5pm just went out to see the girls and this is what I found (see attached pictures). What is up with her? I plan to wash her off with some mild soap and warm water. But should I be doing or looking for something else? She seems fine (as I just fo
Read more…The boys started crowing and I live have an anti-animal neighbor, so I can't keep them. They're 7 weeks old and are available free to a good home. Thanks! :-)
I have baby quails available for $2 each. They hatched on Friday, so they're a couple days old now. The parents come from 3 different breeders: Rachel Bess, a gentleman in East Mesa, and a lady from Glendale. Thanks :-)
Read more…Hi, I am new to this site and chickens. I purchased a baby chick from a local feed shop last week. I looked over the chick before purchasing it and it seemed fine, but it was very loud in the shop. When we were on the way home we noticed it had a
Read more…My family is new to backyard chickens. We have 7, 4 are 14 weeks, 3 are 11 weeks. One of our 14 weeks is a rhode island red, and was running around like normal all day today. I went to put them in their enclosure when we were leaving to go out and
Read more…Do not purchase animals from this hatchery- horrible conditions. There are plenty of independent breeders around the valley that treat their animals with respect.
Read more…I am cleaning out the box I have my eight new chicks in and I noticed they have scratched a lot of their food out of the feeder and into the pine shavings on the floor. Add to that my 3 and 4 year old thought the chicks needed more and poured a bunch
Read more…My husband Wade and I are planning to teach a very basic backyard chicken class at my kids' school, Arcadia Neighborhood Learning Center on May 6. We have a fenced-in garden at the school, so I plan to bring about 4 hens and let them run around in t
Read more…It's getting a bit cramped in my laundry room with a 50lb container of chicken feed. I had been told to store my chicken feed only in a dry climate controlled area for best freshness and quality. Does anyone else out there do this or am I the only
Read more…My 7 month old leghorn has been sitting in the nesting box since around 4:00 p.m. yesterday. She did not come out for 'outside time' with the other girls, she did not run out to get the fresh cabbage when the other girls went back into the coop. She
Read more…Hi everyone,
I have a few chicks that are about 8 weeks old and 2 of the Japanese bantams turned out to be roosters. One of them started to crow yesterday and I cannot have him in my backyard. I was wondering if I could keep him inside a cage inside
Read more…http://www.maricopacountyfair.org/Auction.htm
If you don't have plans tonight and are looking to add to your micro-livestock family, take some time to go to the Maricopa County Fair's Small Stock Auction tonight. Bidding starts at 7 PM and all anima
Read more…I'm just going to forward this as I received it, I see that it's sponsored by Integrifeed so I don't know if it's going to be more of a sales pitch or general info, but either way there's always something to learn. I didn't see anything about cost, s
Read more…I would like to get two or maybe three rabbits as pets for my 3 kids. Hoping to get one male two females or one of each.
you can choose one of my Red Stars- 1 yr old in April and laying.
I also have 3 chicks who I am 90% are roos you can take those t
Read more…One of my 2 week old EE chicks has developed a cross beak. She is growing at the same rate as the others right now so I know she's eating and drinking. I assume the best thing would be to cull her, correct? I'm concerned that the beak will continu
Read more…So I thought I had four beautiful hens well anyway I noticed my Barred rock hen always seamed a bit larger and some what of a bully with the others but I just figured she is big boned. Yesturday I picked my Barred Rock and I noticed that she is grow
Read more…we've just finished an addition to our coop & would like to get 2 more layers. any idea where the best place to get 6 month old girls?
Read more…Looking for intensive beekeeping instruction?
Please visit this link for more information if you are interested in this year's workshop.
http://www.sonoranpermaculture.org/courses-and-workshops/
Jaime
ReZoNation Farm
Avra Valley, Arizona
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Hey everyone,
I'm new here and am just looking for a little advice. My hen has been sick for about 2 days (that I've noticed). I think it may be constipation of some sort. She hasn't been laying for a while now and I'm guessing she's a few years old.
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