Arizona Chickens

[Tanichca]

good morning everyone! Its a beautiful day on top of Mt.Fagan!

 

[LarryPQ]

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Oi vay. I fear who may be teaching my kids. Be involved in your school!

Ok--this is MAYBE the funniest thing, I have heard EVER.

I like to think that people are inherently good, but I also think some poor folks are unfortunately dumb. Combine the two and you get an eggsplosion of hilarilty!!

 

[Tanichca]

Ok that is infuriatingly stupid. the poor chickies!!!!

 

[LarryPQ]

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Is it? You are paying for the convienence of getting pre-vaccinated chicks, and since Mareks rarely kills before 14 weeks, you are saving tons of money by getting them vaccinated. A 16-week non-laying pullet costs about $15.

So say you bought 20 unvaccinated chicks, they get Marek's, and you are SUPER lucky and only 2 die before point-of-lay. You could have saved $10, have an uninfected flock, and not have to deal with semi-retarded chickens for the rest of their lives.

 

[Smiles-N-Sunshine]

TT! :

What are you guys feeding your chickens, where do you get it, and how much are you paying?

I got a bag of layena pellets and they hate it. I think it is like $17 a bag or something ridiculous.

Purina Flock Raiser (20%) with free-choice oyster shell grit, and scratch grains (graaaaaains! lol) as a daily treat.

My chickens weren't too keen on Layena either, and it's not a good chick feed, so I'm happy to pay the extra buck a bag for Flock Raiser. Plus it's great for a mixed flock like they advertise. $18.19 for a 50# bag at San Pedro Feed and Hardware in Palominas, but I believe any feed store with the Purina checkerboard logo on their sign "should" stock it.​

 

[robinwiththechickens]

I'm also in AZ, but in the high country. I've been worried about both heat and cold. We get such a variance throughout the year I hope my girls do alright!

 

[turkeybreeder]

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Is it? You are paying for the convienence of getting pre-vaccinated chicks, and since Mareks rarely kills before 14 weeks, you are saving tons of money by getting them vaccinated. A 16-week non-laying pullet costs about $15.

So say you bought 20 unvaccinated chicks, they get Marek's, and you are SUPER lucky and only 2 die before point-of-lay. You could have saved $10, have an uninfected flock, and not have to deal with semi-retarded chickens for the rest of their lives.

just finish talking with the state vet department of agriculture
usda certified and he told me there has not been any reports
of any poultry having marek's in the state of arizona
also their is no reports of any having new castle
and he said they do research everyday on animals in their labs
the biggest concern for the state is microplasma
and avian influenza

 

[LarryPQ]

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Is it? You are paying for the convienence of getting pre-vaccinated chicks, and since Mareks rarely kills before 14 weeks, you are saving tons of money by getting them vaccinated. A 16-week non-laying pullet costs about $15.

So say you bought 20 unvaccinated chicks, they get Marek's, and you are SUPER lucky and only 2 die before point-of-lay. You could have saved $10, have an uninfected flock, and not have to deal with semi-retarded chickens for the rest of their lives.

just finish talking with the state vet department of agriculture
usda certified and he told me there has not been any reports
of any poultry having marek's in the state of arizona
also their is no reports of any having new castle
and he said they do research everyday on animals in their labs

Of course htey haven't had any reports. People in AZ dont generally send their animals in for necropsy, because it costs $220 per bird.

I HAVE seen Marek's in AZ, we had a vet involved as well.

The vet recccomended that we did NOT get a necropsy done, because if it was New Castle, then the USDA has the right to come in, put down your flock and all the neighbors', scrape the top 3 feet of soil off your land, and then burn the dirt.

AS FOR THE NEWCASTLE VACCINE: You are NOT vaccinating for NewCastle, which is rare in this part of the country. You are vaccinating for IB, infectious bronchitis, which is covered by the vaccine. IB is common in AZ.

 

[Smiles-N-Sunshine]

Hi Robin!

We're at 5000+ ft elevation here in Palominas. I chose Delawares and Australorps primarily because they're so hardy in both heat and cold. We hit a low of 4 degrees F with 30 mph winds in February , and it didn't seem to bother them at all. Our highs in summer usually don't quite hit 100, and the birds do fine spread out in the shade. Lots of shade. And I replace their water more often when it's hot.

Bryan

 

[turkeybreeder]

here is a list of diseases that they
also check every day
by state department of agriculture
Pullorum-Typhoid Clean
Mycoplasma gallisepticum Clean
Mycoplasma synoviae Clean
Mycoplasma meleagridis Clean
Avian Influenza Clean
Salmonella enteritidis Clean
Mycoplasma gallisepticum Monitored
Mycoplasma synoviae Monitored
Salmonella Monitored