Arizona Chickens

[turkeybreeder]

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if you get the layena pet club brand is 50lbs bag
for 12.99 and
the scratch if you get the pet club brand
its 11.99 and its 50lb bag
its the pet club in mesa az
1st ave and country club

I got the pet club brand. 45 lbs.

Didn't buy the pet club brand layena because I didn't feel it was up to Purina's standard.

Called the feed barn. Egg maker is running $15.50. guess I won't be buying that.. of course I only spoke with the guy.

if the bag is yellow its scratch and if its blue bag it is wild bird feed

 

[GrannysRoost]

I "had" 5 eggs under the 3 Phoenix broodies sharing...now there are 4 with no remnants, would they eat it? I also candled them with a bum light because my good one's batteries died and not enough in the house to rob, but 3 of them have definite chick, but the air cells take almost 1/3 of the egg (assuming the low humidity)...has anyone else seen this? I couldn't see definite movement with the quality of the light, but I don't want these things exploding. Anyone have that experience with the aircells down here?

 

[nurseshelly]

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Gallo,

How long did it take for those grape vines to establish and how did you keep the birds from killing them?

Mikey

I'm not Gallo, but if you don't want the birds accessing a plant, to allow it to develop, put it inside a larger tomato cage or even a round pen of 2"x4" openings. Line the interior of the cage or pen with shade cloth, plastic hardware cloth or something similar, or make the pen large enough that they cannot reach the plant in the center. I have round pens like this around young apricot, nectarine and avocado trees, and a lines tomato cage around a small chinaberry tree. The china berry has finally outgrown the plastic hardware cloth, and is beginning to get nibbled on, so I need to get more of the plastic, or find something else to keep the geese from accessing it (too tall for the chickens). My grapes they have never tried to eat, unless I pull leaves or fruit and give them, but it is planted in a very large pot. A couple of years after I planted it, I decided to put it into the ground, only to discover that it had grown through the bottom of hte pot, and IS in the ground. This year was the first that the caterpillars have not eaten almost all the leaves. But now it is covered in whiteflies :rolleyes

I think all of the caterpillars came to my house to eat mine! Actually, the caterpillars turn into the black and purple moths, then they lay more eggs to make more caterpillars. We had both the flies and the caterpillars this year, now they've all left, and my vines looked pretty dead (probably why they left - no food). I've been giving them tons of water and now both grape plants are covered in leaves

Little teeny leaves but coming back!

 

[Mahonri]

Anyone want some more hatching eggs???

I have 7 Ameraucanas, 6 Icelandics and 5 Marans?

If there are no takers before noon tomorrow, they go into the fridge and they become omelets...

 

[Arizonachicken]

It's so funny that you guys are talking about grapes. I was just mentioning to my husband that I'd like to plant grapes by the run for natural shade. When is a good time to plant them? Of course, my hubby has to do it...I'm 38 weeks pregnant. On the other hand, maybe it'll put me in labor!

Any suggestions, about the grapes, I mean.

 

[Arizonachicken]

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Oooooh, I wish I could. I'd love to get into all that, but I'd risk WWIII! What is it that's so darn addicting?

 

[kevs-chickadees]

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My wife wants to see a picture of what your Icelandics look like. Would the Marans happen to be the wheatons?

 

[kevs-chickadees]

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If you buy a big enough vine and give it some afternoon shade to start out you should be fine otherwise I'd wait till next month ( if there are still any available) We have Thompson seedless red flame and they are doing pretty good.

 

[Mahonri]

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My wife wants to see a picture of what your Icelandics look like. Would the Marans happen to be the wheatons?

I suggest you take her to the Icelandic thread....


Icelandics!

I have both French Wheaten and French Black Copper Marans, but at present only eggs from the FBCMs

 

[mclevinson]

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Uh, Uh, NO! I must wait. Must. Wait. September! I know what I want.