Arizona Chickens

[desertmarcy]

desertmarcy: have you found a home for your handsome tom yet? i sent a picture to my parents and asked if they wanted him in their backyard when they got back from vacation. mom said yes but dad said no, lol.
i have wanted a turkey ever since i met the sweet boy alohachickens owns.

i really need to live in the country...

No, still looking for a home. A woman emailed me about him, she has one of his sons and some other turkeys and has a friend who drools over her Royal Palm, so she said maybe her friend would take him, but she is in Mesa and probably won't want to drive all the way down here.

 

[desertmarcy]

so, thinking about growing stuff in my yard i remembered to research the white stringy mold/fungus stuff that constantly shows up in one of my flower beds.everything that i plant there dies so it has has sat empty this year. i also blamed that stuff for the death of my peach tree last year. anyway, i have been wondering about the possibility of texas root rot in my backyard. thankfully i'm not 100% convinced thats what it is since fig trees are highly susceptible and i have one growing well by the chickens run. and the white stuff is possibly mycelium which isnt a bad thing? **sigh** i guess i have lots more reading to do, because i hope to plant a few fruit trees this fall and dont want to suffer more losses.
my lot was basically a dirt pile when i bought the place, i assume it has been that way since the house was built over 30 years ago. any suggestions? i do amend the dirt with home cooked compost, and the chickens have pooped on every inch of the place...

Texas root rot is a fungal disease, so yes, mycelium is a bad thing if it is the root rot fungal mycelium. I was talking with Mark Dimmitt recently, he is former curator of plants at the Desert Museum, and he said to avoid Texas root rot, don't bring in soil from somewhere else, particularly if it is from old cotton fields, which can be infested with it. Of course some housing developments had fill brought in, don't know about your place. Did your peach tree die really suddenly? That is a hallmark of the disease, as well as the dead leaves stay hanging on the branches.

 

[desertmarcy]

Those Russian orloffs are so, so beautiful. The barred rocks are also stunning!

I cooked one of DesertMarcy's processed stew hens yesterday--crock pot on low all day w/ onions, bbq sauce, and a cup of ginger ale. So freaking good! The first stew hen I way overcooked, but this one was perfect. Brined it for 36 hours first. Yum.

so, thinking about growing stuff in my yard i remembered to research the white stringy mold/fungus stuff that constantly shows up in one of my flower beds.everything that i plant there dies so it has has sat empty this year. i also blamed that stuff for the death of my peach tree last year. anyway, i have been wondering about the possibility of texas root rot in my backyard. thankfully i'm not 100% convinced thats what it is since fig trees are highly susceptible and i have one growing well by the chickens run. and the white stuff is possibly mycelium which isnt a bad thing? **sigh** i guess i have lots more reading to do, because i hope to plant a few fruit trees this fall and dont want to suffer more losses.
my lot was basically a dirt pile when i bought the place, i assume it has been that way since the house was built over 30 years ago. any suggestions? i do amend the dirt with home cooked compost, and the chickens have pooped on every inch of the place...

Texas root rot is a fungal disease, so yes, mycelium is a bad thing if it is the root rot fungal mycelium. I was talking with Mark Dimmitt recently, he is former curator of plants at the Desert Museum, and he said to avoid Texas root rot, don't bring in soil from somewhere else, particularly if it is from old cotton fields, which can be infested with it. Of course some housing developments had fill brought in, don't know about your place. Did your peach tree die really suddenly? That is a hallmark of the disease, as well as the dead leaves stay hanging on the branches.

 

[desertmarcy]

Oops, sorry I hit the wrong button.

 

[desertmarcy]

Those Russian orloffs are so, so beautiful. The barred rocks are also stunning!

I cooked one of DesertMarcy's processed stew hens yesterday--crock pot on low all day w/ onions, bbq sauce, and a cup of ginger ale. So freaking good! The first stew hen I way overcooked, but this one was perfect. Brined it for 36 hours first. Yum.

I never thought of putting ginger ale in. That sounds good. Now to find some ginger ale that has real sugar and not high fructose corn syrup....

 

[pipemum]

I think Hansen's brand has real sugar.

The recipe was for "easy crock pot pulled pork" and I thought it might work well for chicken too. It does!

 

[wondertwinpower]

Gallo del Cielo, your New Hampshires look a LOT like the red sex links I got from Desert Marcy (mine are 16 weeks old now) and mine are all pullets. I vote pullets. I will put a photo of my girls in my album.

 

[Timskins]

So who are all the local breeders everyone uses? Looking to get chicks next month so starting to plan now. Feel free to pm if thats more appropriate.

Thanks,
Tim

 

[maryhysong]

So who are all the local breeders everyone uses? Looking to get chicks next month so starting to plan now. Feel free to pm if thats more appropriate.

Thanks,
Tim

I'm in Globe-Miami, about 50 miles east of AJ. I currently still have a hatch of easter eggers, hatched May 3 that are now sexable, have some older Buff Orpington pullets, definately NOT show quality but should be good back yard layers.

Not hatching much right now except special orders for people I know. You can PM me if you are interested in any of the others right now.

 

[jbolt]

I have alohas, and ee 's hatching on the 14th