Arizona Chickens

[Billiam]

Anyone else seen this video yet?! Amazing!

 

[MagicChicken]

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I think I might make a trip out to Desert Survivors tomorrow just to check it out. I attended a talk by the guy who runs the place and I just love the whole idea of what they're doing out there. How did your quince hold up with the cold weather? What the heck is a quince anyway?

What do you do with it?

My mom used to make quince jelly. It was great stuff. Second only to her beach plum jelly. Quince paste (membrillo) is good stuff, too. You can find it in a lot of the supermarkets here. Especially the markets on the southwest side of town. I used to have a quince tree when I lived in Maine so I wasn't worried about how it would deal with the Tucson version of "cold." It did drop most of its leaves during those chilly nights. I'm more concerned about the heat and dryness. This quince was from somewhere near Aravaipa. Very different terrain from the creosote flats in my part of town. Hope it survives the summer...

http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-quince28-2009oct28,0,5254414.story

 

[countrygirl74]

Whenever I call USAA for roadside assistance, the very first thing they ask me is if I am in a safe place. On the couple of occasions over the years when I have answered "no," they have had someone there within a very, very few minutes. Even when there is no safety issue, the longest I have ever waited was about 45 minutes; usually 30 or less.

My parents have had issues with AAA. Took hours for the tow truck to come, and they charged them a bunch of $$. AAA costs a pretty steep amount IMO. We pay about $4 per year per car for USAA roadside assistance.

USAA is the best!!

 

[countrygirl74]

Lmao! That is too funny! Reminds of a friend of ours who was much more "comical" than that, for lack of a better term. My parents were standing out on the sidewalk chatting with a few friends and a huge bird ran by. Rod hollers out "Wow, that's the biggest roadrunner I've ever seen!" Everyone quickly looks down the road, but there's nothing there, so he starts describing it. Our neighbor pipes up with "That wasn't a roadrunner! That was a turkey!" About that time, an EMU goes running down the street. We have an emu farm about a half mile away, through the open desert. Apparently, the fence broke and there were about fifty of them running around the area. It took them a good while to round them back up. but I'll never forgot that conversation...

 

[Demosthine]

Does anyone sell raw honey?

My family has been buying from Bill for probably thirty years. I strongly recommend alfalfa for bold flavor, or citrus and mesquite for medium flavor. Daphine said he was running low last she went, so I'm not sure what his stock is.

Last I knew, a quart is $10, a half gallon is $20, and a gallon is $30. He gives you a dollar discount if you take your jar back.

The much more expensive route is Sprouts. It was $7.99 for a pint, if I recall the size correctly. They don't specifiy if it pasteurized, though. But that's about $60 a gallon and not local, so it will not provide the allergy benefits.

 

[queenrilly]

I found another one! (Egg video) That is so cool! Has it ever happened to any of you guys? Sorry I'm mobile so I cant post the video itself, just the link



Also, I've got to look into this USAA thing! My dad was paying for us to have AAA (platinum) and it was like $200/year for two cards (works with any vehicle you're in) and 100+ tow miles. Obviously we had to cancel when the recession hit hard last year.

I've seen apples grow all over. Usually granny smith types, really older trees that have been around 20 years at least. In colder places like Jerome there are all these super old apricot and plum trees, super cool! Around October we go and reach over fences for the fruit lol. Most of the fruit trees are in abandoned homes' yards, so I never think much about pruning. When we had fruit trees we just let them grow and had tons of fruit every year.

 

[southerndesert]

Sooooo after raising and caring for laying hens for most of my 57 years I find out from some of these folks that have had them for under 10 years that I am full of beans and do not know how to properly care for our flocks even though we have never experienced many of the issues worried over and discussed at the forums and have healthy birds with great egg production.

I was sent a PM by a popular member I politely disagreed with recommending I do not offer "out dated" advise on the forum as it can endanger their hens as well as confuse or upset folks? Really?

Sigh....

Think I will just check in here in AZ section now and then where common since dominates and stop offering advise or help elsewhere at BYC from now on. Bummer as it was fun being able to help and feel a part of this place....

Just a small rant I guess...

 

[kevs-chickadees]

Sooooo after raising and caring for laying hens for most of my 57 years I find out from some of these folks that have had them for under 10 years that I am full of beans and do not know how to properly care for our flocks even though we have never experienced many of the issues worried over and discussed at the forums and have healthy birds with great egg production.

I was sent a PM by a popular member I politely disagreed with recommending I do not offer "out dated" advise on the forum as it can endanger their hens as well as confuse or upset folks? Really?

Sigh....

Think I will just check in here in AZ section now and then where common since dominates and stop offering advise or help elsewhere at BYC from now on. Bummer as it was fun being able to help and feel a part of this place....

Just a small rant I guess...

That's sad and funny at the same time. I didn't use too but I am often now on all the other forums just to read what people have to say. Some of it is as ignoramous as it gets and some is dead on. I had to quit commenting though, when someone gets the Mountain Dew syndrome that often leads me to play the B.S. game.

 

[pastrymama]

Sooooo after raising and caring for laying hens for most of my 57 years I find out from some of these folks that have had them for under 10 years that I am full of beans and do not know how to properly care for our flocks even though we have never experienced many of the issues worried over and discussed at the forums and have healthy birds with great egg production.

I was sent a PM by a popular member I politely disagreed with recommending I do not offer "out dated" advise on the forum as it can endanger their hens as well as confuse or upset folks? Really?

Sigh....

Think I will just check in here in AZ section now and then where common since dominates and stop offering advise or help elsewhere at BYC from now on. Bummer as it was fun being able to help and feel a part of this place....

Just a small rant I guess...

i don't read many of the forums on here. only the ones involving buying/selling/trading and creating this addiction more of a problem for me. it's hard enough to deal with my own stupidity sometimes, don't need to add everyone else's to the mix.

 

[southerndesert]

Hey Noel I am going to throw those feeders in the truck this morning... Call me if you have time to meet up.