Arizona Chickens

[Parront]

Roger Is Great! I didn't take any pics yet today as I worked on the Lazy River drainage system with Roger & the egg layer crew "helping".

The lazy river sounds like the duck yard over here!

 

[CaroleW]

The lazy river sounds like the duck yard over here!

It's a COMPLETELY different Lazy River than is it was just a month ago - that's what you get with a distracted work crew like I have - they are scratching DOWN what I pile UP for banks - I constantly have to dredge as it gets shallower. They want to be right where the shovel is to be the early bird getting the worms!

 

[Parront]

It's a COMPLETELY different Lazy River than is it was just a month ago - that's what you get with a distracted work crew like I have - they are scratching DOWN what I pile UP for banks - I constantly have to dredge as it gets shallower. They want to be right where the shovel is to be the early bird getting the worms!

The ducks prefer "Lazy Swampland" I have raked out straw from the drainage rock we have in there. Straw dams it up and makes Duck swampland. It froze solid last night, Duck Ice-rink!

 

[BlueBaby]

@Parront Speaking about your duck's, how are the duck egg's in your new incubator doing?

 

[Parront]

@Parront Speaking about your duck's, how are the duck egg's in your new incubator doing?

New incubator seems to be doing fine. Turns very quietly. They have only been in since Friday night @ 7:00 pm, so I am not opening it until Friday. I Did open it Saturday morning to mark pencil 'X' s to see if the eggs are turning -- they are pretty large. They are turning just fine. The incubator did take about an hour to get back up to the 50% humidity it seems to run at. It feels like a sauna in here, compared to our house which is usually 65.

 

[BlueBaby]

New incubator seems to be doing fine. Turns very quietly. They have only been in since Friday night @ 7:00 pm, so I am not opening it until Friday. I Did open it Saturday morning to mark pencil 'X' s to see if the eggs are turning -- they are pretty large. They are turning just fine. The incubator did take about an hour to get back up to the 50% humidity it seems to run at. It feels like a sauna in here, compared to our house which is usually 65.

I will most likely do a candling tomorrow night, and then mark where the aircell's are at, to start keeping track of them. I should also be able to see if there is any development going on also.

 

[CaroleW]

I will most likely do a candling tomorrow night, and then mark where the aircell's are at, to start keeping track of them. I should also be able to see if there is any development going on also.

I can't wait to see how all your hatches go!

I so want to incubate some eggs but I realized my seed starting shelves are the same area that I need to incubate and brood for at least a couple weeks after hatching so I don't have room to do both at the moment. Putting off incubating till I can brood outside in the greenhouse or separate out another pen in the breeding coop. Too cold outside right now to brood chicks even in the greenhouse.

 

[Parront]

I can't wait to see how all your hatches go!

I so want to incubate some eggs but I realized my seed starting shelves are the same area that I need to incubate and brood for at least a couple weeks after hatching so I don't have room to do both at the moment. Putting off incubating till I can brood outside in the greenhouse or separate out another pen in the breeding coop. Too cold outside right now to brood chicks even in the greenhouse.

I think May is better, too. But, I had to try these Bad Boyz Eggs! I might have some "Bad Boyz the Next Generation" to pluck in about 12 weeks. How is your neighbor's plucker?

 

[springvalley123]

Recommendations please:

I slaughtered my troublesome andalusian, so it's down to 2, 1.5 yr old andalusian hens (the second highest and the lowest, and the pullets. The four pullets are all bigger than the andalusians, but one of them is in a crate due to a probable attack by the troublesome andalusian yesterday morning.

I have a 10x15 secure pen with separate roosts. Do you think I should use this time, now that the re maining two andalusians are caught off guard, to reintroduce the pullets? (still keeping the injured one in the crate) they had been mingling 24/7 and even roosting together. Then I went and put in some more hardware cloth, and that messed things up. And, troublesome andalusian started being troublesome.

general thoughts?

**ETA: the pullets are 22 weeks, not yet laying but starting to redden combs. they're midnight majesty marans.

 

[BlueBaby]

Recommendations please:

I slaughtered my troublesome andalusian, so it's down to 2, 1.5 yr old andalusian hens (the second highest and the lowest, and the pullets. The four pullets are all bigger than the andalusians, but one of them is in a crate due to a probable attack by the troublesome andalusian yesterday morning.

I have a 10x15 secure pen with separate roosts. Do you think I should use this time, now that the re maining two andalusians are caught off guard, to reintroduce the pullets? (still keeping the injured one in the crate) they had been mingling 24/7 and even roosting together. Then I went and put in some more hardware cloth, and that messed things up. And, troublesome andalusian started being troublesome.

general thoughts?

**ETA: the pullets are 22 weeks, not yet laying but starting to redden combs. they're midnight majesty marans.

You could try, and watch to see how they handle it. If you see there's still a problem, you could separate the 2 Andalusian's, as there are only 2 of those.