Arizona Chickens

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Love em. Dry out fast, don't clump nearly as much as wood shavings, but are equally or more absorbant. The only thing I do not like is that they are considerably messier (easier to kick out of cages, pens or coops).

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Neighbors are either a blessing or a curse. I am so glad you proved them wrong.

My fly problem has started in earnest. Unfortunately, this year it IS me. We let the weeds get too tall, and I couldnt find all the dog poop. Add that to a batch of non-stop turding meaties and I am fly central.

Not that I am alone in my neighborhood. EVERYONE has an aviary of some sort. My big complaint is the lady with the ducks and the stagnant water. I think my veryveryvery first BYC post was about her. Yesterday I realized someone has a full half-acre of peacock aviary. I haven't heard them squawk once.
...gonna go make nice nice and offer to hatch eggies for free. Shane says I can't have peafowl, but OH I want to hatch some.


Back to flies: I started battling the flies early this year, but a few days after I dried out the coop, it rained. And rained again. SO: Currently I have 6 fly traps in strategic places. Yesterday I mowed the lawn and today I spent all moring with a shovel, hacking at the weed bases. Tomorrow morning I am going to get all the poop, re-till the chicken run and meatie pen, and dump all the chicken poo/mulch into the "cooking" part of the garden.

...Asssuming the DH brings my wheelbarrow back. He stole it yesterday for a job, I havent seen it yet.

I've wondered if we can feed Simplifly (for horses) to chickens, and what the dosage would be...

 

[LarryPQ]

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Constance made some really good points, though. Please don't sit in the corner--we like it when you keep things all stirred up--like for the Chicken Math tutorial we are (impatiently) waiting for.

There are so many good tutorials out there. What could I possibly add?

Did I mention I think my neighbor breeds peafowl? I am SO going to go over an do some kiss-up. I want to hatch some, but the DH wont let me KEEP them. I could be that neighbor's BFF when my bator clears up....

 

[stevensonm]

Thank you
Is that an online only store or is there a location you can go to?

thx
Shaun

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[turkeybreeder]

i just finish nominating some members
of byc hope they win

 

[Nuclear Chickens]

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Constance made some really good points, though. Please don't sit in the corner--we like it when you keep things all stirred up--like for the Chicken Math tutorial we are (impatiently) waiting for.

There are so many good tutorials out there. What could I possibly add?

Did I mention I think my neighbor breeds peafowl? I am SO going to go over an do some kiss-up. I want to hatch some, but the DH wont let me KEEP them. I could be that neighbor's BFF when my bator clears up....

You sound like me. My wife says I have turkey envy. Just because I stop on the dirt road and look longinly into their pen. Got dragged away from the pen at the feed store because I was checking out the peacocks too. I have a 2 1/2 acre yard and it only has 26 chickens in it. Really I need more....... I'm not addicted I telll you! I can quit any time I want to. I just don't want to.

 

[turkeybreeder]

this week i am going to put some 2 week old,
11 weeks old and 17 week old chicks
delaware cross and buff orpingtons
white jersey giant chickens from my flock
of chickens some turkeys on craigslist
hopefully they get a great home standard bronze
turkeys full grown great beeders only one year old and
red star chickens one year old and delaware hens and rooster
i might retire from raising turkeys and just raise chickens

 

[stevensonm]

What kind of chicks will you have

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Will have chicks on Mothers Day.

 

[stevensonm]

I am new here can you tell me a littel bit more about the types of chickens you have the eggs they would lay teh color and how much you are asking?

thx
Shaun

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[turkeybreeder]

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Will have chicks on Mothers Day.

cool me too blue, black, splash ameraucanas
on mothers day and some more on friday
also blue, black, splash cool blue eggies