Arizona Chickens

[cavemanrich]

I rounded up all the "hidden" eggs yesterday to the tune of 28!

Made you instantly the wealthiest person on your block

 

[BlueBaby]

Well, I picked up another 100 pound's of pellet's and a 50-pound bag of mixed scratch this afternoon from my local feed store. I had the whole flock on the crumbles, but I think they are all big enough for the pellet's now and the pellet's are less messy as it's less waste.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

Care to share any photos of them? (the chickens not the pellets, hahaha)

 

[cavemanrich]

Now I'm starting to feel like a High Roller again
No,,,, not from today,,, but from 4 days worth
My hens just recently started laying again. The small eggs are from my Banties.

 

[springvalley123]

That's mallow. Tortoises LOVE mallow.

You can make tea out of it too.

 

[springvalley123]

So chickens don't like change! But---I bribed them to tolerate one more change.

I moved houses, and took the easiest chicken coop/run with me and tried to make it work. But even in the desert, I really needed the steeply sloped roof of my large poultry walk in run. So I got help in bringing it to the new place and putting it up. Then I added a doorway in it to separate an area of it for baby chicks I have arriving in a couple of weeks.

A couple days ago I finally let the birds into the newly erected run. Kept them in it 24/7 a couple days then let them into the yard as usual, but I had blocked the old run with a segment of fencing. They got "stuck" once looking at the door to the old run, but easily bribed to the correct run with sunflower seeds.

So, they have their walkin poultry run back in our new home, and are roosting and laying in it, not trying to get into the old one any more. YAY!

 

[BlueBaby]

So chickens don't like change! But---I bribed them to tolerate one more change.

I moved houses, and took the easiest chicken coop/run with me and tried to make it work. But even in the desert, I really needed the steeply sloped roof of my large poultry walk in run. So I got help in bringing it to the new place and putting it up. Then I added a doorway in it to separate an area of it for baby chicks I have arriving in a couple of weeks.

A couple days ago I finally let the birds into the newly erected run. Kept them in it 24/7 a couple days then let them into the yard as usual, but I had blocked the old run with a segment of fencing. They got "stuck" once looking at the door to the old run, but easily bribed to the correct run with sunflower seeds.

So, they have their walkin poultry run back in our new home, and are roosting and laying in it, not trying to get into the old one any more. YAY!

Congrats on the new house, your flock, and the new chick's arrival when they get there!

 

[cavemanrich]

A couple days ago I finally let the birds into the newly erected run. Kept them in it 24/7 a couple days then let them into the yard as usual, but I had blocked the old run with a segment of fencing. They got "stuck" once looking at the door to the old run, but easily bribed to the correct run with sunflower seeds.

The way I view this situation in people terms.
The Chickens are the Politicians.
You are the Professional lobbyist.

 

[Happy Novogens]

I am heartbroken and furious!! I just found that our dog killed one of our chickens! She was my favorite chicken out of the 5 I have. She followed me everywhere.

I am beside myself in anger at my dog for having done this. He has been fine with them since we have had them. He was a rescue and is food aggressive but there was no food out for him to "protect." I was just going out to close the run since they'd gone to roost so it just happened. I had been watching the chickens through the window just minutes earlier-- all 5 accounted for. I am soo mad at my dog!!

 

[BlueBaby]

I am heartbroken and furious!! I just found that our dog killed one of our chickens! She was my favorite chicken out of the 5 I have. She followed me everywhere.

I am beside myself in anger at my dog for having done this. He has been fine with them since we have had them. He was a rescue and is food aggressive but there was no food out for him to "protect." I was just going out to close the run since they'd gone to roost so it just happened. I had been watching the chickens through the window just minutes earlier-- all 5 accounted for. I am soo mad at my dog!!

I know that some people insist on free-ranging no matter what, but if your flock and the dog are out there at the same time, it will more then likely happen again. Maybe if you are going to free-range, you can make sure that your dog is in the house at that time so that it won't happen again?