Arizona Chickens

[desertmarcy]

Gallo you have any Moringa seeds or grape clipings you could send me? How would you go about getting a cliping from a fig tree. I have a old fig tree that needs to be removed but I want to take clipings and replant them.

Fig cuttings start best in early spring/late winter just before they bud out. Use one year old growth, about 1 foot length taken off the end of a branch. Wrap several layers of wet paper towel around the bottom few inches of the cut stem and put the whole thing in a plastic bag and twist tie shut. Put it somewhere warm and don't check it for about 2 weeks. Carefully unwrap the paper towels and look for tiny roots. Once you see the roots forming, then take the cutting out of the bag and pot it in soil in a nice well draining mix and keep well watered. Be very careful at that stage the small rootlets are very fragile. I made three cuttings from my Conadria fig this spring, two took and are doing great.

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

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When I first grew celery here in AZ I started with Tall Utah (I think?) and I was so disappointed that it was hit or miss as far as bitterness. I was always pulling stalks from the outside of each plant and mixing individuals from several plants together. Then I realized that the bitterness was mostly confined to specific plants. All the stalks from a given plant were either bitter or not. So, from a patch of about 100 plants I tasted each one and pulled out all the bitter plants. Interestingly, I removed almost exactly half. I then grew out and kept seeds from the remaining plants and from those seeds most of the plants were not bitter. I think it needed another year or so of selection, but even with the first crop we have been so pleased. I've been planting from that first batch for the past six years or so. In fact, it's probably the most favorite thing we grow in the winter. The dried leaves are such a treat in the heat of summer when we're unable to grow it, but can still get that amazing flavor. I think there are some of those seeds in the seed box. Even after all these years the germination rate is surprisingly good.

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

Fig cuttings start best in early spring/late winter just before they bud out. Use one year old growth, about 1 foot length taken off the end of a branch. Wrap several layers of wet paper towel around the bottom few inches of the cut stem and put the whole thing in a plastic bag and twist tie shut. Put it somewhere warm and don't check it for about 2 weeks. Carefully unwrap the paper towels and look for tiny roots. Once you see the roots forming, then take the cutting out of the bag and pot it in soil in a nice well draining mix and keep well watered. Be very careful at that stage the small rootlets are very fragile. I made three cuttings from my Conadria fig this spring, two took and are doing great.

I'll have to try this method next spring.

 

[City farm]

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.

Condolences from us.. If she was egg bound you might of been able to feel it in her lower abdomen by her vent.. did you see any blood in her nose? Or possibly a spider bite? Who knows, sometimes this just happens for no apparent reason..
Don't know anyone that has babies,, @desertmarcy. Has wonderful birds.. & a good selection..

 

[City farm]

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

So glad to have you on here..

This was from another member.. But we love this photo..
Once we go threw our flock & if we have any extra chickens I will post it up.. A few of our friends, 3 different households have dibbs on some of them.. Still waiting for a friend to build their coop, then I will know how many they have decided to take.. We are raising so many chicks right now..
They are just cute little sh!7s

 

[City farm]

@Papas Chickens


I have not yet sent them. I have been sick and finally went to Urgent care last night. I will try and get them sent in the next few days. Sry for the delay. 

Oh no, what happened??

 

[JaciesCoop]

Thanks for your purchase.
Have not been on BYC for a long long time. I will have to get back here more often. I just updated all my info since it's been almost 7 years since it was updated. 2 more grandchildren since then. Same dog and cats but not as many hens and only one goose now.
Thanks again.
Jacie

 

[a little chiken]

Oh no, what happened??

i have a severe UTI. i thought the pain was from my spinal stenosis but um no.

 

[K9Dave]

[COLOR=006400]Thanks for your purchase. 

Have not been on BYC for a long long time.  I will have to get back here more often.  I just updated all my info since it's been almost 7 years since it was updated.  2 more grandchildren since then.  Same dog and cats but not as many hens and only one goose now. 

Thanks again.

Jacie[/COLOR]

Welcome back.

 

[desertmarcy]

17 pullets went out of here to new homes this weekend!

My "for sale" pen has less than 10 pullets in it now, but that is only because I haven't had time to go through the birds again. Still have Black Copper Marans, Rhode Island Reds, Blue Copper Marans, New Hampshire pullets from this year--3 to 4 month olds plus a few 2+ month old Black Copper Marans.

If anybody who doesn't butcher their own birds wants a nice STEWING HEN---already processed, bagged and ready to cook---I processed 4 of them yesterday. Plus a couple of young cockerels. I sell them processed for $5/pound--organically fed from hatch. PM me for weights/prices of what I have fresh right now. They will go in the freezer after Wednesday.

Oh--and I finally did a tally on paper. I know it has to have errors--what is on paper and what is in the pens sometimes don't match, I wonder how that happens

but chicken count for this year's hatching is down to 226. Don't ask what I started with