Arizona Chickens

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[City farm]

 

[FeatherPugs]

 

[FeatherPugs]

 

[AZKat]

I have ten lantana seedlings that decided to volunteer in my front yard. If anyone wants one, PM me. I don't know how well they will transplant, but for free its at least worth the try. I'm not sure of the color, but most likely they will be the pink/white/lavender/yellow variety.

 

[desertmarcy]

Hi all, I haven't been on the BYC forums as much: guess the FB groups are keeping me too busy! Here's some updates on what's going on:

I am getting eggs from some of my 2015 hatched Black Copper Marans, Blue Ameraucanas, and a couple of the Barred Rocks now--most are all still small pullet eggs, so I sell them at 1/2 price since it takes 2 of them to make 1 regular egg!
Some of the Black Copper Marans eggs are nice and dark this year. Thinning out the birds has become a real job, and I'm running out of freezer space. I still have approximately 35 heritage Barred Rock cockerels, 4 months old and older, and they are getting big!

If anyone wants to get one of my organic, fresh, processed (ready to cook) heritage turkeys for Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Year's, there is only a little over a week left to buy at last year's price @7.50/lb: deposits received after Sept.1, price is going up to $8.50/lb. This is processed weight and includes heart, liver, gizzard, and neck in the body cavity. I also am still selling live turkeys, for pets/breeding/or processing yourself!

The Royal Palm turkeys are going. I've had too much trouble with this variety with pendulous crop over the last several years. Kept trying to breed it out, but it keeps "cropping up" or down actually

They have always been one of my favorite turkey colors, so it is a hard decision to make, but I have plenty of other turkey varieties. I have two 2 year old hens left and quite a few youngsters I hatched out before making this decision. They are all going to have to go.

We had that mild May to lull us into thinking this summer was going to be nice, but no! It has been horrible here, I've lost quite a few chickens to the heat and other things. When you have over 300, some are bound to not make it, but it's always sad to lose one and not even be able to make a meal out of it (sorry if that sounds callus, but for me they are farm animals, not pets). The rains have been very spotty, and while some parts of Tucson have had a lot, we have had only about 0.5" the whole summer. I am approaching chicken burn-out and trying to decide how much longer I will be willing to be stuck in Tucson the whole summer without a break from the heat.

 

[CluckCluckNewb]

Hi all,

I am looking for some Silkie hens near the Tucson area. Any ideas where I can find some chicks??


Cheers and thanks for the help,
CluckCluckNewb

 

[DesertChic]

Hi all, I haven't been on the BYC forums as much: guess the FB groups are keeping me too busy! Here's some updates on what's going on:

I am getting eggs from some of my 2015 hatched Black Copper Marans, Blue Ameraucanas, and a couple of the Barred Rocks now--most are all still small pullet eggs, so I sell them at 1/2 price since it takes 2 of them to make 1 regular egg!
Some of the Black Copper Marans eggs are nice and dark this year. Thinning out the birds has become a real job, and I'm running out of freezer space. I still have approximately 35 heritage Barred Rock cockerels, 4 months old and older, and they are getting big!

If anyone wants to get one of my organic, fresh, processed (ready to cook) heritage turkeys for Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Year's, there is only a little over a week left to buy at last year's price @7.50/lb: deposits received after Sept.1, price is going up to $8.50/lb. This is processed weight and includes heart, liver, gizzard, and neck in the body cavity. I also am still selling live turkeys, for pets/breeding/or processing yourself!

The Royal Palm turkeys are going. I've had too much trouble with this variety with pendulous crop over the last several years. Kept trying to breed it out, but it keeps "cropping up" or down actually

They have always been one of my favorite turkey colors, so it is a hard decision to make, but I have plenty of other turkey varieties. I have two 2 year old hens left and quite a few youngsters I hatched out before making this decision. They are all going to have to go.

We had that mild May to lull us into thinking this summer was going to be nice, but no! It has been horrible here, I've lost quite a few chickens to the heat and other things. When you have over 300, some are bound to not make it, but it's always sad to lose one and not even be able to make a meal out of it (sorry if that sounds callus, but for me they are farm animals, not pets). The rains have been very spotty, and while some parts of Tucson have had a lot, we have had only about 0.5" the whole summer. I am approaching chicken burn-out and trying to decide how much longer I will be willing to be stuck in Tucson the whole summer without a break from the heat.

Approximate what weight do you expect the processed turkeys to be?

 

[desertmarcy]

Approximate what weight do you expect the processed turkeys to be?

11-15 lbs for toms, 7-9 for hens. They will be 6-7 months old.

 

[cyborg]

@desertmarcy are you selling any of the Barred Rock cockerels?