Arizona Chickens

[Mikey D]

OK Folks, it's 1AM almost finished the floor in the second bedroom. Wrap it up tomorrow and grout the living / dining room, couple of cabinets & baseboard molding & call it good.

I read all the posts, goats, ducks, lost chickens and okra.

Too tired for jokes - Night all...

 

[nurseshelly]

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It was nice to meet you both too!!!
Awww, they are going to be so spoiled

 

[AZChicken_Kat]

Hi to all the AZ Chicken Owners,

I'm so excited to see some other desert dwellers on here. I personally am an expectant chicken mom, the are expected to ship this week.

We ordered 14 from mypetchicken.com. The brooder is finished but the coops isn't yet. I'm looking forward to chating with you all.

Kat

 

[kevs-chickadees]

Welcome to all the newbies! We broke down last night and purchased eggs form the store. My kids were so excited to look at white shelled eggs again.

Interesting to compare the yolks from backyard to grocery store.

 

[ca]

I finally got hit too by bad chicken luck. A band of coyotes decided to dig under the fence on my rooster coop last night. When I went to bed I had 16. Now I have three (two of which were culls waiting for the grill)

At least all the chickens are ok and the Europeans are still locked up in the house.
I lost the TJ rooster and my breeding roosters (Cubalayas, Blue Adalusians, Anconas, and Minorcas). Anybody have any spares of those roosters?

 

[Tracydr]

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Yeah!n

 

[Tracydr]

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That sounds like quite the interesting day!
We should carpool!

Great idea. I'm all for that.

Does anybody near Mesa have some kefir grains that I could "share"? I have some sourdough starter that I could trade.

 

[Tracydr]

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Okra is so easy! Just water it and make sure you pick it everyday. Pick pods about three inches long. It will die when it freezes so let one of the pods get gigantic and dry out to save seeds from for next year. Give it full sun.
My two favorites are grilled with a little olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper. Just put them whole on the grill. And, pickled. Since you only have one plant, you could just put a jar of pickle brine in the fridge and put some pods in it for refridgerator pickles, you won't get enough to can.

 

[Tracydr]

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I know it's one of the few plants still growing in my garden and the one that nobody will eat.

I will take all your unwanted okra. I never seem to get enough to make a full batch of pickles.

 

[Tracydr]

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i know nothing about goats, but just have to say what a great hubby you have there! mine does not bring home any stray anything! i ask for turkeys, NO! goats, NO! pot bellied pig, NO NO NO!!!!!! just chickens.....

Yeah, feeling a little green with jealousy myself.

I want a dwarf Nubian milk goat. Anybody want to share it? And, keep it at their house? I'll help milk it.