Arizona Chickens

[springvalley123]

I will not pay more than a dollar each

yard sales or thrift stores?

 

[springvalley123]

I think that I'm going to order this book off of Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Preppers-Can...lf+stable+meat+cookbook&qid=1627871061&sr=8-3

Here's the author's web site:
https://www.theorganicprepper.com/
Lots of good stuff there!

 

[springvalley123]

They seem to be expensive unless you can figure out how to make your own setup for cheaper.

and you can almost always find a used setup on craigslist, for hundreds of dollars!

 

[Parront]

yard sales or thrift stores?

Yard sales, 50 cents each, and inspect very carefully for cracks. Usually not worth it, too time sucking to inspect boxes of dirty jars.

 

[BlueBaby]

Here's the author's web site:
https://www.theorganicprepper.com/
Lots of good stuff there!

Thanks! I bookmarked it to go back and look at it more closely later when I have more time.

 

[CaroleW]

and you can almost always find a used setup on craigslist, for hundreds of dollars!

There's a guy on YT that uses pool noodles cut up for floating his plants - VERY cheap.

And I know a lady here in Chino Valley, Paula Ryan (I think), that has a hydroponic greenhouse. I haven't gone to see her setup yet. I'm not really into hydroponics myself unless you count rooting cuttings in pond scum (the key to easy rooting).

 

[Geckolady]

I used to have a coworker who had a huge tank with fish it it, and it was connected so that the fish poo fertilized his hydroponic vegetables. He had a whole building dedicated it. He said it saved him a lot of money and worked great, but--fish poo veggies?? Not too sure about that.

The eggs have been in the incubator for only one day, and it looks like there's someone at work who is interested in a few males. I told her I won't know what I have for a few months yet. Maybe I can actually rehome some boys! They have a big flock and could probably use a change in males. Fingers crossed she's still interested in a few months.

 

[springvalley123]

the fish poo fertilized his hydroponic vegetables. -fish poo veggies?? Not too sure about that.

It's called aquaponics. The water from the fish tank floods the plant roots, then drains etc. Where it'd get iffy (according to some) is quack a ponics, because of the types of bacteria that can grow in warm-blooded animal's systems

The eggs have been in the incubator for only one day, and it looks like there's someone at work who is interested in a few males. I told her I won't know what I have for a few months yet. Maybe I can actually rehome some boys! They have a big flock and could probably use a change in males. Fingers crossed she's still interested in a few months.

Hopefully that works out.

 

[CaroleW]

I used to have a coworker who had a huge tank with fish it it, and it was connected so that the fish poo fertilized his hydroponic vegetables. He had a whole building dedicated it. He said it saved him a lot of money and worked great, but--fish poo veggies?? Not too sure about that.

The eggs have been in the incubator for only one day, and it looks like there's someone at work who is interested in a few males. I told her I won't know what I have for a few months yet. Maybe I can actually rehome some boys! They have a big flock and could probably use a change in males. Fingers crossed she's still interested in a few months.

That's great to connect with someone who wants those males. GOOD LUCK on the incubating eggs! I have 11 in the incubator as well.

There are a lot of examples of the fish or even shrimp combined with hydroponics on YT - they call it aquaponics (I think). There was also a guy in my neighborhood in Mesa that converted his dilapidated in-ground pool to a whole ecosystem of chickens, fish, and plants called Garden Pool- he installed these systems worldwide and had permaculture gardens in his relatively small suburban lot along with pigs, duck, goats, chickens, rabbits and more maybe. I'm sure he still has a website even though he moved. He also started the seed library at Mesa, Tempe and other public libraries.

 

[BlueBaby]

My DH had to go get something from TSC, so I'm having him pick me up 3 of the 50-pound bag's of chicken feed. I'm getting low anyway's, and they said that the monsoon will be bag on Thursday. I figured why not get it now before the rain comes again.