Arizona Chickens

[Gallo del Cielo]

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Part of my Quinoa Crop. Plan on letting it go to seed so next years crop is larger. It was easy to start.

How cool! I'm very interested in growing Quinoa. Has it flowered and produced seeds yet? I wonder if it would do well in the winter here at the lower elevations of AZ? Thanks for sharing and keep us updated on how it does.

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

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[mom-to-5]

Found it! There are loads of clubs all over the valley. Here's the link for anyone interested....
http://extension.arizona.edu/4h/clubs/85

 

[Arizonachicken]

Thanks for he 4-H info!

I think one of my Sicilian Buttercups is a boy. This picture is fuzzy, but you can see how big his comb is.




His feathering is very different than the other's that I think is a pullet.



Oh, well.

Here's my Roo:

 

[tsuninight]

Pie went to his new home on Saturday with Arizona Son, and I got talked into a chicken trade instead of just a chicken giveaway with delivery. Arizona Son has a beautiful flock! And the new girl is a sweetie! One more chance for blue eggs I gues. hah! Since she's an EE I decided to name her Chell. So I have an EE named Chell & GlaDos. Oddly GlaDos so far has given her the most grief... So I now have two EE's named after characters in the game Portal lol.

Better news is she's getting along with Firey & Dahlia already... not so much with Peep, GlaDos & Cadbury... but I'm sure they'll all get a long in time. I'm not sure the pic really shows off her feathers very well, but the beetling on both her and Dahlia is beautiful.

I also found out yesterday my neighbors have chickens. I had to resist the urge to get a chair and start peeping over their fence.. I kind of figured that would be a bit creepy though so resisted the urge. Saw them outside today though and asked them about it. Sadly they haven't been having very good luck, but hopefully the ones that haven't had heat problems will do well. I just can't describe how awesome I think it is they have chickens. I am such a dork! lol

 

[cbnovick]

Got a decent shot of an Alpha cockerel (5 1/2 months) I hatched in Feb. this year. He is a New Hampshire cross of german/american strains. He's got alot more filling out to do, but I am pleased with his development thus far. Very docile boy too. Demosthine has a trio of these birds as well.

 

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About the QUINOA I did not buy seeds. Since I save seeds from some of the food that I eat, I thought that I would just try to grow the stuff from my food supply purchased at organic store. The plants were grown from the food stuff that I tossed out and watered. It seemed to take a month to germinate. I did something similar with spelt, except I sprouted that first and it grew faster. I really should have thinned the spelt and will do so next year.


According to what I've read, quinoa grows at high altitude, it is 5000 feet here. What do you have to lose ? Just try to grow it and see. Mine is flowering now and I plan to let the seeds fall to the soil to determine if it re-seeds itself. Next year I plan on trying garbanzo beans which sprouts within two days. I use goat and rabbit manure to enrich my soil.

 

[flower]

cbnovick He is very nice for his age and will surely fill out with time. Personality is SO important.

 

[cbnovick]

cbnovick He is very nice for his age and will surely fill out with time. Personality is SO important.

thx, this strain can take awhile to fully mature since they are so large. ...and temperament is paramount as you said.

 

[Demosthine]

Got a decent shot of an Alpha cockerel (5 1/2 months) I hatched in Feb. this year. He is a New Hampshire cross of german/american strains. He's got alot more filling out to do, but I am pleased with his development thus far. Very docile boy too. Demosthine has a trio of these birds as well. 

People keep trying to con me out of my New Hampshires! Like Cindy's, my cockerel still has a bit to fill out as well, but he is just stunning. I haven't managed to get him to stay still long enough to get that good of a shot, though.


Well, my Marans definitely went broody. She plucked her chest feathers and fluffs up double her size if I go near! I picked up three Production Reds today that I'm putting under her tonight. I pray she takes to these, unlike the turkey poults last time. We'll see how things play out. I got the smallest ones I could possibly find.