Arizona Chickens

[GoldBarRanch]

hatching out some Frizzles from Mr Wiggles if your interested and some Sizzles soon

 

[Fuzzybird]

I am not a frizzle fan but if a cute hen happens I know Denise will love it.

 

[Fuzzybird]

Guys you are gunna love Kat! She has the neatest miniature collection of animals. Miniature cow, sweet goats, mini horses. All types of birds. The farm is neatly kept! OH and tortoise and rabbits!

 

[SherrieT]

Talk about a staggered hatch !!

Saturday the 21st I set Dorking, B/B/S Orps and BLRW chick eggs AND 4 Royal Palm turkey eggs.

This Saturday I'm setting a dozen Runner Duck eggs.

So I will (hopefully) have babies hatching 3 weeks in a row. I may go mental from the stress............

AND I only have one incubator

 

[Mikey D]

Hi everyone, ive heard about this site so thought id check it out, So guess im a newbie here. I live in Wittmann, Az 45 min from Phoenix and a native . I raise Bantam Silkies, Frizzles, and some projects Sizzles. The most important thing you can do is provide shade and lots water. If you can free ranch your chickens they will find shade and will be very happy. plus keep the bugs ,scorpions, rodents, weeds ect away and feed YOU . Ive seen people put tons of money into fancy coops only to have the high winds destroy them to a pile of match sticks. A simple dog run and a nesting box and roosting stick and a little shade screen works fine and holds up great. if you are hatching chicks just put some chicken wire around the bottom so keep babies in. Ways to keep them cool in our 122 heat: Misters, Fans, portable swamp coolers, frozen water bottles, heavy clay flower pot drip pans filled with water to walk in, shade screens , climbing shrubs. hope this helps

Welcome GoldBar!

All good advice!

 

[Mikey D]

Quote: I assume their wings are clipable...

 

[Mikey D]

I don't understand something! I went through all of Cottons chicks to look for more pasty butt [all clear] and noticed that my silky chicks only have 3 toes! Tumbleweed is the only roo I have and I know he is purebred silky and Cotton is purebred silky. The last clutch had the correct toes so WHAT HAPPENED!

Some of my hatchery spitz are missing toenails & parts of toes. I just tossed it up to poor hatchery genetics.

 

[Fuzzybird]

Some of my hatchery spitz are missing toenails & parts of toes. I just tossed it up to poor hatchery genetics.

It has been a difficult clutch with loosing some of the chicks with pasty butt and not growing. Wonder if w genetics just was not right with this one. But why?

 

[Mikey D]

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YOU WOULD HAVE A BETTER CHANCE BUT STILL NO GUARANTEES!!! cLIPING WINGS ON A VERY REGULAR BASIS IS THE BEST CHANCE TO MAKE THE LITTLE TRAVELERS STAY PUT!!!

I called Pratts and they are not getting peafowl anymore...

I tried Pat's Wings & Things but did not get through.

 

[Memphisjourney2seramas]

Mikey- Try Cackle and mcmurray for peafowl