Arizona Chickens

[igorsMistress]

That is a very colorful bird!
Looks are not what you taste. Most people don't even eat the skin any more. I eat the skin, and boil the necks (and feet if I can get them) into an excellent soup. Store birds do not make very good soup, no flavor. I just made some yesterday, and had to add chicken bouillon cubes to make it "taste like chicken". When we get settled I am very interested in your birds!

The store birds are pretty terrible, I had to do the same for my broth too.

 

[Parront]

The store birds are pretty terrible, I had to do the same for my broth too.

The necks on DesertChick's birds would make tasty soup, I'm thinking. And look at the size of those feet!

 

[Bobby Basham]

hi there , i have Delawares and didn't socialize them one bit , they arrived with 30 other chicks and they got what the others got attention wise, but out of the pack the Delawares & also the Road island whites were the top friendliest , i have to say the RIW were the most friendly of them all and still are , so thats it for all my 75 heritage breeds of BA RIR BR SLW NHR CW RIW DEL, i chose my hens for temperament first & then eggs laying ability since i have a small egg business here in Bisbee Az. and dont need any crazy birds to deal with , but one other thing i would not get the egg machines made from any cross breeds, like the sex links & so forth they burn out early so stick with the good old heritage breeds like the BA and you wont regret ithave a great day you all

I inquired yesterday at MyPetChicken, about ISA Browns. They told me that they are labeled Golden Buffs, Red Stars and are advertised under different names... this is what they said...

You may also know them by any of the following names:
Red Star
Comets
Golden Comet
Golden Sex Link
Isa Brown
Red Sex Link

I thought ISA Browns were cut from a different mix, setting them apart from your typical sex links. I really wanted to get some, but you can't believe everything you read. Is this another hybrid that's gonna burn out in 18 months?

I was hoping to have a combination of Delawares, Black Australops and some ISA Browns. --BB

 

[BlueBaby]

I inquired yesterday at MyPetChicken, about ISA Browns. They told me that they are labeled Golden Buffs, Red Stars and are advertised under different names... this is what they said...

You may also know them by any of the following names:
Red Star
Comets
Golden Comet
Golden Sex Link
Isa Brown
Red Sex Link

I thought ISA Browns were cut from a different mix, setting them apart from your typical sex links. I really wanted to get some, but you can't believe everything you read. Is this another hybrid that's gonna burn out in 18 months?

I was hoping to have a combination of Delawares, Black Australops and some ISA Browns. --BB

Bobby, the hatchery chicks are like that. You never know what the bloodlines are, or what they could have been mixed with. It's anyone's guess!

 

[Diannastarr]

ABOUT THE LAYER FEED As far as that goes i called the company that made the chick started i used, asking that same question when to stop with the chick feed and this is what i was told its very important to feed the layer feed at the right time ,they said i could start feeding it at the time i called , my pullets were like 13 to 14 weeks old, cant remember exactly right now but i switched over to their layer crumbuls that day.! good thing because all of my then australorp pullets started laying at 16 week , right on time with all my other pullets of the years before, so i was also told that this was the most important time for them coming onto this stress of laying eggs & for their entire life time to come , its like all females needing that extra calcium support you dont want to leave young layer at a loss for calcium at that time in their lives , if they dont get it their bodies might take that necessary calcium from their bones , like can happen in young woman , plus calcium is most important to any female to help support the reprotuductive process , so not wanting any young layers developing a prolapse or becoming egg bound i would specifically make sure your young girls had all they need during that most critical time in their life.

I inquired yesterday at MyPetChicken, about ISA Browns. They told me that they are labeled Golden Buffs, Red Stars and are advertised under different names... this is what they said...

You may also know them by any of the following names:
Red Star
Comets
Golden Comet
Golden Sex Link
Isa Brown
Red Sex Link

I thought ISA Browns were cut from a different mix, setting them apart from your typical sex links. I really wanted to get some, but you can't believe everything you read. Is this another hybrid that's gonna burn out in 18 months?

I was hoping to have a combination of Delawares, Black Australops and some ISA Browns. --BB

the BA & Dels & the road island whites , are wonderful happy sweet funny birds , the isa yes are sex links just another hybrid gonna burn out in 18 months.! exactly..!! and besides sex links do have a lot more problems like prolapse & egg binding, because in there first years they are just egg machines...! very unhealthy for those poor birds to bad they are born that way to live such a life . if you wanted a brown or gold color bird in your flock i would look for ORPS they are sweet beautiful birds ,

 

[Diannastarr]

I will always sing the praises of Naked Neck Turkens. I know some people don't like their looks, but they're the best dual-purpose bird I've raised and shrug off the AZ heat while other birds drop from heat stroke. Some of my boys reach 9 lbs, and some of my girls reach 6 lbs. And, because they have 50% fewer feathers than other breeds, they're much quicker and easier to process. And SUPER friendly.

I breed mine in two flocks - one group of "meat" birds and one group of "egg layers", which lay every color of egg from white to brown to blue to green.

Here's one of my recent favorites:
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hi
Desert Chic i have been interested in your NN turkens we had some of them in the 1960' on our horse farm in CT, turkens are sweet & strangely cute HA , so any time you have some for sale..? , im in Bisbee not that far from you , i have been interested in heat resistant birds seeing that other breeds are not the best when it comes to the heat of AZ & i love the show girl silkie NN look Ha, but want standard size birds that are good in the heat of AZ , so i have been again interested in NN turkens and any colorful eggs would be great..!! do you have any frizzel NN ever..?? i would be very interested, in what ever you have so let me know , take care thanks

 

[Bobby Basham]

Bobby, the hatchery chicks are like that. You never know what the bloodlines are, or what they could have been mixed with. It's anyone's guess!

I remember reading a few years back, either in one of the hatchery magazines or Backyard Poultry when the ISA Browns were featured, and how they were superior to other sex links out there. There may have been a hint of what bloodlines they used. I still have a pile of those hatchery magazines and should go back through them.

Hatcheries have a minimum number which is too many for me, so I have no choice but to go somewhere like MyPetChicken or find a local breeder for a smaller quantity. I also don't want a Red Star, Golden Comet etc., when I specifically ask for an ISA brown.

Some of the magazines specifically distinguished the ISA Browns from the other sex links, but was a little disappointed that MyPetChicken didn't make that differentiation. --BB

 

[Bobby Basham]

I will be at the Arizona fair this year. Can't wait to see all the chickens.

Where is the Arizona State Fair? Oh duh, would that be at the Pima County Fairgrounds?--BB

 

[Bobby Basham]

ABOUT THE LAYER FEED As far as that goes i called the company that made the chick started i used, asking that same question when to stop with the chick feed and this is what i was told its very important to feed the layer feed at the right time ,they said i could start feeding it at the time i called , my pullets were like 13 to 14 weeks old, cant remember exactly right now but i switched over to their layer crumbuls that day.! good thing because all of my then australorp pullets started laying at 16 week , right on time with all my other pullets of the years before, so i was also told that this was the most important time for them coming onto this stress of laying eggs & for their entire life time to come , its like all females needing that extra calcium support you dont want to leave young layer at a loss for calcium at that time in their lives , if they dont get it their bodies might take that necessary calcium from their bones , like can happen in young woman , plus calcium is most important to any female to help support the reprotuductive process , so not wanting any young layers developing a prolapse or becoming egg bound i would specifically make sure your young girls had all they need during that most critical time in their life.

the BA & Dels & the road island whites , are wonderful happy sweet funny birds , the isa yes are sex links just another hybrid gonna burn out in 18 months.! exactly..!! and besides sex links do have a lot more problems like prolapse & egg binding, because in there first years they are just egg machines...! very unhealthy for those poor birds to bad they are born that way to live such a life . if you wanted a brown or gold color bird in your flock i would look for ORPS they are sweet beautiful birds ,

Thank you so much. I was looking for another friendly brown egg layer. I live alone, so there is no need for a prolific egg machine.

 

[igorsMistress]

The necks on DesertChick's birds would make tasty soup, I'm thinking. And look at the size of those feet!

Yup! I'm planning for spring eggs to hatch and hoping to get some from her.