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    What's the temperature where you are???

    You have my sympathies! 🫂 84° and 12% humidity at 11:30 P.M. High today of 88°. Sunny cactus forest.
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    Bible Verse sharing

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    Arizona Chickens

    I gave them a few from the ones I bought before I added them to the farm. The hens pounced on them and absolutely inhaled them, lol. That might have been the first time in their lives they saw a worm!
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    What's the temperature where you are???

    87°/30C and 10% humidity at 12:30 p.m. I'm not doing much hiking these days but my friends are. Here is a photo from a 7700 ft/2300 m peak southwest of Tucson, near the border with Mexico. It's still pretty dusty and hazy.
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    Arizona Chickens

    There are a lot. I'll take out a few and toss them to the hens.
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    Arizona Chickens

    I left it. The farm is five weeks old now. I see all stages: mealworms, pupae, beige/brown/black beetles. They do fine even in 100+ temps. If I had known it was this easy I would have started a worm farm ages ago. Should I wait another month or so before starting to harvest worms?
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    Persistent egg eaters

    Now that's interesting idea. I always feel a bit guilty they don't get the bugs and other critters that chickens have in non-desert landscapes. Five weeks ago I started a mealworm farm so I will have live worms for them soon. I have fed them tuna and salmon in the past during molts and when...
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    Arizona Chickens

    Has anyone anchored a coop/run in our desert dirt? We've used t-posts in the past, but this coop has round "feet" so we can't drive anything into the ground immediately next to it.
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    How did your flock annoy you today?

    Just as I tossed the flock a handful of frozen blueberries, two white leghorns forced themselves to the front of the group and ran right under the blueberries and now they've got purple streaks all over them.
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    Persistent egg eaters

    The culprits are two white leghorns. They literally stand right at the nest boxes and wait for hens to come out then run in and eat the eggs. We have cameras on the nest boxes but they're eating the eggs before I can even get out there (I have to go through a locked door, a locked gate, and the...
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    What made you happy today?

    It's under 90° today so I've been able to spend time outside with the flock. 🥰
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    Grooming Thread!!!!!!

    :hugs
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    Dog thread!🐾

    Hahaha, that's adorable!
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    Arizona Chickens

    Hm... that's an interesting question. Maybe: turmeric (yellow), beets (red/pink), blueberries?
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    What's the temperature where you are???

    Some clouds rolled through yesterday, no rain but they dropped the temps out of the 90s, a welcome break from the heat. It's 86° with 29% humidity at 12:45 P.M. The saguaros are blooming much too early. They're pretty, but it's a warning: too-early blooms indicate distressed plants and a...
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