Arizona Chickens

[K9Dave]

  Basically.

We graduate on may 20th, then go to Lake Havasu on June 4th with my family for  week (We have been planning this trip for years! Spared no expenses *rawr*) 

then we just need to wait for him to get sent to Basic, as he is already doing the delyed enlistment process. He needs to take the ASVAB though, however he did take the pre test and got a pretty amazing score on it.

*gasps* An avian expert you say!?!? Would your Auntie-in-law happen to be a falconer? 

Dr. Patty McGill
Vice President of conservation and Education for Dallas Zoo Management

Married to

Dr. Lynn Kramer
Deputy Director for Animal Conservation & Science Dallas Zoo

I had to look it up. I just knew they were vets. My wife got to go to the Galápagos Islands a couple years ago with them. I've been birding a little with them and it's so interesting with them. I know Lynn just got back from reducing elephants or something. Crazy

Banaynay, you may want to check out a place called Sylvan Heights Bird Park and waterfowl Breeding Center in North Carolina. I did an externship there a few years back and they deal with all sorts of waterfowl. They also have several workers that do falconry as well and they have other species of birds in addition to the waterfowl. The internships they offer are geared towards those interested in zookeeping and may be worth looking into for you. They include housing at the owners house. The only thing I warn is that people who do the internship should be ready to work! It was a lot of hard work feeding and cleaning up after the waterfowl, but overall I think you learn a whole lot. You'll even learn about pinioning and sexing babies if you go at a time of year when they are hatching. They also have lots of cranes and baby cranes are the cutest! The park itself is a more remote area of NC, but they get visitors from all over. The public park is very impressive.

My brother and his girl friend go to zoos in Texas all that time. I've been to the San Antonio one and really enjoyed it. I loved the hippo exhibit! That's neat that you know the veterinarian there! It's not easy to get a job as a zoo vet. I have a lot of friends trying to get into that aspect of vet med and the jobs are far and few between.

Alright, Arizonians, when is the growing season in AZ and what plants do best (Besides cactuses and those types of plants!). I would like to do some container gardening, but I'm not sure what the actual growing season is. I may try to do some herbs in containers when I get there and that way I can move them inside if it is too hot for them outside.

Someone will have to share that Gardening Calender PDF. It was set up nicely for Az being it's so different to garden there.

 

[DesertChic]

Banaynay, you may want to check out a place called Sylvan Heights Bird Park and waterfowl Breeding Center in North Carolina. I did an externship there a few years back and they deal with all sorts of waterfowl. They also have several workers that do falconry as well and they have other species of birds in addition to the waterfowl. The internships they offer are geared towards those interested in zookeeping and may be worth looking into for you. They include housing at the owners house. The only thing I warn is that people who do the internship should be ready to work! It was a lot of hard work feeding and cleaning up after the waterfowl, but overall I think you learn a whole lot. You'll even learn about pinioning and sexing babies if you go at a time of year when they are hatching. They also have lots of cranes and baby cranes are the cutest! The park itself is a more remote area of NC, but they get visitors from all over. The public park is very impressive.

My brother and his girl friend go to zoos in Texas all that time. I've been to the San Antonio one and really enjoyed it. I loved the hippo exhibit! That's neat that you know the veterinarian there! It's not easy to get a job as a zoo vet. I have a lot of friends trying to get into that aspect of vet med and the jobs are far and few between.

Alright, Arizonians, when is the growing season in AZ and what plants do best (Besides cactuses and those types of plants!). I would like to do some container gardening, but I'm not sure what the actual growing season is. I may try to do some herbs in containers when I get there and that way I can move them inside if it is too hot for them outside.

In AZ you can grow all year round. It's just a matter of knowing what to plant when, which is nothing like gardening out east. I'm a struggling, wannabe gardener, born with a black thumb that's slowly edging towards green, and even I've been able to grow things year round. Winter is fantastic for garlic, kale and lettuce. Spring and fall I've been able to grow a whole variety of produce, but the summers with their 100+ scorching sunny days are very hard on gardens. The only thing I grow exceptionally well during the dog days of summer is Armenian Cucumbers. Those suckers...the hotter the better! Check out my 8 foot trough from last year - this is from three seeds planted in homemade compost:








@ejcrist is exceptionally knowledgeable about gardening techniques and I strongly encourage you to pick every brain cell in his head. I do.

And he's incredibly patient. I've been trying to convince him to write a gardening book for our area. Until he finally does, *hint hint*, I did find another book titled "Extreme Gardening" very helpful when I started my garden here:

https://www.amazon.com/Extreme-Gard...d=1492100096&sr=8-5&keywords=desert+gardening

 

[Banaynaychicken]

Alright, Arizonians, when is the growing season in AZ and what plants do best (Besides cactuses and those types of plants!). I would like to do some container gardening, but I'm not sure what the actual growing season is. I may try to do some herbs in containers when I get there and that way I can move them inside if it is too hot for them outside.

My Thyme, Basil, Cherry Tomato, and Clovers do amazing in the summer, all of qhich are edible by le chooks.

They adore the clovers. Tear em up in ten secnds flat and then they grow back in about 2 weeks to be torn up again XD

They almost grow like a carrot..... the root looks like a carrot grew three different "legs" and then they got braided together, it is relly cool.


and then of course the plant itself is lucious and crunchy and full of moisture. they love the treat.

 

[igorsMistress]

@ejcrist we need an AZ gardening thread!

 

[cactusrota]

@ejcrist we need an AZ gardening thread!

That would be an excellent idea! I'd be there regularly.

 

[Banaynaychicken]

Went out and took photos of Benny today. Cutie is looking GORGEOUS for fair. I cant wat to give him a bath and get him all spruced for fair.

He was having at a handful of mealworm crunchy things, so I could keep him in one place XD








Can I just say that my chicken is the most innocent looking rooster i've ever met?





Nomnomnomnomnom


Whatchu looking at? Here to steal my treats?

MY TREATS

 

[Bobby Basham]

That would be an excellent idea! I'd be there regularly.

I would be there regularly, too. Once I get done with my run/coop setup, the next step will be establishing a garden. I've already made up a list of veggies and greens to try. --BB

Bobby Basham
Tucson, Arizona

 

[BlueBaby]

I just set 16 B/B/S Australorp eggs from my own flock in my incubator at 4:30 PM yesterday. I'm trying out that dry hatch method this time in my styrofoam Little Giant still air incubator with automatic turner. The hatch is due on May 3rd. That's 2 weeks exactly before my next birthday if they all hatch and are on time.

 

[meesh480]

I just set 16 B/B/S Australorp eggs from my own flock in my incubator at 4:30 PM yesterday. I'm trying out that dry hatch method this time in my styrofoam Little Giant still air incubator with automatic turner. The hatch is due on May 3rd. That's 2 weeks exactly before my next birthday if they all hatch and are on time.

I also set 9 lemon cuckoo eggs yesterday around 4pm. I've never tried the dry method but I've heard people having success with it. Good luck with your hatch!

 

[BlueBaby]

I also set 9 lemon cuckoo eggs yesterday around 4pm. I've never tried the dry method but I've heard people having success with it. Good luck with your hatch!

Yes, I have heard the same thing about the dry hatch method. I thought, why not? The mothers don't add any water when she hatches them, right? It looks like we both have hatches due on the same day!