Arizona Chickens

[Mikey D]

OK - so I got zero done on the new coop today - I spent the day in the backyard.

Cleaned out the coop/run/grow out pen

Sprayed Oxine all over EVERYTHING!

New litter.

Put up a bucket bracket

Made a 4 nipple water-er out of a Homer bucket.

Put up a shelf in the grow out pen.

Made a heat lamp attachment on the shelf

Bought an ultrasonic humidifier - filled it with diluted Oxine and switched it on!

What a day!



Princess utilizing the new water-er with 2 poofies blocking the view



No worries - there is no power to that open electrical box.



The young'uns slept outside last night - the big girls are not happy they lost part of their run again.

(Am I anthropomorphizing?)

 

[Mama Hen Chris]

OK - so I got zero done on the new coop today - I spent the day in the backyard.

Cleaned out the coop/run/grow out pen

Sprayed Oxine all over EVERYTHING!

New litter.

Put up a bucket bracket

Made a 4 nipple water-er out of a Homer bucket.

Put up a shelf in the grow out pen.

Made a heat lamp attachment on the shelf

Bought an ultrasonic humidifier - filled it with diluted Oxine and switched it on!

What a day!



Princess utilizing the new water-er with 2 poofies blocking the view



No worries - there is no power to that open electrical box.



The young'uns slept outside last night - the big girls are not happy they lost part of their run again.

(Am I anthropomorphizing?)

You sure did have busy day. Love the new additions you made to the coop. I think you need another day off.

Hubby installed water nipples today for the big girls. I should have taken a pic. They went and checked it out and a couple of them figured it out. He used the last nipple on a pop bottle for the little girls. Will see how everyone likes them.

 

[Mama Hen Chris]

Not chicken related, but...Look what we found when we opened up our TinkerToy set. They really should have listed him on the "contents".

And I thought the stork brought babies!!

D is getting so big. Why can't they still little longer?

 

[Mama Hen Chris]

Finally! Someone got bit by the silkie bug. Way to go novaleigh!
On a sad note, I went out to my silkie coop yesterday morning and found my black silkie pullet dead it seemed for no reason. I have never had that happen before. I just did a mite/lice check when laree's post came out, but I regularly check them. Then this morning, another one down, lethargic, not dead. I picked her up and checked her over head to all her crazy toes. There they were, mites hiding on her poofy head and not that many. I made the 6 year old help me catch all the birds and eprinex every one of them. I hope I am not too late for this silkie. Tomorrow will be dusting all the babies and juvies, but I checked them and they were fine but I will take no chances. Coops will be cleaned and dusted. Ducklings are in the garage.

So sorry to hear this. Hope all goes well with the other one.

 

[kevs-chickadees]

this morning: six crowing roosters and not a sharp knife in the entire house.

there is always SOMETHING to delay me...

oh, good morning to all

So did you end up doing it anyway? How did it go?

 

[notinoz2007]

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haha, thanks for asking. actually we went and bought a filet kit (on clearance at wally world) and processed 4 this afternoon. we chose the skinning option and i think it went pretty well. took the longest time on the first, learning where to make all the cuts and so forth. all total, 2 hours and lots of learning experience. i am proud of myself, a little amazed that i did it.

going to dust the coop tomorrow and worm the girls next week, getting everything in order for when they start to lay - which hopefully will be SOON. oh, quick question for everyone. is it ok to worm pre-emptively, or should we wait until we need to?

 

[AZBootsie]

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haha, thanks for asking. actually we went and bought a filet kit (on clearance at wally world) and processed 4 this afternoon. we chose the skinning option and i think it went pretty well. took the longest time on the first, learning where to make all the cuts and so forth. all total, 2 hours and lots of learning experience. i am proud of myself, a little amazed that i did it.

going to dust the coop tomorrow and worm the girls next week, getting everything in order for when they start to lay - which hopefully will be SOON. oh, quick question for everyone. is it ok to worm pre-emptively, or should we wait until we need to?


I prefer to worm whether they need it or not. That's probably the way most others do??

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

If you wait until you KNOW you have worms, there is already a very bad infestation. Would you wait until your dog had heartworm to give meds?

 

[itsredcandy]

I cracked. I got myself a silkie..... I couldn't help it. I also couldn't resist 2 game bird chicks (not sure of their breed, but they are both different). Do they offer C.A. (Chickens Anonymous) meetings somewhere?

 

[Fuzzybird]

Here are my silky chicks 3 weeks old. The dark ones are sizzles and so is one of the lighter ones. These chicks came from the eggs I got from Aurorarose! 6 are paint silkies. I thought only one was going to be a color but the older they get the more color is showing up. I think I have 2 splash! I know I can't keep them all but it is so hard to choose. Of course I will keep them until I know who are roos. Thank Aurorarose sooo much!