Arizona Chickens

[City farm]

 
So what denomination is your monk tree?

Poor thing, she looks miserable.  Sorry I can't help you.  Hope she feels better soon.

I wait until the hottest time of day and pour boiling water on the colony, slowly so it goes down their tunnels instead of pooling on the ground.  If you do this for several days in a row the colony usually dies because it looses too many workers.  Sometimes they will move the colony but all you have to do is follow their trail to find where they moved to.

That is cleaver! never thought of that

Yes, great idea @Sill. This way no poison to the flock.. I have heard of it, but needed to be reminded..

Denomination of Christian's is a problem.. This is where things get concussed for most.. Confusion is not how Jesus works.. My monk tree lives on the property of people that believe in the Hebrew God, with NO denominations attached.. The Holy Bible NEVER mentions any denominations.. Glad you asked...

I did the @ thingy.. The box poped up once I used the above options.. Thank you @K9Dave
& @carnivore. & @gallodelcielo. Whew..

 

[carnivore]

@City farm
@K9Dave
@Gallo del Cielo
Trying again, hitting enter after each name?

OK, that worked!

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

@City farm
@K9Dave
@Gallo del Cielo
Trying again, hitting enter after each name?

OK, that worked!

Weird, the notification from your mention came through immediately, but not city farm's.

 

[Papas Chickens]

Mornin yall, i was wondering if anyone would have any Texas Lilac seeds they could send me or any other kind of plant seed i could plant in my run that the chickens could eat but not destroy?

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

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Bah! Someone has taken my username--minus the spaces between the words. So, someone else is getting the mention notification from City farm.

 

[carnivore]

Speaking of ants. Or talking antish, if you prefer.
When I got my truck home yesterday, courtesy of Eddies Towing, my driveway was flooded. Got the truck and bike situated for easy access to both, then went inside to dry off. Later, after the rain stopped, went out to hook up the battery charger to the bike. I WAS EATEN ALIVE BY PISSANTS! Apparently, their holes were flooded, so they ALL came out, and weren't in a GOOD MOOD! My legs were crawling with them, so I retreated to the yard. Leaning over the fence to hook up the battery charger, I soon discovered the fence was alive with ants also! Ever get pissant bites in your armpits?
This morning, went out and checked on the bike. Found multiple piles of ant eggs, where they apparently evacuated the nests. Boiling up a big pot of water right now to try out @Sill method!

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

Speaking of ants. Or talking antish, if you prefer.
When I got my truck home yesterday, courtesy of Eddies Towing, my driveway was flooded. Got the truck and bike situated for easy access to both, then went inside to dry off. Later, after the rain stopped, went out to hook up the battery charger to the bike. I WAS EATEN ALIVE BY PISSANTS! Apparently, their holes were flooded, so they ALL came out, and weren't in a GOOD MOOD! My legs were crawling with them, so I retreated to the yard. Leaning over the fence to hook up the battery charger, I soon discovered the fence was alive with ants also! Ever get pissant bites in your armpits?
This morning, went out and checked on the bike. Found multiple piles of ant eggs, where they apparently evacuated the nests. Boiling up a big pot of water right now to try out @Sill method!

Yikes! I haven't had an ant attack like that since working in the swamps in LA. It's embarrassing to have to remove all of your clothes in front of your co-workers to get the ants off.

In addition to being flooded, another reason the ants are so terrible right now is the rains are triggering their nuptial flights. New queens emerge to disperse from the colony, mate and found new colonies of their own. When they do this, the other workers become hyper agressive about protecting the newly emerged queens. You can see the new queens with their wings, males will have wings too, but they're smaller.

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

Mornin yall, i was wondering if anyone would have any Texas Lilac seeds they could send me or any other kind of plant seed i could plant in my run that the chickens could eat but not destroy?

Maybe there are some now in the AZ BYC seed box? We have a seed box that travels from member to member and you might find something in there. Of course, anything you plant in the run will have to be protected until the growth tips get out of reach of the chickens. I have grape vines planted in my run and the chickens love the leaves--and the grapes too!

 

[Papas Chickens]

I rather deal with ants then all these god forsaken mosquitos we are getting out here, i think i got bit around 100 times yesterday evening while checking on my girls. We have the piss ants we call them pineapple ants because if you accidently eat one they taste like pineapple lol, we also have the big red ants, the big black ants and the red ants that have black butts lol. My girls take care of any that get into there coop just like the two scorpions they tore apart already lol and there only three weeks old.

 

[Papas Chickens]

Maybe there are some now in the AZ BYC seed box? We have a seed box that travels from member to member and you might find something in there. Of course, anything you plant in the run will have to be protected until the growth tips get out of reach of the chickens. I have grape vines planted in my run and the chickens love the leaves--and the grapes too!

AZ BYC seed box hmmm were would i find this at, i tried growing grapes out here i failed misserably.