Arizona Chickens

[SherrieT]

WOW!! That is beautiful !!

Pullet Bullet!  e

 

[GrannysRoost]

Pullet Bullet!

So sorry about your girl, but this egg is yumm....

 

[Handmadens]

Ok I'm to a breaking point with raising chickens. I now have 3 hens with bumble foot and who knows if the others have it. This is becoming more than I can handle.

 

[Arizonachicken]

I'd just wait until it lays or crows.  I sold 3 roo's only to find out one was a hen and laid before the hens I kept did.  All bases off guesses from there and the fear of having roos.  Just wait it out if you can.  Finding a home isn't too hard when you offer for cheap or free.

Speaking of rehoming...I still have my roo. Hubby says he's gotta go. Someone PLEASE take him! He's so awesome I don't want to kill him. How I wish we lived in a rooster friendly place.

 

[desertmarcy]

True. I have had roosters crow as early as 2 weeks and some wait forever. Most start crowing about 10 weeks or so?? If not knowing is driving you crazy, start a thread in the "what breed or gender" section, post a pic and someone will know. Generally BR cockerels have larger irregular white dots on the head, overall color is lighter than the females and the barring shows more white than black. Yours looks lighter than the BSL pullet you pictured it with, so I guessed roo. I can't see the barring very well in your pic....but I think the white dot looks small for a male??

Too bad you don't know for sure if it is BSL or BR. Guess that would make things too easy.

How old is that chick? I breed black sexlinks and the males are born solid black with a white spot on the head, they don't get the barring until later. I don't know how much later, since I never kept any of the males.

 

[Drjennidvm]

Pullet Bullet!  e

What breed is that beautiful egg from?

 

[Arizonachicken]

What breed is that beautiful egg from?

I THINK it's from my olive egger. Here's a pic:

The only other option would be my blue marans. They are both the same age, going on 17 weeks. The Marans doesn't appear to be as mature, whereas this girl is really red in the face and squats. I am expecting the color to lighten as she begins to lay regularly.

 

[notinoz2007]

Ok I'm to a breaking point with raising chickens. I now have 3 hens with bumble foot and who knows if the others have it. This is becoming more than I can handle.

my experience was ok. i couldnt get the plug out and that was awful, but i kept the foot clean and wrapped and my hen is doing much better.
since you have more than one hen affected is there maybe something sharp in their area that they have stepped on?

 

[notinoz2007]

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i agree, that is beautiful. now i want an olive egger!!

 

[pdx2phx]

Quote: We also had some bumblefoot developing, but it seems to be going away on its' own

....it hadn't gotten too bad yet.

We did soak/wash the feet, use vetrimycin (sp?) gel on the scabs and wrap their feet in vetwrap for a couple of days. The scabs sloughed off and swelling went down in the minor cases. I tried digging in one hen's foot and couldn't identify a plug to take out....I felt horrible for causing all of that pain for nothing. So just be sure (if you can) before rooting around in there.....you might have some intermediate steps you can take first (but I am definitely no expert!!) Other folks doubtlessly know more than I do!

We realized that our roosts were too high and so the jumping and hard landings were causing it in our case. We lowered the roosts and of course the Ladies were Not Happy, but too bad.

You might want to check how high your roosts are off the ground to see if this could be part of it/aggravating the issue?

Good luck!