Arizona Chickens

[City farm]

Communes do not work, community's do and co-ops. A semi-commune. Will what are we waiting for? The grim reaper? I'm in. I hope to sell my house myself, buy land, build a house, of my design. It may have to be very small, I hope to put in solar and if there is water a well. Realistically it will be solar or well not both. No one is going to hand me the money any time some. Each buy 2 or 3 acres, join the land and manage it. Set the community agenda, and all the other details. Very do able. We all have a lot to offer. In truth, it is hard to get the vision out of your mind. It would be hard work, organization, and communication. With all that I still would love it.

I'm looking at Wittman, a nice compromise, doctors, hospitals, and stores not that far. Still open land, still Possable to get 40 or 50 acres in one piece west of Wittman. There is a problem for kids, in a community they can't get away with anything.

I live in a amazing community for 17+ years, some of these people want nothing to do with other, offer no help to others..
As a result we ( about five ) in a community of 200. No joke!! 5! Go out of our way to help all others when they ask..
Being a Block watch cordinator for the majority of our time here in our awesome community, we are always looking
on how to get neighbors to join in.. Some are good at cooking, pets,yard work or going to city council meetings.. I wish
our neighborhood would all work & get along as a commune.. If that word scars you then you can use the word...
Extended family.. I love to hear about families that work together & stay together.. Grandma/pa stayed home & cooked, cleaned.
fixed stuff, Then when they need care they were sent to a facility for strangers to take care of them..
A large community area to come together at meal time, with home cooked food that all family & friends work together & make it work..
Just a dream of mine...

 

[City farm]

quote name="chisandchicks" url="/t/31227/arizona-chickens/37920#post_11580075"]Hi!!! I am in Casa Grande, Az. We are pretty much neighbors - Lol.
I have 23 chickens of different ages and was also worried about the intense heat here. I solved the problem/s by making sure that they have A LOT of tarps up for shade; I watched the sun (as it shined in my backyard) to make sure of where it is most intense in the daytime - that way I knew where & how to place my tarps ($3.00 for 6' x 8'-s at Big Lots! A great deal, eh?)  I then got a mister for them and have that on during the hottest part of the day. (Be careful with that though because if the ground gets to wet - for to long - it will start to smell. (For odor problems use Sweet PTZ - I think that's how you spell it - might be a 'D' and not a 'T'? Lol )
 Also, make sure the chickens have pans of water to put their feet in! That is VERY important to keep them cool!
So far my chickens are staying cool enough to be still laying eggs!
(Supposedly chickens don't lay when it's hot...)
 I think you'll be fine if you are attentive to keeping them cool.
God bless you and your chickens "Arizona Chickens"! Keep smiling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lol.
your fellow chicken lover,
Chisandchicks (stands for "Chihuahuas and chickens" - lol)
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Welcome stay cool

 

[City farm]

I feel for you.  Out of the entire county, the two most dangerous locations are Guadalupe and Wittman.  Most of the Officers and the Constable I know rarely enter Wittman without having a backup unit on standby and them being fairly close.  Even 15 years when I was in high school, it wasn't that bad at all.  I knew several kids who were bused in to my high school every day.  Now, though, things have significantly changed.  It's hard seeing that kind of change in somewhere that you've dedicated that much of your life to.  Even my Inmates talk about it, but their philosophy is different.  They know it's a safehaven for drug users and they can get anything their hearts desire.  Too bad the Sheriff's Office can't get enough funding to hire the Deputies to keep that area flooded with heavy patrols for a few years.  Clean it up and get a fantastic community support system set up.  Unlike Guad, though, they wouldn't have the extreme opposition from the ACLU and La Raza for arresting illegal immigrants.


I've never lived in a commune or similar environment.  I've heard great things and bad things about them.  I've always wanted to visit Arcosanti, but somehow never manage to stop when I'm driving by.

Yeah, it is sad that all the good people can't come together & make a statement to the addicts.. We have run off 3-4 here.. Working on another..
I have found that you have to stay vigilant.. We just bought a soldering iron kit.. Yesterday.. I am making sign's that say attack rooster..
Our mail man knows they are locked up... But it cracks me up.. Most addicts are afraid of dogs & roosters I just found out. Who knew??

On another note, out of the three silkie babies we have one rooster..

 

[City farm]

LOL...Our little secret... Old wives tale...Use a string and metal washer.   Hold chick and hold string and washer over the base of the tail.        Goes in a circle....pullet   Goes back and forth...roo   It has been pretty accurate till now.  Try it over your hens. I did this on my dogs and it was right.

WHAT??? I might have to look at this on You tube

 

[Demosthine]

Yeah, it is sad that all the good people can't come together & make a statement to the addicts.. We have run off 3-4 here.. Working on another..
I have found that you have to stay vigilant.. We just bought a soldering iron kit.. Yesterday.. I am making sign's that say attack rooster..
Our mail man knows they are locked up... But it cracks me up.. Most addicts are afraid of dogs & roosters I just found out. Who knew??

On another note, out of the three silkie babies we have one rooster..

Have you ever seen those roosters that the illegals and drug cartels use for their cock fighting? Those are some mean, scary little things! If I was hyped on drugs, watching them try to gut each other, they'd terrify me, too.

 

[BY Chicken Lady]

LOL...Our little secret... Old wives tale...Use a string and metal washer.   Hold chick and hold string and washer over the base of the tail.        Goes in a circle....pullet   Goes back and forth...roo   It has been pretty accurate till now.  Try it over your hens. I did this on my dogs and it was right.

Someone did that on my belly when i was pregnant with both my babies 30 + yrs ago. Both tests said boys...I.have two daughters, lol.

 

[Fuzzybird]

City Farm, I like your idea of a commune. I think the way things are going there will be more and more families and friends getting together to live and help each other.

 

[LadyKotaDoria]

The string and washer works for baby's to. I was told you can up it by using a crystal.

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I did not know this about Wittmann, the drugs. Somehow I'm not surprised, Unhappy yes. I do not see any place else that would fit as a location. It sounds like it would be a good place to have a "community type commune" to be safe. The biggest problem with making a commune work is that there must be an agenda that all can agree on, secondly the individual agendas of each member must not conflict or interfere with the community's agenda. This is were the real work lies. Good communication and understanding, a democratic strong leader, you have to have individuals such as book keepers, as in any business, club, or organization.

I call it a semi-commune, because, we are so accustomed to having private space and personal things, stuff, junk, and baggage. Each in a semi-commune would have to down size, but not as drastically as a true commune. It is the haves and have nots thing. In a semi-commune the agreed agenda is the key.

I have mine idea of what the agenda is, if I became a part of the planing for a commune, I would present my concept, at that point I have to let it go, detach myself from my agenda, each member would do the same. Look at and modify each agenda until there is only one. Our personal agenda includes the community, and each of use must have a smaller agenda.

Children would most likely be home schooled, by the community, people such as myself at 67, would need to be part of it.

The semi-commune part is that a job out side of the commune would be kept, you keep your income, at the same time, part of your income would go into the community because your time is outside working. A tithing to the commune, in time/money. Digging wells, fencing, security systems, and solar systems are all part of the community good.

Our chickens are pets for most of us. In a true commune you have no true personal property. Semi-commune you could. But we are all responsible for the health and well being of everyone and that includes the personal pets as well as the commune chickens and live stock. . . . And gardens. Even in a semi-commune we/each must be selfless. All very do able. And a good life.

 

[Demosthine]

Was anyone else in the North Valley or West Valley looking at ordering the Omega-3 Chicken Foraging Blend from Grow Organic? I'm planning on doing my order this coming Friday and wanted to see about combining orders. We can save on the seeds themselves ($3.99 under 5-pounds, $3.60 for 5 to 10 pounds, $3.41 for 10 to 50 pounds...) and on shipping. I'm already in the 10-pound range, so it's discounted. Shipping is $7.99 up to 40-pounds, so we can save a bit there, too. PM me if anyone is interested.

If you are anywhere else in the valley and want to meet downtown for the order, my wife works near 19th Avenue and Southern Avenue, while I'm at 4th Avenue and Washington Street. Between the two of us, we can meet any day of the week.

 

[City farm]

We just got back from a couple weeks of travel to NM and CO. We spent an awesome week at our friend's bee farm in Truchas. Situated above the town at 8000' and one of the last houses up the road before the forest rises to Truchas Peak (second highest in NM), it always makes a great get-away from our low desert heat. Their bee business is doing great, down from the 540 colonies last year as they focused on a new child, but they're gearing up for an even bigger 2014. It was a lot of fun working with the bees, but mostly it was just loading and unloading the truck. They had a big party while we were there and we met all sorts of interesting people from the Santa Fe/Taos/Rio Grande river area. Everyone was somehow involved with food production--bee keeping, ranchers, orchard farmers, restaurateurs, so it made for fascinating conversation. The Jaroso Fire, just over the ridge caused a bit of concern over the week as the smoke would cross over and fill the valley at night, making it hard to breath. We also watched the occasional spot fire cross over, wondering if we would have to evacuate. I'm glad we didn't have to pack up all those colonies. After that we went to Buena Vista, CO, a magnificent little town situated at the base of the Collegiate Peaks (all >14k') with the Arkansas River flowing by the edge of town. It was an unforgettable time with another couple of our BFFs, filled with world-class fly fishing and rock climbing. It was really hard to come home after that. I was glad to find that we didn't lose any birds, thanks to my fantastic house-sitter and Squeakyballs, who watched over them so so well.

Wow what a adventure... Especially watching the spot fire cross over WOW.. Adrenaline rush.. Is this event 1x a year?? One of our dearest friends lives in Santa Fe, they are always looking for events? She says it is so boring there..