Arizona Chickens

[beehappy4ever]

My 29 year old nephew died today in Mesa. 

He was a DPS officer.

We are in shock.

Mahonri, so sorry for your loss. Anytime a loved one dies it is tragic, passing so young even more so. Sympathies are with you and your family.

 

[LadyKotaDoria]

Cactus have such shallow roots. Sadly, they are best when rooted as as 'cactuling', I marvel at how they support themselves. Is it Possable to save it? I do hope you plant one of its arms. In 50 years it will be magnificent.

We have had here in Phoenix about 1.24 inch of rain, fantastic. That is about 1,100 gal. of collect able water off my roof. That is a lot of water, I wish I could capture all of it. The desert gets/needs 9 inches on average. That would be over 7,000 gal in a year, if I could collect 8" of it. For a family of 5, between 3 & 4 gal per person per day.

 

[beehappy4ever]

Had to move my silkies into garage, their pen flooded and they looked as happy as a wet cat! I know we need rain but I am sick of it and the mud!

 

[flower]

Cactus have such shallow roots. Sadly, they are best when rooted as as 'cactuling', I marvel at how they support themselves. Is it Possable to save it? I do hope you plant one of its arms. In 50 years it will be magnificent.

We have had here in Phoenix about 1.24 inch of rain, fantastic. That is about 1,100 gal. of collect able water off my roof. That is a lot of water, I wish I could capture all of it. The desert gets/needs 9 inches on average. That would be over 7,000 gal in a year, if I could collect 8" of it. For a family of 5, between 3 & 4 gal per person per day.

What a good idea to collect rain water. The farmers back east used to collect rain water to use on their gardens. i used to collect it at the bottom of a spout from the rain gutter. Maybe I can work on that again. But in the meantime I want to dig tones of organic matter into the soil. I will be living in the area of the painted desert.

When rain comes to the desert we are not ready for it since it is such an infrequent event.

 

[cbnovick]

Had to move my silkies into garage, their pen flooded and they looked as happy as a wet cat! I know we need rain but I am sick of it and the mud!

X2 here...run is flooded now and coop floor wet. ugh...will have to deep clean both next week i suppose.

 

[southerndesert]

Very sorry to hear this.....

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

I just chased a coyote out of my back yard.

 

[Billiam]

I just chased a coyote out of my back yard.

According to this you need a loving couple to catch a coyote.


But if Looney Tunes has taught me anything a freakishly large road runner and an anvil should do the trick.

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

Quote:

I laughed so hard, I had tears.

 

[Billiam]

I laughed so hard, I had tears.

I'm glad I could make you laugh at a frustrating situation. I thought I was being pretty clever myself.