Arizona Chickens

[Banaynaychicken]

I was wondering if anyone here would like to have a nice black Australorp rooster? He will be a year old the end of this October. The reason why I am letting him go is because I have a younger splash Australorp cockerel already, and I am working on getting a blue Australorp rooster, too. I don't need 3 roosters. I would like to see him go to a good home with some hens to keep him company.

How would you rate his sweetness?

Does he crow yet often?

I am a teachers aide for a freshman Ag. class, and if there are ay students interested in doing Poultry this year, I could ask if any would be willing to show a rooster ^^

Do you have any pictures of him, so I can use them as reference for the dear wee freshies if they are interested?

I would love to set up something if we can figue out the right student ^-^ I would be teaching them all the basics in FFA poultry showing, of course. How to properly care for and handle your sweet rooster.

 

[Sill]

Gosh if I had the space I'd take him but I'm still building housing and runs for chickens I have on order for this fall. I promised myself I wouldn't ever do that again (order birds before building the housing) but here I am again working on a tight deadline. This chicken addiction really wears you out.

But then again there's nothing like a tight deadline for getting motivated!

Yeah, that's why I breed for temperament. I've got roosters that are human tolerant, some that are human friendly, and some that are downright affectionate. My two Bielefelder roosters snuggle like puppies, jumping up on my lap to literally be hugged against my chest while they relax and fall asleep with their heads on my shoulder. It's incredibly sweet!

My Bielefelder roo was a sweetie like that. It's a breed trait. I just wish they were more heat tolerant.

 

[bunsnpupsnchick]

Great idea for keeping the girls out of the edibles! I'm currently having trouble with sparrows and had to net my raised bed. They were putting holes in most of the leaves and ate the calendulas down to sticks.

Night shade. They get small yellow round fruits full of seeds for the next generation. Get rid of them before they set seed. Wet the ground and pull them out or flame them often to keep from growing back. Had these in the pastures growing up and the livestock just ate around them. Guess they knew they are toxic.

Yep!!! That's it. I pop them out with my weed popper...I don't know what it's actually called...it's a metal rod with a forked end. Being toxic explains why the buns & chicks won't touch them. They're pretty, but **** they hurt with those little thorns!

Sorry about your calendulas. Wonder if there's a kind of smelly plant that would help to deter the birds? Chia (seeds that we can eat) comes to thought....from what I've read it's suppose to be stinky.

 

[BlueBaby]

How would you rate his sweetness?

Does he crow yet often?

I am a teachers aide for a freshman Ag. class, and if there are ay students interested in doing Poultry this year, I could ask if any would be willing to show a rooster ^^

Do you have any pictures of him, so I can use them as reference for the dear wee freshies if they are interested?

I would love to set up something if we can figue out the right student ^-^ I would be teaching them all the basics in FFA poultry showing, of course. How to properly care for and handle your sweet rooster.

Sweetness: Any rooster that won't attack me and moves out of my way when I am working in the coop, is sweet to me. If you mean.. do I pick him up and handle him? No, not since he was a baby. He will be 1 years old in the end of October. Crowing: Yes, but not all the time like that last one that I had did. He is not a show rooster, as he came from Privets. I do not have any recent pictures of him. I am moving my chickens from hatchery stock out, because I am going to concentrate on the newer standard breed of perfection BBS Australorps that I now have acquired from Kurt and the RattlesnakeRidge line. I am also going to be getting rid of the 5 black privets hens that I have (same age as the rooster), but I have a friend who would take my hens, but not the rooster. If no one here wants to take him, I seen an ad on Craigslist maybe a week ago of someone who would come and pick up anybodies unwanted roosters. So, maybe I could try them too?

 

[ejcrist]

Sweetness: Any rooster that won't attack me and moves out of my way when I am working in the coop, is sweet to me. If you mean.. do I pick him up and handle him? No, not since he was a baby. He will be 1 years old in the end of October. Crowing: Yes, but not all the time like that last one that I had did. He is not a show rooster, as he came from Privets. I do not have any recent pictures of him. I am moving my chickens from hatchery stock out, because I am going to concentrate on the newer standard breed of perfection BBS Australorps that I now have acquired from Kurt and the RattlesnakeRidge line. I am also going to be getting rid of the 5 black privets hens that I have (same age as the rooster), but I have a friend who would take my hens, but not the rooster. If no one here wants to take him, I seen an ad on Craigslist maybe a week ago of someone who would come and pick up anybodies unwanted roosters. So, maybe I could try them too?

Just curious but have you bred any of your hatchery stock since you had them? The reason I'm asking is because I'll be getting a couple of Barred Rock chicks from a breeder in the fall and I'm planning to breed the chicks that turn out to be pullets next year with my rooster that I got from a breeder this year. But I'd like to get some practice later this year so I'm planning to breed my rooster with a couple of my best hatchery hens around December or January. I also couldn't find any breeders of Light Brown Leghorns so I ordered some from a hatchery to work with until I can find a breeder somewhere. That way if I don't find a breeder for a long while at least I'll have something going to replace my current hatchery Leghorns when they start going down hill. I read, and seen pictures of the differences between breeder vs. hatchery stock and I know when it comes to good breeders, there's not much of a comparison. But I figure I gotta start somewhere, and if 4-H can breed hatchery birds and enter them in competition I figure I can too. I'm guessing it's possible to eventually produce very good birds to the SOP but it'd probably take a heck of a lot longer, and it's even possible you may never get there. But like I was saying, if nothing else I'll get some trigger time learning how to breed them and hatching eggs, and that'd certainly worth something.

 

[ejcrist]

I was watching You Tube videos on Fleming Outdoors about using a Genesis Hova Bator to hatch chicks, and the fellow on there was saying you want to keep the humidity around 40% up until 3 days before hatching when you remove the turner. At that point he suggested raising the humidity to 60% and said by filling the water troughs in the bottom you'll raise the humidity about 10%-15%. I got to thinking that here in Phoenix the ambient humidity is on average about 5%-10%, and if filling the troughs only raises it 10%, how in the heck would you ever be able to get the humidity up to 40% and higher? What do you chicken raisers do with your setups when hatching eggs? I probably should've waited until I read a book I have on order about hatching and brooding but I figured I'd throw it out there in case there's a simple answer.

 

[BlueBaby]

Just curious but have you bred any of your hatchery stock since you had them? The reason I'm asking is because I'll be getting a couple of Barred Rock chicks from a breeder in the fall and I'm planning to breed the chicks that turn out to be pullets next year with my rooster that I got from a breeder this year. But I'd like to get some practice later this year so I'm planning to breed my rooster with a couple of my best hatchery hens around December or January. I also couldn't find any breeders of Light Brown Leghorns so I ordered some from a hatchery to work with until I can find a breeder somewhere. That way if I don't find a breeder for a long while at least I'll have something going to replace my current hatchery Leghorns when they start going down hill. I read, and seen pictures of the differences between breeder vs. hatchery stock and I know when it comes to good breeders, there's not much of a comparison. But I figure I gotta start somewhere, and if 4-H can breed hatchery birds and enter them in competition I figure I can too. I'm guessing it's possible to eventually produce very good birds to the SOP but it'd probably take a heck of a lot longer, and it's even possible you may never get there. But like I was saying, if nothing else I'll get some trigger time learning how to breed them and hatching eggs, and that'd certainly worth something.

Although that hatchery rooster has been kept with those 5 hatchery hens as a set, I have not hatched any eggs from them, nor do I plan to. I am going to concentrate on these better quality batch that I now have, and plan to add some more of those to my flock in the future. I don't want the hatchery ones mixing with my breeder ones. Keep in mind that all of the hatchery ones that I have are Black Australorps from Privets hatchery. I am being honest about the situation.

 

[Banaynaychicken]

Quote: So cute! Show quality isn't too much of a big deal, atlest for the few students I have in mind. They more want to learn how to care for a bird, and showing would just be a bonus. and OOOHHHH Kurt burds <3

As for craigslist,. eeeeeeehhhhhh.... i don't trust it. Usually people who take unwanted roosters wanna eat them or use them for cock fights. Unless they really are just silly craigslist people who love roosters and want all of the beautiful music they make in their backyard (Highly doubt that though :/ I woudld be one of those odd people if y mom didn't hate roos XD)

I'll ask around the Ag. class today and see If I can find a student who will love and care for your dear little rooster <3

OH i forgot to ask, does he have a name?

 

[ChuskaMtns]

I keep my humidity at 50% the first 18 days, then bump up to 65%. I also use the Hatchabatch app to help keep track of my hatches. Small test hatches I do in a Hovabator 1602n with turner and fan, big hatches I use the GQF 1500 incubator and 1550 hatcher but still stick with the same humidity. With my hens' eggs my hatch rates have been 100%.

 

[ejcrist]

I keep my humidity at 50% the first 18 days, then bump up to 65%. I also use the Hatchabatch app to help keep track of my hatches. Small test hatches I do in a Hovabator 1602n with turner and fan, big hatches I use the GQF 1500 incubator and 1550 hatcher but still stick with the same humidity. With my hens' eggs my hatch rates have been 100%.

Is it hard to maintain the humidity at those levels here in AZ where low humidity is the norm?