Arizona Chickens

[deserteggs22]

Oh no, condolence's from us..
What preditors do you have? They will be back.. Our silkie is great..

Where I live, I have just about everything. Owls, Hawks, skunks, foxes, coyotes, and Bobcats.

 

[City farm]

My poor barnyard mixed who's going to be an Olive Egger with Rose comb, got herself stuck this past week. My poor baby!
I think she Wastrying to get back into the cage instead she got herself behind the cage and the wall!

Oh boy what a brat!! How long do you think she was there? Is she okay??

 

[City farm]

Since our girl, Faith just passed today.. We are going to miss her.. She was the sweetest!! R. I. P.

On a good note look what we found on the Internet

It only hold's 12, but for a small gathering it will work..

 

[DesertChic]

Where I live, I have just about everything. Owls, Hawks, skunks, foxes, coyotes, and Bobcats.

Yikes! Do you have a good rifle too?

 

[DesertChic]

Since our girl, Faith just passed today.. We are going to miss her.. She was the sweetest!! R. I. P.

She was so pretty! I'm so sorry for your loss. Biels are such lovely birds. I know the heat has been really hard on mine too.

 

[deserteggs22]

Yikes! Do you have a good rifle too? 

Yes!

 

[FeatherPugs]

Since our girl, Faith just passed today.. We are going to miss her.. She was the sweetest!! R. I. P.


On a good note look what we found on the Internet

It only hold's 12, but for a small gathering it will work..

So sorry for your loss of this sweet girl

. Do you collect egg plates? - I have a number of them myself. Unfortunately I just knocked on of the vintage ones off the wall. One of my favorites of course!! Nice egg plate.

 

[MagicChicken]

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Mites can kill a chicken pretty fast. Especially if the bird is already weak or stressed. I've been battling mites at my place for a couple of years now and haven't noticed any chickens with dilated eyes, so I suspect something else was going on with your bird.

I hardly ever see the mites themselves, even though I check the chickens several times a week in the evening when they are on their roosts. When I find evidence of mites - "dirty" belly feathers and patches of red skin - I treat the whole flock. Wild birds are always getting into my coops/runs. There is no way to keep them out when the chickens are free-ranging, and the chickens seem much healthier when they are let out. So I check them frequently and treat for mites as needed. Good luck with them!

 

[kathy8640]

Hello everyone in Arizona!


This is a great place for information.  I read earlier in this thread about freezing water bottles and ice blocks and put into the water containers.  That's a good idea and I may try it out.  We are also going to set up a mister system. 


I posted this in another thread but I just lost one of my girls the other day. One of my friends who also has chickens in my town say that it could of been heat stroke although it wasn't the hottest day it was actually overcast on Friday which is when it happened.  Just devastated my husband and I. 


We enjoy letting them out to run around when we are there.  They are so entertaining.  I couldn't imagine not having chickens.

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[kathy8640]

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