Arizona Chickens

[BlueBaby]

O boy not good!!!! Has anyone gone through the process with dept of Ag to sell eggs as a business?? Is this something that necessary

I have no idea, but that was thousands of egg's lost from that.

 

[BlueBaby]

Now that the heat temps have been rising, how is everyone's flock doing? Have you started prepping the coop and run for summer yet? Better to get it all ready before it's way too hot.

My flock is doing ok. My normal daily egg count has been 8, but today they gave me 10 egg's. I've sold 9 dozen egg's this month already, and still had plenty for us, the dog, and some for the chickens.

 

[BenisonsChickns]

My ladies are doing well my white leghorn laid a fairy egg on Friday and hasn’t laid this weekend so she may be taking a break she’s only 2 though. Been averaging 3-5 eggs from the 5 girls over the last two months. Their new coops provides really good shade all day if they want it. The chicks are growing fast, feathers are coming in their 3 weeks old this Tuesday. Starting to think about getting out in the yard but worried as we had a coyote in our alleyway today

 

[BlueBaby]

My ladies are doing well my white leghorn laid a fairy egg on Friday and hasn’t laid this weekend so she may be taking a break she’s only 2 though. Been averaging 3-5 eggs from the 5 girls over the last two months. Their new coops provides really good shade all day if they want it. The chicks are growing fast, feathers are coming in their 3 weeks old this Tuesday. Starting to think about getting out in the yard but worried as we had a coyote in our alleyway today

Yes, those predators can make thing's rough. Everything want's to eat chickens.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

Our flocks are doing okay. We have fans on the coops and we put ice in the waterers and Chik'N Aid in one of the waterers for those who want it. When it goes over 90F we provide ice water foot baths and frozen 2L water bottles. We haven't turned on the misters yet.

Is it a bad idea to have new chicks in May? One of our Bielefelders has gone broody. We're considering getting her some eggs to sit on. If you've hatched chicks in May how did the chicks do during the summer months?

 

[EmmaDonovan]

Is there a chance that they couldn't breathe in there?

That does not seem normal. It should not be too dry for them. How hot is it under the coop?

Also, I'd try and contact Uncle Jim's. Considering how fast that happened I'm inclined to say something is wrong with the worms themselves. Maybe keep them inside for a night or two with the replacements to see what happens. I'd try to split your next batch in half when you put them outside to see if it's the outside that killed them, or if you really did just have a bad batch.

I wanted to follow up on this - I bought some more mealworms locally and they are doing well. We give them potatoes and carrots. The heat doesn't seem to bother them. The tank is under the coop which is under a tarp so they have double shade with good airflow. The worms are big and very active. I saw our first beetle two days ago.

There's a sizeable pile of discarded exoskeletons and maybe five or six dead worms. Should I remove them or just leave them?