Arizona Chickens

[LarryPQ]

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You can't delete the blank page. It is a "placeholder" attached to your user number. You'll just HAVE to get something in there

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Re: How to Post / Add Pictures To Your Posts & MessagesA Quick Update: How To Add An Avatar:

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3) Save the resized image to your computer and then follow the steps above.

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Shrinking an avatar using "IrfanView"
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or the cheap and easy way to get it to 100 pixels:

 

[CheerfulHeart2]

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Smirk...that did occur to me. I want to do a hot weather chickens themed page with tips and help for those living in the heat. So...when I get around to it...I'll be asking for input and quotes to use...and pictures...from you great folks!

 

[CheerfulHeart2]

Just in from Permaculture Guild:

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Designing Bee Block Habitats and Mosquito Traps with Don Titmus

Wednesday, April 7th, 6:30 - 8:00 pm
Tempe Transportation Center (2nd Floor)
200 E 5th Street, Tempe, AZ 85281
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Register for this class online HERE
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Bees are our friends and good for your garden! Learn how to make and host bee block habitats for native pollinators. The Mason Orchard bee, and the Leaf Rolling bee are two of the solitary pollinators that are local to Arizona. Building a nesting block or creating space for these and others will benefit your fruit and veggie production with minimal cost and minimal bee encounters. Make it, stick it up and forget it - add some flowers, and in no time you will have a bee oasis!

ALSO, we'll show you how to assemble a natural mosquito trap. Combine plants, still water and select fish, and you quickly have a micro pond that serves as a natural trap for pesky bugs - a community service! Don talks about the types of mosquitos, how to live together [or not], how to manage this permaculture strategy, and what to do when the Vector Control truck fogs your property.

$10 Suggested Donation (cash or check to the Phoenix Permaculture Guild)

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I think the bee block thing is pretty easy. A wood block with holes drilled in it as homes for bees that live on their own.

 

[Sock Puppet]

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Awesome! We get the bees drilling into our wood pile. They love it, but then when we need to use the wood, they lose their home. I will have to make them a cool looking home. I think they are really neat bees and hate to lose them.

 

[ArizonaNessa]

Okay officially had to turn on air conditioner today. Thank goodness our wall is sorta finished. Well the important part is finished anyway so no more big giant missing pieces.

We still have to do the inside part to make it look like a room and not a shed but hey it's coming along nicely and free too I might add. We had all the materials already including the 5 huge double paned windows. So slow is okay.

The buff orpingtons will be 3 weeks old tomorrow. The chick we named Kevin is still hanging in there and getting better by the day. Frankly I think she was premature and wasn't done doing her thing when she cracked into the world. I am careful not to startle her though because that makes her run in circles but other than that she is drinking normally and all the rest of the time you wouldn't know there was an issue. She will make a wonderful addition to my little flock of misfits.

CheerfulHeart~ Love the avatar

Mysterious Person lurking in the virtual darkness~ Thank you for the GFM whoever you are. I have my suspicions

To everyone else ~ I hope you are having an absolutely splendid day with whatever is rockin' and rollin' in your world.

Oops almost forgot: I wanted to add that I just love the bee blocks. I think they are very neat and helpful and I would totally make me some if I was not deathly allergic to the bees. A sting would not be bad if it didn't send me to the hospital. So while you guys are building your bee blocks please make one for me too. Just keep it at your house for me okay?

 

[smjacob]

Hello Everyone,

I am just saying Hi. I am a newbie in Glendale AZ and trying to learn all about keeping my own chickens.

I am planning now on getting some chickens here soon. I am aiming at april 7th - 14th for hatch dates so that they can all be the same size. I want to try and get a few different breeds just for variety and to have sort of a sampler pack

If anyone does have chicks that are hatching around that time frame that they would consider selling a few let me know.
I have also read quite a lot about this Aloha chicken project and am interested in helping that out if I can.

I havent built my coop or chicken yard yet but It will be about 50 feet by 7 feet (side yard)

I do plan on building a coop soon and will be going with an open design probably like ArizonaDesertChicks has built.

Other than that its all not yet planned.

Any advice is always welcomed.

Also anyone that would be willing to let me check out your setup I would really be interested in doing that.

Thanks everyone and don't be a stranger

Shaun

 

[Mahonri]

Well the 1588 is set up and I've got the turner on just to make sure it's working

I've got the Brinsea set up and running also.

I'll get the IncuCube Friday and once it gets up to temp, Eggs will go in there too.

1st Candle April 12th

Lockdown April 20th.

Hatch April 23rd to April 25th.

Cool.

 

[Beckyhsinglsc]

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Hi,
Welcome to the chicken obsession!

You can see my set up on my page. It's 6x10 with about 4' enclosed on one end. We made it to be mobile if needed. I'm planning on enclosing more of it and adding a yard so I can get more chickens!
They just started laying a week ago and we got 5 eggs yesterday and 4 today.
They all seemed to start at the same time. . . . weird!

 

[joel david]

So the coop is inhabitable. Chicks are about 6 weeks old should I toss their brooder out there and a heat lamp or should I just go for the gusto and let them move into their new diggs or should I keep them in just a little longer?

 

[Sock Puppet]

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Welcome! to the Arizona BYC thread

Here are a couple of links if you are really interested in the Aloha Chicken...
Aloha Chickens She started the whole concept
The Aloha Henway Has a Forum for the Aloha chicken