Arizona Chickens

[igorsMistress]

Hope this isn't too sad a topic... How often do you all think about your past chickens/ pets?

I miss Mohawkie....and still feel frustrated a bit about Rosa's passing

And well every so often I think about little chica the ee pullet that was sick when we got her, how she would of fit into the dynamic of the 19...

Is it just me? .....

I don't get too heart broken. I'm sad a few days but move on pretty quickly. There's one or two that would hurt more than the others I suppose.

 

[SonoranChick]

I got lazy this week and decided to just throw the chicken poop out into the desert as I scoop it. I used to dump it in a trash bin with a lid and wheel it out to dump it in the desert once a week, but I am too pregnant for that chore now. It's too heavy and too STINKY. Even though I wear a mask. It's gross. So, scoops of poop are now being flung into the desert. I assume they will be eaten, compost or break down in the rain. I will still use the trash can for poop board scraping, but this new lazy method will cut down on the amount being stored dramatically. I have more than enough compost already and don't need to be hoarding chicken poop.

 

[igorsMistress]

I got lazy this week and decided to just throw the chicken poop out into the desert as I scoop it. I used to dump it in a trash bin with a lid and wheel it out to dump it in the desert once a week, but I am too pregnant for that chore now. It's too heavy and too STINKY. Even though I wear a mask. It's gross. So, scoops of poop are now being flung into the desert. I assume they will be eaten, compost or break down in the rain. I will still use the trash can for poop board scraping, but this new lazy method will cut down on the amount being stored dramatically. I have more than enough compost already and don't need to be hoarding chicken poop.

That makes it sound so much grosser chicken poop hoarding

 

[meetthebubus]

hoarding chicken poop.

"next on chicken poop hoarders..." new reality show

I have chicken poo mountain over here....

 

[SonoranChick]

Ahhh you guys just made me laugh so loud I woke the dog up "My name is SonoranChick, and I'm a poopaholic"

 

[FeatherPugs]

That was super great - I'll be hearing that in my head every time I clean the boards. Here I am the princess of poop - no aspirations of being queen!

 

[BlueBaby]

Hubby drags the yard here to get rid of the weed's so I just toss mine outside of the coop into the yard. The sun dries it out and it crumbles, and then gets spread out when hubby drags.

 

[BlueBaby]

Well, I'm down to 3 instead of 4 yard rooster's now. I just found one of the Blue Australorp ones dead, and by the look's of the feather's on the ground I would say that it happened from a rooster fight between him and one of the White Breese. That blue one had been bullying one of the white ones for a few days now, and I bet that the white one finally let him have it.

 

[DesertChic]

I got lazy this week and decided to just throw the chicken poop out into the desert as I scoop it. I used to dump it in a trash bin with a lid and wheel it out to dump it in the desert once a week, but I am too pregnant for that chore now. It's too heavy and too STINKY. Even though I wear a mask. It's gross. So, scoops of poop are now being flung into the desert. I assume they will be eaten, compost or break down in the rain. I will still use the trash can for poop board scraping, but this new lazy method will cut down on the amount being stored dramatically. I have more than enough compost already and don't need to be hoarding chicken poop.

You're fertilizing the desert with a natural, organic fertilizer. Kudos to you! The desert plants will sing your praises!

 

[DesertChic]

Hubby drags the yard here to get rid of the weed's so I just toss mine outside of the coop into the yard. The sun dries it out and it crumbles, and then gets spread out when hubby drags.

My chickens get all of our weeds. Seriously...it's highly nutritious free food! In fact, I'm contemplating building a habitat for a desert tortoise in my raised bed garden area to help control the weeds there because that's their preferred diet...and every time I let the chickens get near the garden they eat MY food too.