Arizona Chickens

[MaddBaggins]

Knock it OFF!!!

 

[MaddBaggins]

I'm roasting a chicken (not one of my girls) in a pint of my Porter right now. Thats going to get shredded up and added to a crock of pintos and roasted Hatch chilis. Brown rice and fresh tortillas on the side.

 

[City farm]

"Well, actually, the law is very specific on signs that need to be in very plain view, stating where parking may and may not occur, THAT is our problem, and "Common Sense" has absolutely nothing to do with this entire proceeding. In fact, and we had to check this for authenticity, he made a statement that if he wanted to park IN YOUR DRIVEWAY, and you have no signs forbidding that action, he CAN in fact PARK IN YOUR DRIVE ... for as long as he wants. That is a law in the Arizona Revised Statutes. You can look this up if you want to spend a few moments of incredulity ... A.R.S.28-9133" 


If someone wanted to park in my driveway, I would consider that trespassing on private property, since they were uninvited.  You invaded my space. Can you imagine if every private residence had No Parking signs at their driveways?  If I were to take a good, hefty baseball bat and break a few windows, mirors, damage some bumpers and grilles on that beautiful Beamer that was arrogantly, disregarding another person's property, parked in my driveway without my consent....could it be proven that I did it?  Could have been some young hoodlums roaming the neighborhood with nothing better to do.

My neighbor accross the street was throwing a family barbeque and I told her she could use my driveway for exta parking because I was home for the evening and not going anywhere.  She had my PERMISSION.  And since she has three kids and three dogs, I told her to use my garbage and recycling containers for any excess waste that she has, since I'm single and have one little dinky trash bag a week to put that container. In fact, several neighbors pitched in when she was clearing all the weeds and dead cactus/shrubbery (HOA Police). We all stuffed our containers to help her.

As far as the ARS codes go, there was a project going on years ago (I think my supervisor was working with that before she retired) to get all the Counties to unify these codes accross the board.  Some agencies charge "Battery", while others charge "Assault."  It would make things easier when you had conflict cases that had to be transferred out to other prosecuting agencies.  Don't even mention City Court, they're in a world all their own.

Oh wait...this is a chicken board. Have they brought you any joy and entertainment today with their silly antics?  Other than the wind, Tucson weather is wonderful with the lower temps, and the chickens should be enjoying it, too.  Hopefully, no panting, wings spreaded, standing in a pool of ice water. Crap, I wish I had them already, but I have to bide my time.  It's like planning to be a first-time home owner, and I wanna make sure all my ducks (no pun intended) are in a row before taking on such an endeavor.  No doubt, it will be an exciting and rewarding experience for me...what a change of pace!

I shouldn't gab so much since I have no chickens yet, but the anticipation and excitement of the whole thing really fascinates me, and when you all share your stories, it makes it all the better why I should go that route.  I'll be hitting up the AZ (especially Tucson) folks for tips, tricks and advice.

Thanks so much for all that you contribute to this thread.  You touch many lives and spread that chicken love, even to non-poultry folks who have jumped on the bandwagon. --BB

Bobby Basham
Tucson, Arizona

we can't wait to see what chickens you get.. What breed are you thinking? Plus you are good at posting photos, unlike me.. I have
no way of doing so.. Well that is not entirely true.. Just don't want to take the photo, turn on the old,old computer, wait..& wait
& wait some more.. Then try and find the photos in some file????
I think we have over ten thousand photos already... Oh & wait did I pick the right photo? I won't keep on.. You get the jist.....
Thank you all for you photo post's... I really enjoy them...

 

[MaddBaggins]

I just observed my girls pulling some branches off my bell peppers and going to town on the peppers. There's lots, I can share. They only ate some of my Pequins once. I guess they didn't like the heat.

 

[Twinklin]

I just observed my girls pulling some branches off my bell peppers and going to town on the peppers. There's lots, I can share. They only ate some of my Pequins once. I guess they didn't like the heat.

Right now my jalepenos and bells are the only things producing, everything else is still small. I have a 2 ft high "fence" around the bells and the girls look like jumping beans bouncing up and down to get the leaves that hang over the top. They ate all the leaves on the bottom 1/2 of my potted jalepeno so I had to move it up onto a table. Phillie is the only one who will eat the peppers of either plant but the leaves are all torn to shreds.

 

[MaddBaggins]

Right now my jalepenos and bells are the only things producing, everything else is still small. I have a 2 ft high "fence" around the bells and the girls look like jumping beans bouncing up and down to get the leaves that hang over the top. They ate all the leaves on the bottom 1/2 of my potted jalepeno so I had to move it up onto a table. Phillie is the only one who will eat the peppers of either plant but the leaves are all torn to shreds.

They do that to my grape vines, but thats part of why I planted them anyway.

 

[Demosthine]

Am I correct in assuming you all clip their wings in order for them to stay out of the gardens? I need to set up the fencing around my wife's garden while they are all banned to the side yard for overseeding, but I was planning on going the full six feet. Until, that is, I watched half my flock go straight up to the top of my pool fence.

I think they just look so awkward with clipped wings. I don't like it. Our turkeys look downright horrible clipped, but when my Dad found one in the front yard...

 

[Angelray]

Isn't mother nature wonderful?  They are precious.  If you consider selling any when they are ready, let me know.  I have been researching getting into meat rabbits.  I think, just like our chickens, my first few rabbits would be pets. 

I agree....pets are a great way to learn how to care for them & get comfortable. I want to do meat rabbits in the spring but DH is not sure he will like the meat. I plan on buying some and cooking it a couple ways to see what he says. I'm open to any suggestions!

 

[Angelray]

Some pics of my Orloff roo. He's awesome. The dark lighting doesn't do justice to the green in his feathers. It's mesmerizing.

OMG...he is gorgeous!! Imma spoil him rotten!

 

[MaddBaggins]

Am I correct in assuming you all clip their wings in order for them to stay out of the gardens? I need to set up the fencing around my wife's garden while they are all banned to the side yard for overseeding, but I was planning on going the full six feet. Until, that is, I watched half my flock go straight up to the top of my pool fence.

I think they just look so awkward with clipped wings. I don't like it. Our turkeys look downright horrible clipped, but when my Dad found one in the front yard...

No clip here. They mostly stay out of the garden. The peppers they are getting to are in a pot outside of the garden. I get my best Bells from that pot.