Arizona Chickens

[Arizonachicken]

I don't know who remembers this, but a few months ago I had a mystery plant growing and someone ID'd it as a Chiltepine. It been growing great with NO care and is loaded with little peppers.

From what I understand, I wait until they turn red to harvest them, right? I was thinking of drying and crushing them. Anyone have any suggestions?

 

[flower]

Arizonachicken I do not know much about using a hydrator for drying except that it is best to open up any small enclosed fruit or vegetable. Tomatoes POP if not spread out. Pepers should be easy as I have dried those just by letting they sit around.

 

[Timskins]

Bananas with meal worms. I about threw up but the chickens loved it.

 

[ChemicalchiCkns]

cycens love BananazZZzZ.

 

[Demosthine]

For those in the East Valley, here's a great, cheap meat supplement on Craig's List...

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/zip/4199433204.html

 

[katmotley]

So excited! Got our first egg today! This is from our leghorn that we got at the end of May. Seems like it took forever, but she finally started laying today. Hoping some of the others follow soon.

 

[kpgoldstar]

I don't know who remembers this, but a few months ago I had a mystery plant growing and someone ID'd it as a Chiltepine. It been growing great with NO care and is loaded with little peppers.
From what I understand, I wait until they turn red to harvest them, right? I was thinking of drying and crushing them. Anyone have any suggestions?

Chiltepins are best left until the fully ripe stage of red, although if you see them starting to turn color and there is danger of frost you may want to harvest earlier. You should be able to just spread them out on flour sack towels in a spare bedroom and they will dry in a few days. I've not used a dehydrator, but they should be OK to dry that way too, and faster. They are HOT little buggers!!! I accidentally ate one right off the plant one morning (before I knew LOL) and holy, moly!
I find after drying any herb or pepper it is best to leave in a whole state until you are ready to use them. It keeps the oils and flavors intact, ready to release when crushed.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

I went out to check on the pips.. 2 look good almost out, 1 looks like the air sack was
in the wrong spot.. This was the only egg from flower.. The olive layer.. I pulled back
part of it to see of it moved, none.. I put the chick back in just in case.. This is only
the 2nd time we have hatched from a hen..
How long untill I could help by pulling the shell back?

Generally 24 hours from first pip, but I will sometimes intervene if I think the chick is going to die without immediate help. http://www.browneggblueegg.com/Article/HelpingChicksHatch.html is a good explanation of how to help.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: I've never had a chick I helped out grow up to be weak or have weak chicks. Either they do not survive chickhood, or they grow up indistinguishable (as far as health and vigor are concerned) from the rest of the flock.

 

[kacklinkelly]

Were there any west valley coops? I've never understood why they don't post approximate locations.

Apparently you have to pay for tickets in order to get a map of the coops on the tour and their locations. The 10 we saw stretched between Hatcher (farthest north) to south of Osborn (farthest south we went). They all criss crossed from about 16th street - 23rd ave. I'm sure there were more, but those took us several hours and we were hungry for lunch at that point. My husband has the map in the car so I can't verify any other locations.

I heard that some chose to do the tour on bicycles and it was about a 15 mile tour for that.