Arizona Chickens

[EmmaDonovan]

That is good advice! We both do. I'm a good shot and my roommate is even better. This is Arizona, after all.

 

[BlueBaby]

Well, all of those leg band's stayed on good. The broody is still making the broody clucking sound so she has to stay in her broody jail until she goes back to sounding normal.

 

[Happy Novogens]

For those of you who have exposed nest boxes that have nothing over them (like the pic below) to protect them from the summer sun, do they ever get so hot the hens won't use them? Do you ventillate them?

My nestboxes are exposed to the sun inside the run (with access outside the run to retrieve eggs). They are ventilated at the back.

 

[BlueBaby]

My nestboxes are exposed to the sun inside the run (with access outside the run to retrieve eggs). They are ventilated at the back.

So are the whole flock of yours getting along good now with your newbies? I bet that you are laughing at Lucky's attempt at his new crowing.

 

[BlueBaby]

OMG! Someone over in So. Calf. had their chickens stolen!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/chick-shortage.1567352/post-26603365

 

[EmmaDonovan]

That would be so heartbreaking. There's no hiding any coop we would build here. Because of regulations it has to be far away from other houses which we can only do because we have a corner lot but that means it would be relatively close to the street. We have a 6' fence but anyone tall can look right over it.

Once I was sitting in the backyard and a guy did just that, you could tell he was looking for stuff to steal (this was after our robbery so there wasn't much there). He didn't see me at first so I stood up (I am over 6' myself) and asked him what he thought he was doing. His eyes got big as dinner plates and he mumbled something and left. Then he went around to the front of our house and kicked down our mail box.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

BlueBaby, you are right, things have really changed in the past few years. I don't think we're going to stay here. I know my roommate has wanted to sell the house since the robbery but she moves slowly on things so I don't know when that will happen. She has owned this house since the early 80s. Also, timing is everything in real estate. (Personally, I'd raze the house and build duplexes, which seem to do well around here, and keep this as a rental property, but it's not up to me.)

ChicksnMore, I wish we had the kind of a neighborhood where people know each other but we don't. The lots are ~1/4 acre and larger and everyone really keeps to themselves. We only have a neighbor on one side and we know him a little, he's a nice elderly gentleman who always gets our dogs' names wrong, LOL. We when have hens I hope we can offer him some eggs!

 

[BlueBaby]

BlueBaby, you are right, things have really changed in the past few years. I don't think we're going to stay here. I know my roommate has wanted to sell the house since the robbery but she moves slowly on things so I don't know when that will happen. She has owned this house since the early 80s. Also, timing is everything in real estate. (Personally, I'd raze the house and build duplexes, which seem to do well around here, and keep this as a rental property, but it's not up to me.)

ChicksnMore, I wish we had the kind of a neighborhood where people know each other but we don't. The lots are ~1/4 acre and larger and everyone really keeps to themselves. We only have a neighbor on one side and we know him a little, he's a nice elderly gentleman who always gets our dogs' names wrong, LOL. We when have hens I hope we can offer him some eggs!

I'm on 3 and 1/2 acres over here. Most of the neighbors do not socialize together, but we will say hello to each other and watch out for any problems in the neighborhood. Many of us have chickens or other farm animals.

 

[Happy Novogens]

So are the whole flock of yours getting along good now with your newbies? I bet that you are laughing at Lucky's attempt at his new crowing.

They are coming along, gradually getting better. I recall when I got my first 5 pullets from two different sources, it took them a number of months to get sorted to my liking.

Three of my original 4 girls are still being somewhat bossy to the newcomers, but, then again, they are sometimes that way to each other too, lol. So maybe they are just doing what chickens do. Funny, it's the "top" chicken that is not bothering them. Freydis (one of the Bielefelders) always looks well fed, so it isn't like she can't get near the food! Hennah (the other B) is also holding her own. Lucky hangs mostly with Freydis & Hennah (and has been mounting Freydis). He lets the other 4 girls intimidate him.

They are better now at roosting together at night. Still some squawking, though, as they try to get position.

I caught Lucky testing out his crowing. Hilariously, the other girls then followed him like he was the pied piper. I tried to attach the video, but guess I'll have to upload to a youtube. If you watch it, I filmed it through the window. Pardon the "coop shoes" laying on the ground.

 

[BlueBaby]

They are coming along, gradually getting better. I recall when I got my first 5 pullets from two different sources, it took them a number of months to get sorted to my liking.

Three of my original 4 girls are still being somewhat bossy to the newcomers, but, then again, they are sometimes that way to each other too, lol. So maybe they are just doing what chickens do. Funny, it's the "top" chicken that is not bothering them. Freydis (one of the Bielefelders) always looks well fed, so it isn't like she can't get near the food! Hennah (the other B) is also holding her own. Lucky hangs mostly with Freydis & Hennah (and has been mounting Freydis). He lets the other 4 girls intimidate him.

They are better now at roosting together at night. Still some squawking, though, as they try to get position.

I caught Lucky testing out his crowing. Hilariously, the other girls then followed him like he was the pied piper. I tried to attach the video, but guess I'll have to upload to a youtube. If you watch it, I filmed it through the window. Pardon the "coop shoes" laying on the ground.

Pied piper, huh?