Arizona Chickens

[ChuskaMtns]

Well I was wrong about my eggs haha! I found 18 of them today! They were up on top of the hay, under the tarp, never thought they could get up there!

Must be the day for it! I figured my EEs & Marans stopped laying & same as you, found a bunch of blue & green eggs under the tarp on the hay bales. No Marans eggs though. My EEs had to get into the area first since it's in a fenced, gated, covered area.

 

[ChuskaMtns]

Got my first egg today! It's nowhere near as pretty and dark as the other marans egg someone posted, but hey, this is a feed store bird.

Pretty egg! My girls were laying light initially then their "sprayer" started working. You'll probably get bigger & darker eggs.

 

[moms3cuties]

greetings Tucson, I'm here, lol!

anyone from Byc in Tucson still up?

 

[Sill]

....if you don't mind sir, I hate it ask you to do anymore, but if its possible would you put one or two cuttings to start for me as well please, I live near City Farm so maybe I can meet up with her, or if I happen to come down to Tucson take them both up.thanks for letting me ask, lol. I used to love eating them when I was in Hawaii and I have been able to buy them at some of the Hispanic markets in Arizona and I love them. Oahu was a great place to live for tropical fruits back in the early 1990's for me. I've also been able to start papayas here by seed, but the frost kills them off and I started them from a dried Hawaiian sunrise papaya seeds!

Next year I will start them inside and then bring him outside right after the frost clears. I tend to grow these on the east side of my house so that way they have shade from the afternoon full sun. I have a man called the, "organic Gardener, " near me and I think he has some different suggestions on growing papayas here. I'll have one extra of what I believe it's called a Caribbean guava started, that I had bought from either Home Depot or Lowe's; that has done really well for me here and I just planted it a little over year ago and it is fruiting its second time this year! It is quite tasty if you let it ripen up enough and get on the yellow side. I hear some people eat them green with salt. Keep in mind this guava is sensitive to the frost, so it would need to be covered with a sheet or have Christmas lights placed on it to help keep it warm during frost times. currently, I do not know if it will come back during the spring if it dies down from a hard frost. Last winter I did not have a hard frost here so my guava didn't seem to be affected too much. And with that being said my pear tree seemed to do well & bare Asian pears (my bare root tree from Tennessee) and then my Fuji apple had about five apples on it this year the first time in 8 years it actually bared fruit, thankfully!! Can't seem to load a pic of the guava's this morning,,, sorry! Maybe later on!

The guava fruit I got from your tree was delicious! And aromatic too. I let it ripen even more and it was a beautiful pink inside, yellow outside. I planted a bunch of the seeds and now have maybe 10 guava seedlings! They get morning sun and seem to love the heat. I need to get them out of the flat they are in and put them in pots or the ground. I probably should give some away, that's way too many if they all grow.

Passion fruit for me too, please! I can transport from Tucson when they are ready. We travel back and forth a lot. When are they ripe?


My Moringa just died. I grew it from seed directly in the ground and it was doing great. It was about 2 feet tall but it looks like some kind of insect ate the stem and the whole thing died. :-(
I guess I'll try again next spring.

Let me know if you want moringa cuttings instead of seed when you are ready to plant again. It can give you a jump start.

I've heard that moringas are tasty to termites so check to see if something ate the roots. If so plant them in a different location.

 

[K9Dave]

Since there is such a wealth of info and great people on our Az Thread I thought I'd post this here as well.

I'm selling my 2005 GMC Sierra and looking for an older truck as my daily driver. Interested in classic 70-80's Chevy's. Thinking 350 motor, 4x4, automatic tranny, not sure on 3/4 or 1/2 ton.

@cyborg don't I remember you having a truck that fits into this category, maybe you have a line on another?

TIA

 

[DesertChickens1]

When they were at my house, they were doing 4-5 eggs per day.

That's about right, cause I noticed a lack of eggs about five days ago and the EE would lay in the barn, and some times the gold sexlink would too

Must be the day for it! I figured my EEs & Marans stopped laying & same as you, found a bunch of blue & green eggs under the tarp on the hay bales. No Marans eggs though. My EEs had to get into the area first since it's in a fenced, gated, covered area.

Thats funny cause my EE was the only one not laying up there haha

 

[City farm]

Well I was wrong about my eggs haha! I found 18 of them today! They were up on top of the hay, under the tarp, never thought they could get up there!

Woowww, to cool

 

[City farm]

These are 3 French Bresse that "Tiny" our jungle fowl is raising in the front yard. The one on the right has blue splash mixed, the other all grey one is a bit lighter, then finally the one standing up has a chipmunk stipe on her head..

 

[Sill]

Perfect! I'm not sure when they are supposed to ripen here so I don't know what to expect. I've read that as long as they don't die back, they'll continuously produce fruit. My moringas did well, even the ones in pots. However, only the ones planted in the ground flowered and produced seeds. I still have an extra for you if you're interested.

One of my three moringas in the ground did very well. I hope the seeds finish developing before the first frost.

My morninga is big and flowers but I have yet to get any fruit. I do have lots of bees since I have ponds that attract them plus other pollinators. Are you fertilizing yours with something that helps set fruit?

Gallo, if you are making cuttings, I'd like a couple. Will trade you something--eggs? I have a friend who grows Brazilian guavas. He gets fruit but goes to extreme lengths to protect it in the winter. He also has it against a south wall and it is protected on the west side as well and he covers the whole thing in the winter. I have 2 trees from him but they are just in 5-gal pots and not doing that well. I have problems with grubs getting in and feeding on the roots. I have a pineapple guava but never get any fruit and very few flowers.

My pineapple guava never fruits either. I love to eat the flower petals however, they are sweet and fleshy. I'm hoping to get pollination help for it from the guava seedlings from @moms3cuties 's fruit once they grow up. My pineapple guava is gets afternoon shade and is planted in a lawn that gets plenty of water.

Oh, you haven't heard? It's the miracle tree that will save the world. Seriously though, it's a super fast growing tree with edible leaves and seeds that are high in protein. The leaves are a bit bitter for my tastes and apparently the tastes of my chickens. Hopefully the seeds will be better.

I'm not finding the leaves bitter, maybe that's just me? I've tried them green added to foods that are just finished cooking, dried and powdered I add to anything not sweet. My husband who has stomach trouble can tolerate moringa which is good since he can't eat most veggies.

I also add moringa powder to my chickens' and quail's fermented feed as a topper. They do like the leaves green but in moderation. They will never pig out on them like some greens, just pick at them a little.

Have you tried eating the pods?

 

[Sill]

I'm a 5th grade teacher in Avondale, AZ. I'm looking for about a dozen to a dozen and a half fertilized chicken eggs for an embryology unit with my 5th graders. Can anyone local help? I'm trying to avoid ordering them from EBay or craiglist. I'm not picking about the breed... they will be given to a friend of mine that has a ranch in North Phoenix. Thanks for the help!

cindy

Do you want to try fertile quail eggs instead? They only take 16-17 days to hatch. I can always take chicks back.