Arizona Chickens

[NuggetMama]

They are SO cute. I am so happy that you have them near you so you can at the least enjoy having chickens around you

 

[NuggetMama]

@CoolKids these are my little girls. The ones I have as pets that always come into the house. The Easter egger that likes to pose for pics and selfie’s name is Kazuki. She loooveesss to be held lmao and is such a character!

 

[EmmaDonovan]

@CoolKids That looks like a nice coop!

 

[springvalley123]

Then last night, just before bed, my no-light heat lamp gave out on the brooder. Thankfully I had an extra bulb in the shed. So at 10 pm last night, I was walking out back in my pj's to retrieve the bulb.

How did you know it was out, do you have a monitor on them?

 

[Happy Novogens]

How did you know it was out, do you have a monitor on them?

It's on a thermostat.
I had the lamp, bulbs, and the thermostat from when I had a hedgehog.

 

[cavemanrich]

Seeing a hawk perch 15' from the run made me want to try something.

Firecrackers.

 

[NuggetMama]

It's on a thermostat.
I had the lamp, bulbs, and the thermostat from when I had a hedgehog.

That's a really awesome idea to have them on a thermostat that you can check like that !

 

[Happy Novogens]

That's a really awesome idea to have them on a thermostat that you can check like that !

It really does work well. I'm glad I already had that. It shows my set temp and then shows the actual temp, cycles on and off as needed. And with no light, doesn't disrupt their sleep cycle.

Also from my hedgehog days, I had an extra thermometer, so I have that probe hanging on the cool side so I can also see the temp there (seen in pic at lower right).

 

[NuggetMama]

It really does work well. I'm glad I already had that. It shows my set temp and then shows the actual temp, cycles on and off as needed. And with no light, doesn't disrupt their sleep cycle.

Also from my hedgehog days, I had an extra thermometer, so I have that probe hanging on the cool side so I can also see the temp there (seen in pic at lower right).

That is so interesting. I never knew you could have a heat lamp that doesn't do light! I hate doing that to my chicks. Where I had the light for the first batch and it just kept them in constant light all the time like at Cal Ranch. I thought it was so rude to make them sleep with the lights on!

 

[BlueBaby]

Today's chick pic from me. They are more used to being in the grow-out pen now and are spreading out in there more now. 2 of pullets are down at the other end by the water, so only these 4 made it into the picture.