Arizona Chickens

[CheerfulHeart2]

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When she lived in a log cabin that had chinks...and therefor was prone to bed bugs, my grandmother would set the legs of the bed in containers of kerosine to keep the bed bugs out.

My father uses DE to kill bugs. I think it would work on scorpions, you have to freshen it up every so often or it cakes and the crawl over it rather then through it. Through it is important to get them. Also, it takes some time for them to dry out after walking through it...maybe a day or two.

So sorry about the scorpion sting...how scary to have little ones around them. Good luck sorting it out.

 

[ChrystalGail]

Thanks everyone! The feeling is finally starting to return to my hand and arm. It's amazing how strong their venom is! We have removed the bed skirt and pulled all the beds away from the wall about 4 inches. I think that will help a bunch for them getting into the bed. We are going to be starting with a new pest company soon, so hopefully they will be able to do a more thorough job. It's still a mystery to me why after having him do our home for the past 4 months and having about 3 total in the house since we moved in the beginning of June that we all of a sudden had 4 just this past week. Oh well....

Rufus, I used to have some of that chalk in California that we bought in China Town in SF. I didn't know if was illegal now! Wow! Good to know...

I do worry about the kids, but we are close enough to the hospital that I think they will be fine if anything does happen. They have been taught early on what a scorpion is and how to avoid them.

BTW, for revenge I kept the scorpion in a jar and fed it to the chickens! That's what he/she gets for getting me while I was sleeping!!! I know it's a bug and doesn't understand, but I do! HeHe....

Here's some pictures...

 

[alanb]

I'm on your border on I-10 in Blythe , CA .. It's hotter here than Arizona , and my hens quit laying in july and august , so I feed scratch to economize .... Of course it has a lot of corn !!! what should I feed in place of the Scratch ? ? ..... ALAN B .

 

[Enjaytoo]

btrent, after talking to AZ Game & Fish, it was my understanding the current laws state you need a permit for Ringnecks, Gambels, Valley Quail, Chukar etc ("native" birds) and I think thats minimal anyway like $5.00 (?) For ornamentals like Amhersts and Golden, no permit is needed from what I found out, hence why stores can sell the Ornamentals but NOT Ringnecks and Chukars.

Thank you btw

We think he is beautiful

 

[btrent94]

Really? WOW that opens up all new doors

edited to add: well i bet their still illegal where im at cause im not even suppose to have chickens

so i doubt that i could keep pheasants

and one thing i could never get a clear answer on during my research is do they make alot of noice ?

 

[Enjaytoo]

Well, poultry is poultry is poultry if you know what I mean I'll PM you re: the noise...

Hope everyone has a great weekend, stay safe! I'm staying put and hopefully getting my shipping crate coop at least painted...Took 3 guys to finally get it out of the garage to the backyard....not terribly heavy but terribly awkward...

 

[whyliewoo]

Hi Folks, I'm new to the AZ forum and new to chickens. I was interested in getting some chicks this week and have a question.

Do any of you keep a brooder in your garage this time of year without a heat source? My garage has been around 95-99 degrees throughout the course of the day. I was reading about gradually decreasing the temperature over 6 weeks, so I'm also worried that after a week or too it would be too warm in the garage.

How dusty do these critters get? I suppose it depends on what you put in your brooder. I've read pine shavings are best, but I wouldn't mind hearing other suggestions.

Thanks for the info.

 

[Enjaytoo]

My pleasure btrent, anytime

Check youtube for a video on that "screech"

WELCOME Whyliewoo! I think a garage in AZ would be way to hard to regulate the temp...one spike when your at work or out and....not good. For brooders I like using paper towels or blue shop towels....just roll them up and replace..no dust (other than the birds lol), clean, and readily available...easier to keep the waterers clean too without shavings getting in there.. Congrats on the new upcoming babies and again, welcome!

 

[Tonopah Pati]

Good Morning Arizona. Looks like we are to have another nice day.

ChrystalGail, I know how scary the scorpions are. It must be the season. My son has killed 5 in the past week. Thank goodness they were outside. However they were close to the house. They have a doggy door. I am sure that they can get in there. The bad thing is that they can climb up on anything. WE did not feed them to my chickens as they had sprayed all around the area. I got stung on the side of my foot a couple of weeks ago and I still am feeling it. Not as bad as it was but I know it is there. You might think about a house cat. they are so good at killing critters like that. Also spiders.

I still am looking for the blue/violet color Cochin chicks. I found an ad on CL for some silkies, Black and White. I am checking into that also.

EnJayToo, I sure would like to see some photo's of the coop. I also have been thinking Pheasants to raise, for meat birds. Can you keep them in the same pen as the chickens?

What do you have?

 

[ArizonaDesertChicks]

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I've never kept new chicks in the garage, but have kept them in an outdoor shed before (but still used a heat lamp). This was in the fall & winter and we didn't need to worry about them being overheated at that time.

I've got 25 easter egger chicks coming next week and plan to keep them inside for the first 2 weeks (better socialization with people) and then move them out to the shed for another week (too big & stinky to keep inside any longer). After that, I plan to keep them outside in a safe run during the day and inside the shed at night till they are about 6 weeks old. If it cools down a lot, I'll put the heatlamp on them while outside too.

As for chicken dust: When I've kept chicks in the house before, once they reached 2-3 weeks old and started trying to get out, I covered their brooder with an old window screen. The screen probably kept the dust inside the brooder and I don't remember the dust as being a problem. But.... so far, the most chicks I've ever had inside was about a dozen.