Arizona Chickens

[Beckyhsinglsc]

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I'm interested too but I looked at your web page and then at Google Maps and it looks like you are 1 1/2 hours away from me! Do you ever get close to the East Valley?

 

[flower]

the kids and I are doing a fire out back, a neighbor gave us some juniper. It's not the alligator bark juniper, I'm so bummed it has no smell. If anybody ever gets a hold of alligator park juniper please let me know

Yikes A BACKYARD FIRE MAKER FANATIC ! Now here this City farm needs special order logs for her fires.

 

[flower]

well, let hatching season begin; set some eggs yesterday. This year I swear I will NOT! hatch and raise 100 chicks! Feed broke the bank last summer! So this year much smaller hatches unless someone pre-orders. Most of my girls are not laying yet anyway except a couple of pullets. One girl is so 6 of her eggs went in yesterday; I'll collect from her this week also and set again next week. Those chicks are for me, I may sell some of them later when I see how they turn out. That hen is the mother of all the cockerels I showed at state fair and Tucson. Bred to her son that placed 1st at Tucson. I have her daughter who is laying well and today she will go in with her dad, the first hatch will be for me, then some more for a couple of locals that want some. Those are all Buff Orpingtons.

I am going to experiment with a bro x sis mating and set one week's worth of eggs from her; those are Black Copper Marans. They will either turn out wonderful or be a load of manure. we shall see.

My Ameraucana pullets aren't laying big enough eggs to hatch from yet and the EE girls that I want chicks from are on strike; finishing up a very heavy molt and of course the days are too short. Hoping they kick in pretty soon, along with the older BCM girls so I can make OE>

So glad we've come to Solstice and the days will be getting longer!

Boy do I agree with that last line. Not for the chickens as much as for myself. Must be seasonal affect disorder !

 

[Timskins]

I'm interested too but I looked at your web page and then at Google Maps and it looks like you are 1 1/2 hours away from me! Do you ever get close to the East Valley?

I'm about an hour from Gilbert. I have a few people from your side of town who pick up feed from me and they trade trips. I also work a little north of downtown Phoenix so I'm sure we can work something out.

Tim

 

[City farm]

I had a great xmas, but did NOT get an incubator.  Omg, the big box was totally not even close to an incubator--it was a few metal butterflies to hang on the wall. 

I did get 50 Ways to Cook Cock!  Some interesting recipes, but nothing too shocking but some of the chapter titles! 

Oh boy,
You will get your incubator soon..

 

[City farm]

the kids and I are doing a fire out back, a neighbor gave us some juniper. It's not the alligator bark juniper, I'm so bummed it has no smell. If anybody ever gets a hold of alligator park juniper please let me know

Yikes A BACKYARD FIRE MAKER FANATIC !  Now here this City farm needs special order logs for her fires.

We do love having fire's.. What better place to party..and with family and friend's.. If you have never enjoyed the smell of alligator bark junier, you are missing out.. It was so good to hang with you by the blazing fire the other night.

 

[cyborg]

I hope everyone had an excellent Christmas! I went out to collect eggs from the ladies, and picked up this JumboX2 egg from one of my golden sex links. It weighed in excess of 76 grams, and did have a double yolk.

I ate this egg this morning in a Spanish tortilla. Not to be confused with a Mexican tortilla, the Spanish version is more of a cross between a quiche and an omelette,and uses 8 to 12 eggs, bacon or sausage, along with varying amounts of cheese and veggies.(No flour or cornmeal included!)
My GF was raised in Spain, and is bewildered how the Mexicans attached the tortilla name to those thin flour frisbees!

 

[DesertChic]

I had a great xmas, but did NOT get an incubator. Omg, the big box was totally not even close to an incubator--it was a few metal butterflies to hang on the wall.

I did get 50 Ways to Cook Cock! Some interesting recipes, but nothing too shocking but some of the chapter titles!

Bummer.

 

[MagicChicken]

I ate this egg this morning in a Spanish tortilla. Not to be confused with a Mexican tortilla, the Spanish version is more of a cross between a quiche and an omelette,and uses 8 to 12 eggs, bacon or sausage, along with varying amounts of cheese and veggies.(No flour or cornmeal included!)
My GF was raised in Spain, and is bewildered how the Mexicans attached the tortilla name to those thin flour frisbees!

Funny, I thought that cross between a quiche and an omelette was called a frittata. It is a staple in this household, whatever you call it. Yum!

 

[MagicChicken]

Not even 11pm and already below freezing at my place. Stay warm everybody!