Arizona Chickens

[cyborg]

We've done the ostrich thing - what a neat experience (that I don't want to revisit).  My DH has been reading up on aquaponics, thinking that since our soil is crap, maybe we can garden without any!

Careful! Once you do the aquaponics, you'll never go back to dirt!
I will admit to having one 4' x 8' grow bed set up with a mixture of coconut coir and potting soil in drilled plastic tubs for root crops like onions and garlic, but all the other grow beds are strictly gravel.

 

[City farm]

It is a Guinea Fowl.

Hmm. @City farm
Is this what you showed me the other day? I don't remember white on the face.

I wanted to throw it over the fence to help but then thought, what if it isn't there's? Lol

No, jungle fowl are different.. They are banty's.. Very small..

 

[City farm]

Our flock of SS Hamburgs is on bug patrol this morning after the rain. They're so cute.

 

[City farm]

Good morning everyone! I caught Wilma(Our Buff) in the act of laying her second egg. Thank goodness she uses the nesting boxes. Betty(Our Barred Rock) still won't use them and she has been laying for a month. Any suggestions?

 

[City farm]

No, that is a Western Banded Gecko. Specifically the Tucson Banded Gecko. Pattern is quite different from the Mediterranean Gecko, which is not native to the U.S. but has established itself in small pockets across the west. The Banded Gecko has smooth skin whereas the Med. Gecko has bumps called tubercles on its back. Also the Western Banded Gecko prefers to stay on the ground under cover whereas the Mediterranean climbs walls more and as @ChuskaMtns
 says will eat bugs attracted to outdoor lights. Nice that they have separate habitats so the Mediterranean Gecko is really not competing with our native gecko.

I love Tuscon Banded Geckos I had three breeding pairs that I caught on my property and captive breed them for about five years I released the babies that were about a month old back into my yard, I think I released about 200 babies into my yard in those five years I see them all the time when I move my wood pile.

That is so awesome!!

 

[aviddamy]

I lost the weak chick last night. I'm not that torn up about it because I was expecting to lose some. They are so active today! Running around, playing keep away with wood chips, and testing out their new feathers. I'm glad I put that chicken wire around it or I might have had escapees. They are 5 days old. I haven't had any cases of pasty butt even though I've been watching and checking them. Its crazy how fast they grow. I can already see a noticeable difference in size between the broilers and the buff orpingtons.

 

[a little chiken]

I lost the weak chick last night. I'm not that torn up about it because I was expecting to lose some. They are so active today! Running around, playing keep away with wood chips, and testing out their new feathers. I'm glad I put that chicken wire around it or I might have had escapees. They are 5 days old. I haven't had any cases of pasty butt even though I've been watching and checking them. Its crazy how fast they grow. I can already see a noticeable difference in size between the broilers and the buff orpingtons.

so sry you lost one. It is hard even when you expect it. It is crazy how fast they grow.

 

[LadyKotaDoria]

Lessening to GMO, DNA, BREADING Modifying (traditional) of animals. There is a group in England that is collecting and freezing chicken DNA. The fear is losing breeds and the diversity. There are hundreds of breeds but only a handful is breed for eggs and meat. I know there are members that are working to keep rare breads alive and going. But it is also nice to know there are institutions that understand the value of the diversity of chickens.

 

[AZChiknGoddess]

Hamburgers are such pretty birds!

 

[City farm]

We still have a puddle of water the duck's are hanging round in.. They had the time of their life the other day..