Arizona Chickens

[parentwarrior]

I sell them for $2.75. I will sell them to the board members here at BYC for $2.25. I'm at Ray and Val Vista on the SE corner.

You are right by our home. I will check you out. I have never been to a water and ice store. Thanks for the discount! My husband put in a mister for my new enclosed run. I have a fan in there too. My one didn't even pant today at all.They don't go into the moist mister area at all but it cools the air down around it. I just moved my 2, 8 week olds inside it. I still need to build the coop inside the cage. That is our next project. My husband in-closed the back corner of our yard under a grape trellis. It is so funny, they are jumping for the grape leaves and having fun climbing over the branches. One ate a tiny not ripe grape whole, I hope she is OK. I just picked up a baby Barred Rock and Auracana I have them in a separate cage outside. I have a heat lamp on them at night. I might have to take them in tomorrow but I want them to get used to the heat so they adjust easier.
Kris Owen

 

[Mikey D]

Anyone have any tips on keeping the birds out of the chicken feed besides using a trendle feeder. Besides giving free lunch to all the neighborhood wild birds I worry about the diseases they could be spreading. I had their feeder in the run and moved it into the coop to try to keep the wild birds out. Not sure if that will work. I figured it would help since they won't be able to go through the chicken wire and would have to fly in and out of the door. I can bird net the entire run (it is a 6' x 14' chain link dog kennel with a top cap) as a last resort if I have to. If I hung a curtain or strips of material in front of the door to the coop would the chickens walk through it? I don't think the wild birds would fly through the strips but I was wondering if the chickens would be scared to go in and out of the coop? Anyone try anything like this?

As soon as I put in a pop door I'm going for strips also.

Gallo reports that it'll keep out everything except the sparrows.

 

[parentwarrior]

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Love it! You are giving me great ideas. I am just about to build my coop. I am new to chickens.
Kris

 

[In2Ice]

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Darn it! The sparrows are the problem

 

[parentwarrior]

Darn it! The sparrows are the problem

I have the same problem. They did under the cage even just to get in. They are determined guys! Anyone local have a quail?
Kris

 

[AZKat]

Just a heads up on Market on the Move, the normal distribution are going to stop at the end of May, and pick back up in November. If you buy a membership (which is a really good deal, $100) you can go to the summer distribution at the main site in Phoenix, which happen twice a month.

 

[AZBootsie]

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This is adorable!! Really nice job!!

 

[AZBootsie]

Bootsie those last 8 unhatched eggs I broke open. 4 were early dudes. 2 made it half way and two full term but something kept them from hatching. I am happy with my 7 healthy fuzz butts and the cute turklets I got from Puffy.

I usually do the eggtopsy thing too....but most of the time I can't figure out what went wrong. If you want to hatch more, let me know. The wheaten Marans eggs are getting bigger and I am wanting to stick them with an Ameraucana roo to make some Olive Eggers. But, it will have to wait. Right now I am drowning in chicks, which of course means in a couple of months I will be drowning in roosters!!

 

[kevs-chickadees]

I brought home some 11# solid ice blocks from my store. I own a Water & Ice Store in Gilbert and make the blocks on site. During the real hot days last week I put 1 block in the coop at about 10:30 in the morning. When I came home for dinner at 6:00 there was still some left (about 20% of it). The girls loved it. They pecked at it, stood by it, stood on it, layed on it and drank the ice cold water from it. I only put out 1 block for 4 chickens and it seemed to keep them really cool during those hot days. I just thought I would share because the next 2 days are supposed to be really, really hot with extreme heat warnings. Most Water & Ice Stores sell the solid blocks. Don't use the blocks from Circle K or other convenience stores because they are not solid. They are pressed block which is made by smashing cubes together. They fall apart and don't last nearly as long as the solid blocks do. I'm not trying to plug my store, I just wanted to share what seemed to work for my chickens and what may make yours more comfortable during the hot days.

My wife's friends own a water and ice store here in Mesa, so cool. She works there part time to help out and we have 3 of the 3 gallon Thrifty ice creams in our freezer at this moment.

Plug away!

 

[Puffycheeks]

Hi guys! I have just finished the new coop and the new ladies seem to like it! I'm new at raising chickens and thought that starting out with 1 year old layers would be the best way to start.

Very Nice!!!