Arizona Chickens

[mom-to-5]

I removed two oleander (one was VERY large) in the house we just bought. Should I somehow kill the roots...will it grown back? Ugh!

 

[azmotogirl]

Quote: You can kill them with rock salt but you won't be able to grow anything else in that spot!!!!

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

Thx for the welcome, mostly I'm just a lurker. Be careful burning oleander, the smoke is very poisonous and has been known to cause death. Horses are smart enough not to touch oleander, but I'm not sure about chickens.

ummmm....forgot to mention there was a palo verde fatality associated with the lye incident. didn't even notice 'til I brushed against a limb and it broke off, dead and dry.

We're glad you joined us! I lurked here for a year before I signed up. A lot of people here have oleander in their yards with chickens. They also seem to be smart enough not to eat it. However, if chickens are permanently confined with oleander planted against the fence, who knows if they might try to eat it.

 

[a little chiken]

It isn't in my experience that most animals will voluntarily eat Oleander but it can get mixed in with bedding and or just in the pen and they nibble on it. I wont take the chance and get rid of it. Oleander will also house ticks.
When we burned the roots we all wore masks and I did not have a farm yet. We also did it at night to try and be thoughtful to our neighbors.
My neighbors have a fence made out of oleander but it never comes in contact with my animals.

 

[carnivore]

I'm still new here and I don't know how to do the quote thing. You can go to the BORG (big orange retail giant, known to the straights as Home Depot) and get a herbicide called Yard Clear. Cut it right down to the roots and pour Yard Clear on the stump. Much safer than lye or salt, and even works on mesquite!

P.S. pay cash and fight against assimilation!

 

[carnivore]

You can kill them with rock salt but you won't be able to grow anything else in that spot!!!!

I think I did it! see the Yard Clear post!

 

[City farm]

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My 29 week old Turken, Gerdy, appears to be possibly going broody. Yesterday she sat in the nesting box till 2pm, then went out and ranges and roosted with the rest of the girls. Today though she has only come off the nest twice for about 15 minutes each time...plus she growled at me this morning as I was cleaning the coop (which is very uncharacteristic of her). While I wasn't expecting anyone to go broody so soon I would like to increase my flock!
There were two wooden eggs in desperate nesting boxes which she somehow put under her and I left her egg from today under her.

I was thinking that if she stayed on the nest for a couple days it would be safe to put fertile eggs under her...but I would prefer to get them locally.
Is there anyone in the valley, I'm in Mesa, that would have fertile eggs for welsummer, Delaware, legbar, leghorn, silkies or barred rocks just in case my girl decides to stick with it?[/quot

Hope this is not to late, we have barn are mix fertile eggs.. Did you find some yet?

 

[City farm]

ARE YOU SURE?, DURING THE WAR WORLD 2,  THE DEEP DEPRESSION  IT WAS CALLED THE VICTORY GARDEN, PEOPLE WERE ALLOWED TO RAISE CHICKENS AND GARDENS DUE TO THE  BAD DEPRESSION AND  WAS ALLOWED ONLY 2 CHICKEN PER OCCUPANT AND ROOSTER WERE NOT ALLOWED,

In our dreams we wish each household had 2 chickens...

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

Quote: Nah, at least 6!

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

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You'll be an old pro before you know it.