Arizona Chickens

[Gallo del Cielo]

Quote: x2. Gorgeous!
X3, So nice!

 

[desertmarcy]

Recreating the Delaware is what KathyinMO on BYC has been working on for the past couple of years using the Good Shepard Barred Rock and German line New Hampshire as starting birds. She has literally hatched out hundreds of chicks and culled hundreds---I think she is on third generation now, and still not satisfied enough to sell any stock

I think you need to be very independently wealthy and have a LOT of predator-free space to undertake such a project! Not going to happen here, that's for sure

Cindy, I think it is great that there is another person relatively close to me that is interested in the same breeds and bloodlines that I am. We can compare notes! Wish you could breed, though...
Be nice to be able to swap some stock down the road. I just love my German New Hampshires!

 

[maryhysong]

Thanks for the info! I would love 10 more trees, but I already have 2 apples, 2 plums, a nectarine, a mandarin, a lime, and 2 moringas (hopefully...they are still very small seedlings). And those are just my edibles. I also have a palo verde, 2 desert willows, and an extremely large date palm. So seriously, if anyone is interested in splitting an order, let me know.

And I second DesertMarcy's question...what's with the aspirin?

Peaceful Valley groworganic.com sells Dave Wilson stock and they have done 10 trees for $199 for several years now.

 

[rufus]

Aspirin probably serves the same function as willow water. It promotes root growth, and you don't have to have access to willow. It is just a lot easier.

 

[rufus]

Source of Medicine – The use of willow bark dates back thousands of years, to the time of Hippocrates (400 BC) when patients were advised to chew on the bark to reduce fever and inflammation. Willow bark has been used throughout the centuries in China and Europe, and continues to be used today for the treatment of pain (particularly low back pain and osteoarthritis), headache, and inflammatory conditions such as bursitis and tendinitis. The bark of white willow contains salicin, which is a chemical similar to aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid). It is thought to be responsible for the pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory effects of the herb. In fact, in the 1800s, salicin was used to develop aspirin. White willow appears to be slower than aspirin to bring pain relief, but its effects may last longer.

 

[squeakyballs]

Aspirin probably serves the same function as willow water. It promotes root growth, and you don't have to have access to willow. It is just a lot easier.

This is probably as good as any reason I can give for using aspirin. I googled for old wives' tales for bare root plants. I found one that said aspirin would help bare root plants become established. Ridiculously enough I also read that adding molasses to the water helps as well. So of course I raided the kitchen cabinet and added an old jar. I later realized that "horticultural molasses" exists, and is probably different than what I used. Oops

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

Maybe it's not ridiculous. Molasses is often used as fertilizer, especially in making compost tea--its sugars fuel the beneficial microbes you're growing in the tea and it also contains some important minerals (.e.g. potassium). Some people simply mix it with water and spray it on plants and soil to feed the existing microbes there. However, I'm not sure of the mechanism that would allow it to directly help bare roots.

 

[cbnovick]

thanks...
I really appreciate all the "blood, sweat and tears" their breeder Jeremy at http://xwpoultryranch.com put into these birds. I hope to perpetuate his work through owning, showing and hatching these strains on in the West. (-;
Looking forward to setting eggs next week for the Hampshires....and more BR's in late March.

 

[flower]

Over here near Death Valley the cold snap has been followed by a few days of warmth, high 50s. And last night some wet stuff fell down from the sky. Wow
While digging up my yellow rose bush, I FOUND WORMS ! Can you tell that I am excited ! They must dig in rather far until some moisture and organic matters is in the area. My goal now is to be home in N AZ by March. So much to move for this old hoarder of plants, books and ceramic making tools. Almost forgot the fencing and the chickens houses and the fifty years of sewing projects. Talk about STUFF George Carlin would be proud of me !

Good thing the kid is not around to throw out my stuff. One year during a move he disposed of my darkroom equipment.

I had planned to give it to the community college that still teaches the darkroom typ of photography.

 

[flower]

Maybe it's not ridiculous. Molasses is often used as fertilizer, especially in making compost tea--its sugars fuel the beneficial microbes you're growing in the tea and it also contains some important minerals (.e.g. potassium). Some people simply mix it with water and spray it on plants and soil to feed the existing microbes there. However, I'm not sure of the mechanism that would allow it to directly help bare roots.

Besides what you posted both sugars and aspirin effect the pH of the soil. It tastes good in a glass of milk if you are so inclined toward anemia or some belly issues. Can you guess which ones ?