Arizona Chickens

[nurseshelly]

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Awww they are adorable

. Super cute and fluffy!

 

[Smiles-N-Sunshine]

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Exactly what i researched but tell you the truth they are so hard on all other breeds of birds I do not understand why they are protected. I saw one knock another small bird out of the air this morning. I noticed when I first moved to AZ how few birds species there are here compared to everywhere else I have lived, now I know why!

The Grackles we have are nasty, they will go into other bird's nests and eat their babies

Okay, if anyone's still following the subject, crow is legal Sep - Dec, no limit. Raven isn't mentioned in the AZ Game & Fish site http://www.azgfd.gov/h_f/hunting_rules.shtml We're in the range of both crows and ravens, and I couldn't find any endangered varieties in wikipedia, so I won't exactly be wracked with guilt if I pop one attacking my birds.

 

[turkeybreeder]

i need help in giving vaccines to my chicks
we want to give them the marrecks vaccine
i can take them to east valley or west valley and for
the person that helps gets some free turkey eggs

 

[mclevinson]

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9 O'Clock next Saturday Morning it is! C'mon peeps! Come one come all, at least 2 of us will be there and hope to see you!

Hum......I would love to but I can not commit until I know my daughter's for Saturday. She ref's Soccer at Crossroads Park so If she starts at 8:00 I will let you know. She does not get her schedule until Thursday or Friday.

Brenda, keep into touch. opportunities abound!

 

[constance]

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If I were up there I'd be happy to help; I just did my chicks yesterday. It was very scary at first, but once you get comfortable it is not that bad. If you don't have too many chicks, one person could do it. I had about 40, two people, and we barely got through them all, plus my 4 hens, before the 45 minutes were up. Nerve-wracking!

Are you sure you need to vaccinate for Marek's? After doing the research about the disease, I think it is a good idea, but I thought that if they were raised with turkeys, the chicks would acquire immunity through the turkey strain.

 

[LarryPQ]

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If I were up there I'd be happy to help; I just did my chicks yesterday. It was very scary at first, but once you get comfortable it is not that bad. If you don't have too many chicks, one person could do it. I had about 40, two people, and we barely got through them all, plus my 4 hens, before the 45 minutes were up. Nerve-wracking!

Are you sure you need to vaccinate for Marek's? After doing the research about the disease, I think it is a good idea, but I thought that if they were raised with turkeys, the chicks would acquire immunity through the turkey strain.

Not entirely true.

First: the turkeys would have to have Marek's which would kill the turkeys.

Second: The chickens would have to be exposed to the dander of the turkeys before they were exposed to chicken Marek's. Even then, without a blood-borne injection, you are gambling.

 

[Nuclear Chickens]

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You have got to be one of the most funniest people I know. Loved the stink eye lesson.

 

[5pinkarrows]

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poop soup!

We end up with *a lot* of that in our yard, in between cycling water out from the koi pond (fish poop) into the plants around the yard, the chickens mucking around in it (double poop), and of course the regular chicken poop everywhere else.....

I can't take credit. That is a Laree-ism.

 

[LarryPQ]

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Wait? Did I just become quoatable? HOLY COW I AM FAMOUS! OR WISE! Maybe both?

 

[5pinkarrows]

Laree-- I love your stink eye explanation! You always crack me up. And I can't believe you stuck your finger in that fan to see what would happen.

And I have been using the poop soup quote so much that it is just regular vocab around these parts.