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I think Phoenix allows something like 20 hens so you should be ok there, but double-check the ordinance because I know some cities allow so many per square feet. Also you might need written permission from your neighbors who are less that so many feet (80?) from your coop. As far as roosters go...

There's a bunch of places to order online and some are better than others depending on what you're buying. When I used to live in PA I bought mostly everything locally at a place called Hakes Farm Seed (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hakes-Farm-Seed-Service/149873071723009). They were the best...

Gosh, do I ever hear ya on tweaking plans. Happens to me all the time. I'll tell ya though, I don't think I ever get things totally the way I want them so I adjust as I go where practical and bear those thoughts in mind on the next one. My biggest problem is time. I've got a gazillian projects...

Roger that Bobby - I'm right there with ya. I remember when I was going to college in the evenings in an English literature class we had to talk about the last book we read. Everyone was talking about some novel they had to read for their last English class but when they got to me I talked about...

Here ya go.... https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/1165872/az-gardeners#post_18350319

I've always separated the cloves and planted each individually. Even if they sprout you can still plant 'em and they'll do just fine. The next time you grow 'em, try finding the required dormant period for the particular variety and put them in a paper bag in the refrigerator for that period of...

Not a whole lot to it actually. I put the bulbs in the refrigerator for about a month before planting in the fall so that simulates the dormant period, and then pretty much just plant them in the garden. The soil has been amended with compost beforehand or had a good cover crop and tilled down...

That's not a bad idea at all - I like it! There's plenty enough differences in growing stuff here than the rest of the country, except for maybe anyone living in Death Valley. If I get a chance tonight I'll start it, or if anyone here wants to start it feel free. That's one I'd certainly...

Geeze-a-pizza Desert Chic, you're talented! Very nice! That's some nice stuff. I just wanted to say I love biscuits too - got an older Porter Cable biscuit joiner and love it for joining boards to make table tops. It's a lot better than simply gluing side by side. For dovetails I've used the...

Roger-dodger, I'm getting ready to order it now. Do you guys and gals have the R3, HD, or K4? I'm thinking to get the K4 since most all of my outdoor carpenter stuff is 2X4 and bigger. It's a neat jig for sure. Rather than joining two 1X3's to make run doors I could just use a single 2X4 - that...

Man, your drawings are a lot nicer than mine. Rembrandt I ain't for sure. You do a good job on 'em. I've always wanted the Kreg pocket joint tool but never got around to getting one. I used to make a lot of furniture back in the 90's, stuff like Queen Anne tables, etc., but I was going to school...

Gosh Bobby you sound just like me. I like looking at plans and actual structures to get ideas but then it's off to the drawing table I go to make it exactly the way I want it. I thought I was the only guy that burned time doing that as opposed to just getting plans - glad I'm not alone. Just...

He's definitely a cockerel of the world but he looks really nice. Is that a buttercup comb he has? I can't tell for sure from the picture but it kinda looks like it. Love his hackle and saddle feathers. Don't show him to any fly fishermen that tie their own flies.

Yeah I gotta agree. Black is one of the recognized SOP colors for NN's too. I also like Heisenberg - my best cockerel has very similar colors. I can't wait to see the offspring between him and my black pullet. The black pullet is larger than the average of my other NN pullets. Breeding them this...

For what it's worth, I felt the same way as your husband when I first saw a picture of a Naked Neck. Looked like a vulture to me. When I first got involved in raising chickens here in AZ my main focus was on laying hens and their manure for my garden. I planned to eat my birds when production...

I heard hatchery RIR's (Production Reds) do well here. I have a trio of SOP Reds but I didn't get them until last fall so they haven't done a summer here in Phoenix yet. The guy I got them from lives in St. Johns which is higher in elevation than Tucson but you'll be at a little higher elevation...

When I first read about them in an old book published way back when I thought the same thing. A breeder I know told me it's probably about the same as someone getting a pierced ear since you're only penetrating a flap of skin. The very first time I applied a wing band I was pretty nervous about...

Anyone here use wing bands? I started using them recently and I think they're the greatest thing since sliced bread. They're inexpensive, permanent, you can add other things like your initials on them and barcodes, and the number sets available go way up beyond any number of chickens any of us...

I like it!

I have a couple of SOP RIR's I got last year around October. We had a couple of warm days when I first got them and they seemed to do just fine but I can't say yet for when we get those really, really hot days, like 115+. I think they'll do about as good as my layers did last year since the only...