs have worked out well, and my last hatch had a 90% success rate for my Dorkings. 

Since I *ahem* HAD to buy a second incubator I decided to add some of my own flock's eggs to that hatching mix. I can't wait to check them in a week's time to see if any of them are fertile and hopefully developing. 

The incubator was such a distraction, all I could do is turn, check, humity, turn, check temp, bla-bla-bla.. Only broody hen's for us now..
However since we are done raising chick's we will only come and visit others & their babies..

 

[City farm]

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!

 

[City farm]

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.

We will be hosting the BYC seed box on the 4 th of July. Pop on over for tea if you don't want to wait..