Arizona Chickens

[meetthebubus]

@Diannastarr I got my second batch of buffs, the ones I still have, at a cal ranch store love 'em!

 

[Diannastarr]

Oops, sorry. When I say screen, I mean quarter-inch hardware cloth. I wouldn't use anything else. Everything will be quarter-inch, including the run.

o yeah exactly ,you certainly are right in that choice , and me having 75 birds all hand raised , i can tell ya all the stuff that gets hard to clean HA...lol.. and i would never do again....lol.

go for more babies!! little chickies looking for a lovely home.. lol

say what kind of chicks you got there ..? right on & so very cute indeed...!!!

 

[Diannastarr]

@Diannastarr I got my second batch of buffs, the ones I still have, at a cal ranch store love 'em!

GREAT THANKS thats good to hear thanks for the heads up...!!!

 

[Diannastarr]

@Diannastarr I got my second batch of buffs, the ones I still have, at a cal ranch store love 'em!

thank you soo much you helped me to decide , so thats a yes for me on buying the ORPS FOR SURE HA GREAT i love it

 

[Diannastarr]

My first order of wood was bought sight unseen. Spent about $800, and they delivered it on a big pallet in my driveway. I think I'm gonna go to the store and pic out the individual pieces, maybe a few more 2x4's to reinforce the roof of my run.

golly yes that happens all the time , my husband had to go hand pick the wood most of the time,and even bring back the bad stuff , when he was alive.

 

[SonoranChick]

I second that, for sure, I love BOs. I got mine in hopes that she would act kind of like a puppy, and she has been more than a pleasure. She's a plushy little lap hen

 

[Diannastarr]

What breeds?

RIR, BUFF ORPS, & A FEW MORE of the regular kinds most feed stores carry , I forgot the rest since i was not interested &being a bit sleep deprived with some short term memory loss....HA...lol.... but sorry i would give them a call...!! just to see what your store has..? or if they even have chicks at all...???

 

[Zchickens1269]

@Zchickens1269 Let me know how those 2 Blue Australorp's settle in for you.

Will do! So far, so good. I made a separate cage area in the coop for them, so the other girls can see them and be around them, but can't get to them. We'll let them free range a bit tomorrow under supervision, then keep them in the separate area when they go back in the coop.

 

[Diannastarr]

I love my Delaware! She's a total ditz but she handled last summer like a champ. I am waiting until next summer to really see who can tolerate the heat best. Mine were in the brooder until July so we missed those god awful days that were 120 degrees thank goodness. Husband and I are looking on craigslist for a old swamp cooler to throw on the nest box area, because my barred rock likes to sit on her eggs for hours and hours. Does that mean she's gone broody? She's not aggressive, I can pick her up and collect the eggs. But she will sit. all. day. on her nest. I'm worried about next summer EXACTLY yeah you cant let that continue she could die .

the Delawares seem to be doing ok in the heat here in B isbee , they sure can take care of business they are very friendly but wont be pushed around either, but mine are escape artists....lol.... every morning 3 or 4 of them are on my front porch HA waiting for breakfast to arrive so all year i have been trying to find out how they keep doing that...??? when all my other hens are all still locked up tight in their coops from the night before...?? so i have taken to calling them my little brat Houdini hens HA ....lol...

And I just sold 2 young blue Australorps to another member here. She told me she will take some pics and keep me updated on them.

HEY RIGHT ON...!!! that sound great..!!

 

[cactusrota]

Picked up the last two that hatched last night. That makes 35!! I had covered the grate door (this brooder is also a mini coop) with plastic and they figured out this morning that the sun on the plastic makes it nice warm. All seem to be doing really well so far.