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City farm said:
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That is very thoughtful of you, but I'd rather we not do this. I thought about a seed swap, where we mail seeds to each other, but I thought the meeting with the box is better to promote our community. If someone has their own moringa seeds to send Papas Chickens, then that would be great, but I think that seeds in the seed box should stay in the seed box until someone wants to remove them. Of course that would mean they'd have to get the box. A lot of people will spend the time, money and energy to get the box, so it's not really fair to them.
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Gallo del Cielo said:
That is very thoughtful of you, but I'd rather we not do this.  I thought about a seed swap, where we mail seeds to each other, but I thought the meeting with the box is better to promote our community.  If someone has their own moringa seeds to send Papas Chickens, then that would be great, but I think that seeds in the seed box should stay in the seed box until someone wants to remove them.  Of course that would mean they'd have to get the box.  A lot of people will spend the time, money and energy to get the box, so it's not really fair to them.
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Shot down by the seed box police lol.
 
Good morning everyone. I know I have not been on here in a while but it is with a heavy heart that I let everyone know that Phoebe (my Avatar) passed away yesterday. I went out in the morning to check on the girls and all three were roaming the yard and acting normal. I refilled their "pool" shallow pan in the coop that we keep water in so that they can stand in to keep cool They love it. Then around 4pm I went out to take some kitchen scraps to the compost and she was laying on her side dead in the coop. I am wondering if anyone may have an idea what could cause this? I believe she may have been egg bound as she had not laid an egg in a week but she had no other symptoms. I did notice some very liquid and greenish in color stool near the coop but not sure if it was hers. She was still eating and drinking water as well as roaming the yard and spending time with her sisters in the compost bin. She seemed to be normal and the only other thing could think of was that her feathers looked a little ratted and rough looking. I thought maybe she was starting to molt as she had not done this yet and was around 14 months old. I also thought maybe that was why she hadn't laid an egg in a week since I read that can happen when they molt. My other two birds still seem just fine although I could tell they were a little off after Phoebe passed yesterday. They seemed more cuddly and wanted to sit on our laps more than usual. Any advice would be great because I feel horrible if she was egg bound and I didn't do anything to help this. I guess I just thought she was molting and it was normal.

I was also wondering if anyone knows of anyone locally that has some chicks for sale. My wife and I are looking to get 2 or 3 chicks to add to our flock. Thanks for any help or advice.
 
I am interested in a few if you are still giving away. Would like for the eggs and to help keep down bugs. Thanks, Bee
 
ctroyer said:
Good morning everyone. I know I have not been on here in a while but it is with a heavy heart that I let everyone know that Phoebe (my Avatar) passed away yesterday. I went out in the morning to check on the girls and all three were roaming the yard and acting normal. I refilled their "pool" shallow pan in the coop that we keep water in so that they can stand in to keep cool They love it. Then around 4pm I went out to take some kitchen scraps to the compost and she was laying on her side dead in the coop. I am wondering if anyone may have an idea what could cause this? I believe she may have been egg bound as she had not laid an egg in a week but she had no other symptoms. I did notice some very liquid and greenish in color stool near the coop but not sure if it was hers. She was still eating and drinking water as well as roaming the yard and spending time with her sisters in the compost bin. She seemed to be normal and the only other thing could think of was that her feathers looked a little ratted and rough looking. I thought maybe she was starting to molt as she had not done this yet and was around 14 months old. I also thought maybe that was why she hadn't laid an egg in a week since I read that can happen when they molt. My other two birds still seem just fine although I could tell they were a little off after Phoebe passed yesterday. They seemed more cuddly and wanted to sit on our laps more than usual. Any advice would be great because I feel horrible if she was egg bound and I didn't do anything to help this. I guess I just thought she was molting and it was normal.

I was also wondering if anyone knows of anyone locally that has some chicks for sale. My wife and I are looking to get 2 or 3 chicks to add to our flock. Thanks for any help or advice.
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so sorry about your loss
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You can find chickens from @desertmarcy
 
Gallo del Cielo said:
So, about these moringa trees. Everything I read about moringa made me excited about growing them for us and the animals to eat. What's not to like about them? They're beautiful, super fast growers, roots, leaves and seeds are edible and the nutritional content is fantastic. I had a hard time starting them over the winter (mistake) and by the spring I'd lost quite a few. I tasted the tubers of some of those early failures and they were sublime. Wonderfully smooth and a rich nutty taste with nice hint of horseradish (I love horseradish). It made me even more hopeful. But then I started tasting the raw leaves--not so good. Thinking they might be better cooked, we tried stir frying them and they were still a bit bitter and something seemed odd about the flavor. I started thinking that maybe it was because some of the leaves I cooked were older and maybe the younger growth might be better. So, while topping the trees off and trimming them back I tasted the growth tips and at first they were wonderful, kinda like broccoli stems or asparagus. But then a strange, powerful and long-lasting aftertaste (that I still can't quite describe) took hold.
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I think maybe I've just found the only food stuff to grow from dirt that I don't like. I'm still hopeful that the seeds will taste good.

Oh well, at least I can feed them to the chickens, right? But my chickens don't like the leaves either. Dang chickens loved the short seedlings and would eat them to the dirt every chance they got but now that the trees are larger, they don't like them. I even removed all the protection I had for the trees and the chickens couldn't care less for the leaves. Even the tortoises don't like them.

Has anyone else grown and eaten moringa or fed it to their chickens? Your findings and thoughts? Recipes?
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Gallo, my experiences echo yours to a "T". I thought it tasted VERY bitter & my mouth could feel the alkalinity as i was chewing it!
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Blecch!
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I will say that my chickens seem to eat the leaves if I put some in their coops where they are a captive audience, but they wont go for the leaves when they are free ranging. I do wonder if the extreme bitterness & alkalinity will affect the taste of the chickens eggs? Anybody care to venture a guess?
 

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