Arizona Chickens

[cavemanrich]

Wonder if human urine would scare them off.

 

[BlueBaby]

SAME!! I would sit on the back porch in sub zero with my rifle and a cup of cocoa just to protect my sweet birds!

im tempted to start shoothing anything in the yard that isn;t my dog or my chickens because i tell you what those javelina are about to pi** me off for the last time -_-

they are trying to dig into my coop!

I have a dog and even he has his own fenced in section in front of the house. The chickens are in the back section of the yard where I can watch them out of the sliding glass door. We have a light on all night by the shed that helps me to see any movement out there. We have no climb wire secured to horse railings on the sides and top of the attached run, and on the sides the no climb extends well below the ground. The top of the run is then covered by wood over the top near the coop. I added some sun screen at the farthest end away from the coop in the summer to help from the sun, and in summer add the misters over there. That way it won't get the coop wet. The coop also has no climb wire attached to the bottom of it, going well below ground.

The only things that I see over here that could be a danger to mine would be dogs running loose in the neighborhood, or coyotes when they run through. Neighborhood cats aren't much interested in my adult chickens, as they are standard sized, and too big for them, I guess. I walk around my chicken section daily, and I have never seen when anything has tried to dig in.

 

[igorsMistress]

I have a variety of breeds since my flock is divided into pures, egg layers and meat birds, but my primary focus is the Naked Neck Turken. I've found them to be the perfect breed out here as they are exceptionally heat tolerant, very feed efficient, have outstanding temperaments, and are very easy to breed for specific traits. I've divided my NNs into egg layers, which average 5-6 large to jumbo eggs each per week and some of my birds lay blue to green as well as pink eggs;

Hi DesertChic.

Did you ger your NNs lically or mail order?

We are setting up a new coop and based on what I've read I'm pretty this is the breed we want.

Thanks much!

 

[DesertChic]

Hi DesertChic.

Did you ger your NNs lically or mail order?

We are setting up a new coop and based on what I've read I'm pretty this is the breed we want.

Thanks much!

My original flock came from hatching eggs purchased from a breeder who has since sold off her stock. That was two years ago. Since then I've simply been working on improving my own flock.

 

[BlueBaby]

Does anyone here live near to Safford? It seem's that there is going to be a poultry show there on January 14, 2017 at the Graham County Fairgrounds. I found the link here:

http://www.poultryshowcentral.com/Arizona.html

 

[Banaynaychicken]

Lot of pictures today!


fair warning there are a lot and they HUGE


Benny (Benatar) being chickeney lol.


These three boys make my morning bright <3


Mercury (close up) and his little golden hue.

Benny sure is a big beautiful boy!

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Mercury again, because he is just too stinkin' cute.

Freddy the goatling!

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Freddy again! Ain't he just a doll?

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We call her Maleficent. She's tempermental, demands attention, and has something against the pigs.....

Chuck the piglet! What a little "ham" lol.

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He was in the middle of a nap

Kiing of the roost!All hail his lordship Benny!

come at me bro *glares*

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A whole lot of Benny and his greatness.

You really can't say no to his face <3

 

[cavemanrich]

@Banaynaychicken
I own the 3 girlfriends for your 3 boys....

 

[BlueBaby]

Hey, is anyone here in Arizona joining in on that BYC 2017 New Years Day Hatch-a-long? I was thinking of joining in, but I haven't made up my mind yet. If I do, the chicks will be the Blues and Splash Australorps this time, as my Splash hen is now putting out good sized eggs now.

 

[MagicChicken]

Quote:

It's tempting. But if I had shot toward that bobcat the other night, I'd have been shooting right at my neighbor's house. Not gonna do it.

 

[BlueBaby]

It's tempting. But if I had shot toward that bobcat the other night, I'd have been shooting right at my neighbor's house. Not gonna do it.

Maybe you could trap it in some sort of cage, and then have someone remove it to another location far away from people?