Arizona Chickens

[BlueBaby]

Thanks for all the welcomes and warm wishes! I will have some good news to share with everyone soon but I will wait until it is all written in stone. BUT I'm moving to AZ!

That's cool! Now you will have to get all settled in, and get some chickens.

 

[Banaynaychicken]

help happy easter to me, mush to the anger (sorry anger is an understatement, ........ most p*ssed off my mother has ever been-ness) of my parents

my dads mom brought me some little delaware babies.

they are bout a week if not less old, and their names are rosemary (or Rosy Mae) and August.

pretty d*mn cute little things too.

so dad got over ti quick but mom...

shes still fumin'

 

[igorsMistress]

help happy easter to me, mush to the anger (sorry anger is an understatement, ........ most p*ssed off my mother has ever been-ness) of my parents

my dads mom brought me some little delaware babies. 

they are bout a week if not less old, and their names are rosemary (or Rosy Mae) and August.

pretty d*mn cute little things too.

so dad got over ti quick but mom...

shes still fumin'

Did you ask for them?

 

[Banaynaychicken]

Quote: Not a bit. I think I actually argued against it at one point with her, tbh. I don't have the room or time at the moment for chicks

buuttttttt I cant blame the chicks, and I cant give them back to her, or ACE. Im sure these two would rather be at ACE with their friends instead of in a brooder in my garage.

So im just gonna roll with the punches.

I apprecieted the gift greatly, however mad mom may be.

I just gotta give her a day or two, let her get attatched to them

 

[igorsMistress]

Not a bit. I think I actually argued against it at one point with her, tbh. I don't have the room or time at the moment for chicks

buuttttttt I cant blame the chicks, and I cant give them back to her, or ACE. Im sure these two would rather be at ACE with their friends instead of in a brooder in my garage.

So im just gonna roll with the punches.

I apprecieted the gift greatly, however mad mom may be.

I just gotta give her a day or two, let her get attatched to them

I hope she gets attached and isn't angry at you! And I'll bet they're far happier in your garage.

 

[BlueBaby]

Yes!!!!

I picked up a 6 month old Blue Australorp rooster this evening, and now have him in with 5 Australorp hens, so I'll start having the SOP B/B/S fertile eggs again in maybe 3 more days.

 

[Bobby Basham]

If anyone is interested let me know , I have lots of red sexlink chicks for sale they are all females , I also have rhode island reds too

Where are you located and are they hatchery stock, or did you create these yourself? --BB

Bobby Basham
Tucson, Arizona

 

[Bobby Basham]

I don't recommend breeding a blue or splash to a lavender as it creates a mess with future hatches down the line. Unless you plan on keeping all the chicks, keep very good records, toe punch your chicks so you know which carry the lavender/blue genes, otherwise, I would stay away from that breeding. It's best to breed a lavender to a lavender or to a black.

I would say find a book on genetics, whether you're raising poultry, dogs, cats, cattle etc., culling (not necessarily killing) you stock, just eliminating those who don't make the grade. Those experts explain recessive and/or unwanted genes, and it's good to know the original lineage/history of the breed you're starting with because you don't know what gremlins and bad qualities may be lurking in their original gene pool and may not have been bred out.--BB

Bobby Basham
Tucson, Arizona

 

[BlueBaby]

I would say find a book on genetics, whether you're raising poultry, dogs, cats, cattle etc., culling (not necessarily killing) you stock, just eliminating those who don't make the grade. Those experts explain recessive and/or unwanted genes, and it's good to know the original lineage/history of the breed you're starting with because you don't know what gremlins may be lurking in their original gene pool and may not have been bred out.--BB

Bobby Basham
Tucson, Arizona

Bobby, they were replying to a question that I had asked before. I have found a Blue Australorp rooster now to breed to my other Australorp hens, so no worries. I will be staying with the Black/Blue/Splash Australorps, and not adding anything else to them. I'm hoping to get a couple hens of a broody breed from DesertChick though, but won't be hatching out any eggs from them unless they are sold as a mixed breed chicks.

 

[Bobby Basham]

Okay, my bad. I forgot about the original post (I'm not getting any younger...LOL) --BB