Arizona Chickens

[desertmarcy]

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

Yes, that's the one.

 

[desertmarcy]

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.

Here is a photo of a BLRW cockerel I used to have. I don't keep them anymore but they sure were beautiful. Years and years of work is right. When I was told the top breeder in the country said he'd have to hatch out 200 chicks to get one good one...well I just wasn't in a position to work with that breed. Black Copper Marans are hard enough. Oh, and they were soooo sloooowww to lay and mature...no eggs until at least 8 months old.

 

[desertmarcy]

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.

We are up to our eyeballs in peaches right now. Big ones, too. Maybe it was that load of composted poultry manure Victor put on the tree this year

 

[DesertChic]

I am nominating myself for a post in the Chicken intervention part of this page. I was looking at my babies and I have 78 babies from 3 days to 4 weeks and 44 on the way between three breeds and 12 eggs in the bator

And I thought I was bad! I've got 41 chickens outside, plus another 40+ eggs in incubation right now.

 

[lacymorgan]

And I thought I was bad! I've got 41 chickens outside, plus another 40+ eggs in incubation right now.

LOL I will be driving to Ca to pick up about a dz more babies in two weeks. I am going to visit family and will get Reese line Cream Crested Legbars while I am there. Sometime the end of this month or early next month I will be getting 10 lavender Maran chicks and 18 blue copper some of which I will be selling. Don't need or want 18 but it was the minimum order

not sure how just wanting to get a few laying hens turned into this chickdiction but I love it.

 

[Twinklin]

The new run extension is finally done!

I have a few small security things to deal with before they can be outside unsupervised for an extended period of time. After taking these pics I had to put up some green plastic 1x1" mesh because I found out my silkie can squeeze through the wire fencing on the parts where I haven't doubled it up yet. I was planning on lining the whole thing with the plastic mesh anyway because last year the wild birds were a pain in the butt and I want to keep them out this time. I also need to bring the wood down to the ground further in a few spots where the ground is uneven and there's small gaps. I think I'll just nail in some 2x6s or something to fill them out. The coop is still getting revamped this week. It's getting all new sand and a full disinfecting wash and a new set of roosts to hopefully accommodate all the different breeds since my last silkie couldn't get up with the other girls. I'll be starting the lowest one much lower than the old ones and I'm going with 2x4s instead of round poles this time. They should be set up to move outside in the next week.

 

[lacymorgan]

The new run extension is finally done!

I have a few small security things to deal with before they can be outside unsupervised for an extended period of time. After taking these pics I had to put up some green plastic 1x1" mesh because I found out my silkie can squeeze through the wire fencing on the parts where I haven't doubled it up yet. I was planning on lining the whole thing with the plastic mesh anyway because last year the wild birds were a pain in the butt and I want to keep them out this time. I also need to bring the wood down to the ground further in a few spots where the ground is uneven and there's small gaps. I think I'll just nail in some 2x6s or something to fill them out. The coop is still getting revamped this week. It's getting all new sand and a full disinfecting wash and a new set of roosts to hopefully accommodate all the different breeds since my last silkie couldn't get up with the other girls. I'll be starting the lowest one much lower than the old ones and I'm going with 2x4s instead of round poles this time. They should be set up to move outside in the next week.

wow very nice paddock

 

[dofnup]

Pics!!! I tried to crop and point out the BLRW roos as much as possible. No joke, but it's pretty much: if it's splash, it's a hen, if it's true blue, it's a roo

They were hatched the first week of February and are barely beginning to try to crow. Honestly, the only one I can hear is the Marans.

 

[LadyKotaDoria]

Hi Guys, some of you do not know me, some of you I hope will remember me. I am in central Mo, south of 44, out side o Salem. I was lessening to the news when they told the story of Rent-a-Chicken business. The family that started it has been able to quit their day jobs. http://theeasychicken.com/ I just had to tell everyone back home, you may already know about it, I do not know.

My friend has only 4 hens and 1 handsome roaster now. They just didn't need more eggs. But he has always had chickens everyplace he has lived.

I have a picture to post but the web sit is acting up. I will try to post a picture of their web sit.

I will be back this fall for an operation. Then off again in the spring.

 

[houdiniduck]

Pics!!! I tried to crop and point out the BLRW roos as much as possible. No joke, but it's pretty much: if it's splash, it's a hen, if it's true blue, it's a roo

They were hatched the first week of February and are barely beginning to try to crow. Honestly, the only one I can hear is the Marans.

Where are you located? I have the oposite problem, I wanted a splash or two, hens, and I have all blues. nothing else.