Arizona Chickens

[DesertChic]

How does one give roosters away.... im having a hard time with this XD

some of us consider roos fast food. Us farm boys anyways.

Too true. Roosters/cockerels are simply harder to place. Sometimes you can find someone looking for a particular breed of rooster, but it's pretty rare. You can try listing here and on Craigslist, but be prepared for disappointment.

 

[Banaynaychicken]

Quote: Lol, I feel on the disappointment thing... The guy down the street wants to breed his hens, but does't want a roosterrrrrr........ man, you know that is natures way! I'll try around school. Someone in the FFA Poultry Group has gotta want some Old English show bantams.

 

[CroqueArizona]

Any AZ chicken people out there? I am looking for some advice on raising chicks in the desert. I'm in Mesa. Does it get too hot out here? I have four 20 day old chicks, 3 Buff Orps and 1 leghorn. Do we need to do anything special here

yes we do. There are threads listing the methods
DO NOT RUN OUT OF WATER shade misters wetting the ground and multiple pan's of water with bricks for chickens to cool off. Even a nice vid on YouTube.

 

[nicollee]

How does one give roosters away.... im having a hard time with this XD

The problem may be the same reason you don't want them...
IF I could have one I would, but zoning laws don't allow me to have a rooster (too noisy)
Plus my husband and son don't want one (too noisy)

Also most people have chickens for the eggs, not the wake up calls.

So if you want to know why you're having trouble giving your rooster (no matter how beautiful) away
Think about why you're giving him away...

 

[CroqueArizona]

So why did the chicken cross the road?

SARAH PALIN: The chicken crossed the road because, gosh-darn it, he's a maverick!

BARACK OBAMA: Let me be perfectly clear, if the chickens like their eggs they can keep their eggs. No chicken will be required to cross the road to surrender her eggs. Period.

JOHN McCAIN: My friends, the chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.

HILLARY CLINTON: What difference at this point does it make why the chicken crossed the road?

GEORGE W. BUSH: We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road or not. The chicken is either with us or against us. There is no middle ground here.

DICK CHENEY: Where's my gun?

BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with that chicken.

AL GORE: I invented the chicken.... and the road.

JOHN KERRY: Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.

AL SHARPTON: Why are all the chickens white?

DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on this side of the road before it goes after the problem on the other side of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he is acting by not taking on his current problems before adding any new problems.

OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross the road so badly. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a NEW CAR so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.

ANDERSON COOPER: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.

NANCY GRACE: That chicken crossed the road because he's guilty! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.

PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.

MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warn me which way the chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.

DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain, alone.

GRANDPA: In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough for us.

DONALD TRUMP: We should build a wall so the chicken can't cross the road.

BARBARA WALTERS: Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heartwarming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its lifelong dream of crossing the road.

ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.

BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken2014, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents and balance your checkbook. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken2014. This new platform is much more stable and will never reboot.

ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?

COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?

lol I shall steal this thanks

 

[City farm]

If you ever come this way we have extra moringa seed's, or PM us your postal address.. I'll send them in the mail to you.. It is nice quick shade, all edible, no fuss, low water, low maintenance.. Plus in the winter if you have other stuff growing the leaves die back for the sun to warm the soil & chicken's.. You know those chicken's, just like our dog's... They sunbathe daily..

sent pm. Thanks we are about 40 miles away. I am building coop right now from pallets 12'x12' in a run 35' by 12' pictures forthcoming

Okay, will try to get them in the mail today.. Want globe mallow?

As I walked out to put on the mailbox the postman walked up.. You should receive in a day or so...

Did you get the package?

 

[deserteggs22]

Oh I love this time of year here in AZ! My peach tree is blooming!

 

[City farm]

Pictures of the chicks

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As I walked out to put on the mailbox the postman walked up.. You should receive in a day or so...

globe mallow? Yes I would .

I did add some in.. The duck's, chicken's and tortious will eat it ..

Yes, we need lots of pictures!  You'll have to post your moringa updates too!

Lots's of pictures are good...


Sweet!

pallet I get 12' boards from

Can't wait to see the finished product

 

[City farm]

I've been trying to get my Moringa seeds to germinate and grow for a few weeks now with no luck. I've tried growing them in coconut coir, potting soil and compost but they just won't sprout. What am I doing wrong? 

I germinate seeds in the greenhouses sold by Wal-Mart and the hardware stores. In the old days I used a seed flat with potting soil and laid burlap over it to keep moist. Heat and moisture germinate the seed
Got to have both. Many seeds germinate in 7-10 days. I have seen some jump up in a few days but that's the exception. Germinate in 12 days or grow from cuttingshttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moringa_oleifera

I'll have to look this up later.. Thanks.. Spring break, so we are all on holiday here.. Our neighborhood I'd doing a progressive dinner tomorrow.. We are making.. "Chick's with a hat" I'll post photo's later..

 

[City farm]

in answer to your question I think sprained is more accurate than broken. Search BYC using key words hurt chick wing and there is a wealth of information already here. Good luck and hope your chick gets better soon they are pretty tough.

I thinks she was faking it because after I picked her up and looked not only did it look and feel fine but when I put her down she went back to playing and she put her wing back to normal. My dad thinks that maybe she is actually a rooster and she was doing her dominance dance.. But I don't think so she doesn't look like a rooster and she's way to young to be acting like one. Do you think maybe she was just doing it for the attention? She is the tamest chicken out of my six and she even runs up to me and hops in my hand when I go over.​

X2.. Good advice..

I am seriously considering a moringa forest in my backyard. It's full sun and I need more shade. I'm hoping to find a few to plant soon.

I will mail you some seed's unless you can pop on over for a cup of tea in the garden??

I am seriously considering a moringa forest in my backyard. It's full sun and I need more shade. I'm hoping to find a few to plant soon.

I want to plant a bunch along the west side of my house for this very reason. If I can't get any of these seeds to sprout I'll be ordering some trees from EcoGrow.

Put directly in the ground.. But,,, soak the seed's overnight

Do yours grow enough to have the pod's? Have you tried the pod's, if so are the good? We only have one tree @ our rental.. @sill shares her leaves with us.. I keep forgetting to ask other's that have this on their property if they have tried the pod's..

No not yet - I'm hoping some day...........We are just a tad too cold in the winter months for us to really get anywhere with good growth.  We do get leaves and use them but have never gotten flowers or pods.  

@sill said her tree took 2 plus years to have pod's