Arizona Chickens

[BlueBaby]

They are 8 weeks. They have a good size already, but the Cuckoo Marans cockerel is the biggest. The 2 Exchequer Leghorns and some RI Reds are sold. The RI Reds are looking much darker than the hatchery Red Sex-Link that I have. An almost black red, which is what the old time Reds should be. I will be having a difficult time to pick only one cockerel to keep, but they are beginning to crow already. The Welbar cockerels are almost as big as the Dorkings, but are more aggressive and hog the food, one of them is on my list for freezer camp pretty soon! The Marans is scheduled to be first this next Tuesday. I will have to weigh him, but he is the most agressive and is crowing after the big rooster's crow!

Yes, the aggressive one's are always the first that should go, so that peace can be kept in the flock!

 

[BlueBaby]

It is already 92 in the shade here, too. Prescott is supposed to be cooler!

It is! It say's that it's 103 here already.

 

[Parront]

Yes, the aggressive one's are always the first that should go, so that peace can be kept in the flock!

I really like that they are an auto-sexing breed, I am hoping to keep one of the Welbars and a Dorking before I make a final cut!

 

[BlueBaby]

It's supposed to hit 103 degrees here today.

The chick that started to hatch yesterday afternoon is still the same. I can see movement, but it's less chirpy and lively than yesterday. It has a breathing hole. Don't want to interfere too soon.

If you see where you can pick off a little bit more of the shell where it's trying to get out, that may help. There's not as much room for it to work to get out at that smaller end.

 

[Parront]

It is! It say's that it's 103 here already.

We should be 20 degrees cooler! What a crybaby I am, HA!

 

[BlueBaby]

We should be 20 degrees cooler! What a crybaby I am, HA!

Well, anytime that you want to cry from the heat up there, just ask me what mine is, and it will help you to feel better.

 

[Coffee N Chickens]

If you see where you can pick off a little bit more of the shell where it's trying to get out, that may help. There's not as much room for it to work to get out at that smaller end.

Sorry, I was referring to the other egg. One has a hole about halfway between the two ends, started to hatch yesterday afternoon, and is just staying there. I can see movement. This is the egg I was referring to.

The other one has a little pip hole in the wrong end, but the membrane is intact and there is no little beak there. So maybe I was wrong about it pipping on the wrong end, and it got a hole there somehow without using its beak? This is the egg that cracked and I repaired with wax. No signs of movement since yesterday.

 

[Coffee N Chickens]

Well, I'll cry about 103 anyway. I brought home another watermelon so Big Ben can squish it between his toes. Whatever keeps them cool. I also have 3 frozen water bottles in the freezer to use later today, one for each coop/tractor.

 

[BlueBaby]

Sorry, I was referring to the other egg. One has a hole about halfway between the two ends, started to hatch yesterday afternoon, and is just staying there. I can see movement. This is the egg I was referring to.

The other one has a little pip hole in the wrong end, but the membrane is intact and there is no little beak there. So maybe I was wrong about it pipping on the wrong end, and it got a hole there somehow without using its beak? This is the egg that cracked and I repaired with wax. No signs of movement since yesterday.

The one that pipped at the wrong end that no sign's of movement is in has most likely died in the shell.

 

[Coffee N Chickens]

The one that pipped at the wrong end that no sign's of movement is in has most likely died in the shell.

That is what I guessed, but I'll let it have a few more days just in case of a miracle.