Arizona Chickens

[City farm]

So this morning a took the girls out for some fresh air and sunshine until it started to get warm in the sun, they didnt know what to think of the sunlight lol. I also added a chicken roost for them to climb on (I'll build a round one for them next week) and drilled pinky sized holes in the box for better air circulation (they cant get out through them as theyre smaller than their bodies and high enough they cant reach them). The water and food containers are up on raised terracotta dishes just high enough to keep them clean and reachable. I made the top, which isnt in the photo, out of hardware cloth with a 4" lip around it so it fits snuggly over the top of their box. Question, is it safe to feed them and "treats" like fresh veggies, fruits, corn in small amounts?

We gave them oats for a treat, small enough for them to eat. Then we eventually gave them other goodies.. Here is a link of some items that you should avoid.. Some items are missing. Some don't agree on citrus.. we have never tried it so no opinion. Although I do love the beding you are using.. We use that in the coop that sit's up high. Is it amigo bedding?

Just now saw that the pst was not added on. Here it is http://www.poultryhelp.com/toxicplants.html

 

[City farm]

Well, my Dorking project isn't going quite as I'd expected. I ordered hatching eggs from two separate Silver Gray Dorking (SGD) breeders, one from eBay and one from here on the BYC. The eBay eggs had an awesome 90% hatch rate....but several of the birds have rose combs and white or colored feathers, suggesting they're not pure SGDs. The BYC breeder did a HORRIBLE job packaging the eggs and and several were broken and oozed out over the remaining eggs. Only one of those eggs developed through ten days of incubation with all but four of them failing to even show signs of having been fertilized. So disappointing! So I've got only one SGD hatching from that group. Here are photos of my first SGD hatch. They're pretty birds...but I've got a lot of work ahead of me.

They are adorable! I've gotten into salmon faverolles. I had really good luck from an ebayer. He packed the eggs in chipped up foam. Like woodchips ... but foam. Out of 13, two were clear and one stopped. I had a few chick deaths because of a respiratory thing and probably just attrition, but I have two pullets that I love. I got 11 (9 girls, 2 boys) from McMurray. I've got a few nice hens, although their wheaten coloring is slightly darker, and one cockerel I really like. I read that Faverolles are from Dorking stock. I would like a Dorking, perhaps just so I could say it. It would be even better if I could find a Scots Dumpy and say "I have Dorkings and Dumpies."

The dorking's are beautiful, the hen's resemble E.E., biefelder, welsumer & jungle fowl.. Of course they all have a slight differenceto each breed..

 

[City farm]

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I am in Tucson, AZ and I have a couple freebie Salmon Faverolle juvies that look like they will be a little smaller than SOP. One is definitely a cockerel. The other could go either way. Please let me know if you are interested.

That is one of my favorite sentence's!!!! e
Anything wth the word, free, plant, chicken or take you out for a meal. IS a favorite sentence!!
We just gave away our tractor.. This is where we house our new incoming chicken's... Need to think about it, along with making the trip..
& always wanting Salmon Faverolle.. Ugh, decisions, decisions..
However, we really want to come & check out @MaddBaggins place..

 

[City farm]

Well it was a good trip to Ca today expect that Southern Ca drivers are quite mad I am sure of that. They drive like they are the only ones on the road Yikes..... Any who I am here to visit family and to pick up some Cream Created Legbars Excited to get them and then to get back home. My hubby will be picking up some Lavender Orphingtons due to arrive tomorrow from Nebraska. And, I dropped off a young 7 month old RI roo in CA he was very excited to meet his new girls.

Here is a photo of my new Cream Crested Legbars they will go in a cage in the morning and then head out for my mom and sisters house before heading for home These are Jill Reese line

Wow, girl ya all are busy.. Sounds eggciting

 

[City farm]

I am in Tucson, AZ and I have a couple freebie Salmon Faverolle juvies that look like they will be a little smaller than SOP. One is definitely a cockerel. The other could go either way. Please let me know if you are interested.

Hay, by the way.. Has anyone heard from
@a little chiken or @Mr lil chiken

 

[DesertChic]

The dorking's are beautiful, the hen's resemble E.E., biefelder, welsumer & jungle fowl.. Of course they all have a slight differenceto each breed..

They are very pretty...but so nervous! I've never experienced such nervous chicks before! So far though I'm really impressed with their growth rates, feathering out rates, and heat tolerance.

 

[City farm]

Here is the couple Rick & Lauren enjoying the weather today.

 

[MaddBaggins]

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That is one of my favorite sentence's!!!!

Anything wth the word, free, plant, chicken or take you out for a meal. IS a favorite sentence!!
We just gave away our tractor.. This is where we house our new incoming chicken's... Need to think about it, along with making the trip..
& always wanting Salmon Faverolle.. Ugh, decisions, decisions..
However, we really want to come & check out @MaddBaggins place..

We're getting so close! Hoping to be open end of June.

 

[desertmarcy]

Ugh, I just came in and showered after stacking my last feed order of 100 bags. That's 5000 pounds picked up and moved and stacked inside by me! The pallets were sitting outside for 2 days and I finally mustered the energy to do it. I can't do it during the day, too hot, too much sun, too many flies waiting to get inside. So after dark it was. This "hobby", which has become a full time job, has certainly gotten out of hand here! I also took all the chicks out of the hatcher. Every one of them hatched. They were due yesterday and I hadn't even looked to see what hatched, just a quick glance yesterday to see, yes..there are some out. That's how nut-sy it is for me right now!
Time for some ICE CREAM and home grown PEACHES!

 

[MrsFitzDarcy]

:droo

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That is one of my favorite sentence's!!!! e
Anything wth the word, free, plant, chicken or take you out for a meal. IS a favorite sentence!!
We just gave away our tractor.. This is where we house our new incoming chicken's... Need to think about it, along with making the trip..
& always wanting Salmon Faverolle.. Ugh, decisions, decisions..
However, we really want to come & check out @MaddBaggins place..

Let me know!