Arizona Chickens

[LadyKotaDoria]

It's unbelievable!  I've never seen it snow this hard in Tucson.

You must be new.
Christmas of 87 we had a few inches of snow that lasted for a couple days. Easter of 97 (I think) we had some pretty good snow. A few years back we had an inch one sunday morning in January.
I've lived here since 81 and those are the only really memorable snows that I have. Summer storms stick in my memory also, like the floods of 83.

Yeah, I'm relatively new, just 15 years in AZ.  We moved here in 98.  I think the snowy Easter was 99.  We were in Phoenix visiting the inlaws and completely missed that storm.  We did see it on the news though.  I don't remember any accumulation of snow in the past few years.  Of course, the weather yesterday would have been considered a mild late spring or late summer day where I grew up in northern MI.  I'll take the fleeting cold weather any day.  I don't miss the kind that stays for nine months.

I've been here sence '87, remember snow, hail, shear winds, but remember HEAT. I think it was 1989? or '90? At my house for at lest 2 months, 100 and above. 2 weeks solid over 115, in the house 105 to 125, several days the out side thermometer read 120 & 122. I had no A/C, no evap., only a fan and a bath tub. To hot!

 

[LadyKotaDoria]

I love all types of food, will try almost anything once. I just ask that it is good. There is a Middle East meat store someplace in south central phoenix I want to visit. You can get goat meat, I believe they butcher it correctly, and it is fresh not frozen. GOOD goat meat is tender and tasty, I think it is better then lamb and mutton. The last goat I butchered I gave a leg to my Dentist, he loved lamb and thought goat was to gamey. He slow cooked it medium rare, neither garlic and herbs, just like he cooked his lamb. He had to agree it is better. Sadly what goes in is 80% and cooking is 20% of tender and tasty. Butchering is 100%.

 

[LadyKotaDoria]

Just went out to check on my girls, Clare, Pecker, & Lucy had jumped the fence and were raiding my garden. As soon as I opened the door they ran to the fence, I opened the gate and they went in. Don't tell me they don't learn. On the other had you have Blonde, dumb as a rock.

 

[queenrilly]

Lee Lees at 76 Ave and Olive? That stink? I shop there quite a bit, never noticed bad smells. Over the years I have noticed bad smells is some Ashion stores. If it smells bad I leave.

I am a little behind, just got home last night. I had been out of town helping Flower move.

No, the one in Chandler, at Dobson and warner I think?
For up in that area I'd rather go to Asiana (thunderbird i think?) or .... The one on 67th ave and ....McDowell?...somewhere down there.. My friends cousin owns that one in w.Phoenix. leelee's is too expensive for me. But the chandler one stinks.

I love all types of food, will try almost anything once. I just ask that it is good. There is a Middle East meat store someplace in south central phoenix I want to visit. You can get goat meat, I believe they butcher it correctly, and it is fresh not frozen. GOOD goat meat is tender and tasty, I think it is better then lamb and mutton. The last goat I butchered I gave a leg to my Dentist, he loved lamb and thought goat was to gamey. He slow cooked it medium rare, neither garlic and herbs, just like he cooked his lamb. He had to agree it is better. Sadly what goes in is 80% and cooking is 20% of tender and tasty. Butchering is 100%.

Turn west from 24th st on Roosevelt... Then there's a park and you turn south...then its on the left.
Man I wish I could remember the exact place, hubby would but he's at work. I'll try to remember to find out and check back in here. They also have an awesome little lunch counter and all kinds of flat breads.

 

[queenrilly]

I love all types of food, will try almost anything once. I just ask that it is good. There is a Middle East meat store someplace in south central phoenix I want to visit. You can get goat meat, I believe they butcher it correctly, and it is fresh not frozen. GOOD goat meat is tender and tasty, I think it is better then lamb and mutton. The last goat I butchered I gave a leg to my Dentist, he loved lamb and thought goat was to gamey. He slow cooked it medium rare, neither garlic and herbs, just cooked his lamb. He had to agree it is better. Sadly what goes in is 80% and cooking is 20% of tender and tasty. Butchering is 100%.

http://www.baizmarket.com
BAIZ MARKET
523 North 20th Street,
Phoenix, AZ

They have the best soda's too, and best thing about foreign soda is that its all with real sugar and usually some sort of fruit juice. DH likes that it looks like he's drinking beer hah

 

[squeakyballs]

Yay! Desertmarcy should have chicks for me on the 4th! So excited!

 

[LadyKotaDoria]

It is meaningless, but bothers me. "76 Ave and Cactus," for Lee Lees. It eats away at me when I makes silly mistakes.

I have found, by my taste buds, that Asian sweets are less sweet, I often detect honey instead of sugar. I have wondered about some sweet bread products. I have had sweet rice (not really sweet), if my information was right, the sweetness in some breads are from sweet rice flower, an Un-verified and questionable source. I believe a deft hand at sugar or other sweetener.

 

[City farm]

I'm so excited! I'm going to hatch quail! I've had the idea for a while, just not the room... When I hatch my first batch, I might sell a couple dozen of the chicks! If anyone is interested in quail, I should have chicks within a couple of months! Eventually, I will have chicks, adults, and fertile eggs for sale!

The coop is going well! We had a bit of a slow-down after it rained, but we are back to par, working 4 hours a day weekdays, and 10 hours on weekends! Should have it completed soon!

Chicks were three weeks old, yesterday! It's hard to believe I've had them that long... They are a lot bigger than they were. In a while, I will make a thread to help, erm, genderize(?) them?

I am a vegetarian since the 9th, and it hasn't been difficult! I'm surprised my mum hasn't forced me to eat meat! (She's quite worried about my protein intake. Oh, dear.)
Rezia

Yes on quail for us..

 

[City farm]

Just went out to check on my girls, Clare, Pecker, & Lucy had jumped the fence and were raiding my garden. As soon as I opened the door they ran to the fence, I opened the gate and they went in. Don't tell me they don't learn. On the other had you have Blonde, dumb as a rock.

Yeah my friend that has chicken calls them dumb.. But other people that have them & the stories they tell... Well that is a different story..
My girls know when I have the spray bottle in hand they are in the no scratch zone.. They take off before I even spray.. Unles of course
they can't see the bottle..

Hey you know, some dogs are smarter than others.. Do you think a specific breed of chicken is smarter than another?? I don't believe so

 

[squeakyballs]

I am a vegetarian since the 9th, and it hasn't been difficult! I'm surprised my mum hasn't forced me to eat meat! (She's quite worried about my protein intake. Oh, dear.)
Rezia

Yay! I feel like I should say welcome to the club, or something. I haven't eaten meat in 5 years!

Try tracking your food on a website such as myfitnesspal.com or fitday.com, either one will give you a good breakdown of your carbs/fat/protein intake and tell you if you are meeting your dietary needs. It will give you proof that you are getting enough of everything, and hopefully make her relax.

http://allrecipes.com/howto/twenty-for-twenty-vegetarian-edition/ a few good recipes, my favorite are the black bean burgers. ;-)

Good luck!