Arizona Chickens

[BlueBaby]

Mine have been enjoying daily cuttings from the garden...especially the Malabar Spinach.

My next door neighbor has 2 male goats and they buy 50 pound bags of carrots, and she likes giving me a few of those for my chickens. Her goats were supposed to be lawn-mower's, but they aren't doing a very good job of that over there!

 

[igorsMistress]

Yeah, I buy the large containers from Costco when they have it. I just eyeball it. I mix feed in 5-gallon buckets. I'd guess maybe 1/4 - 1/3 cup of chili pepper flakes per 5-gallon bucket.

Cool, thanks! I can calculate from there.

My next door neighbor has 2 male goats and they buy 50 pound bags of carrots, and she likes giving me a few of those for my chickens. Her goats were supposed to be lawn-mower's, but they aren't doing a very good job of that over there!

Goats prefer shrubs, small trees. Not lawn...she shoulda got a sheep for the lawn.

 

[BlueBaby]

@igorsMistress I wish that they would have bought the sheep instead of the goats. I would have been able to help them on the feed cost for those then, by letting them eat my grass too! Those 2 billy goats that they have can be butt-head's.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I was thinking of getting goats or sheep. Torn between the two

 

[nicollee]

20 pages for me to catch up on.... don't know how long it will take me...

PUMPKINS...... Does anyone want pumpkins for their feathered, and four legged friends?????
There is a church in Tempe, 1945 E Guadalupe RD Tempe
They had a fund raiser pumpkin patch and have lots of leftovers.....
go pick up what you want and leave a donation.....
I suggest $1 a pumpkin, but they are happy with any contribution.
They are putting the pumpkins up outside the fence a little at a time so that the pumpkins don't become road kill.
I probably won't respond if you ask questions because I have to catch up on 20 pages before I get to this post....

 

[BlueBaby]

I was thinking of getting goats or sheep. Torn between the two

That would depend on your purpose for them, I guess. I do know that after watching those 2 billy goats next door, I will never eat goat meat!

 

[ShrekDawg]

That would depend on your purpose for them, I guess. I do know that after watching those 2 billy goats next door, I will never eat goat meat!

Mostly pets! Was thinking brush clearers too hence goats but goats are such escape artists lol

 

[BlueBaby]

Mostly pets! Was thinking brush clearers too hence goats but goats are such escape artists lol

Both of those 2 billy goats still have the horns on them, and they like to use them to push on the fence.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Both of those 2 billy goats still have the horns on them, and they like to use them to push on the fence.

I think I'd get dehorned and wethers

 

[meetthebubus]

I hear goats are really noisy. Someone has a large herd of sheep miles from here, maybe 5 miles or so. When they bring them to fields to graze I can hear them. The first time it sounded both like a party and scared screaming at the same time .... I was like what?! Then I listened harder and distinguished their bleeting