Arizona Chickens

[Mikey D]

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I'm pretty sure they didn't come in the bran. While I don't have any evidence, I'm pretty sure they came in with the chicken feed that I gave them. I had been pouring in the crumbly bits left over from the bottom of the treadle feeder before filling it again. The problem is that I didn't freeze it first. I had added the chicken feed to a colony I had in a very large plastic bin, but I didn't add it to the smaller 10 gallon aquarium colony. The mini-mealworms first showed up in the large colony, then a couple months later in the smaller colony, which sat right next to the large colony. I can't rule out that they simply crawled in through the tops though (and not transported in with the feed). Both containers had openings large enough for them to fit through. I'm now freezing all grain products first. Since I started keeping them outside I've always had a small but stable population of different beetles, but those mini-mealworms were explosive.

Oh, I forgot to add, I don't think many pests will survive the freezer for 24 hours.

That's good info Gallo! I followed your lead and poured the left over powdered feed into the meal-worm tank. I guess we'll just wait it out now...

 

[Mikey D]

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I can't wait to tell my daughter. She's worried that she's getting a "B" in calculus.
She loves Chem, though. It's her favorite class right now.
I didn't have to take chem in college but I enjoyed it in H.S. I don't remember any of it of course so when my daughters and husband start talking chemistry I'm lost.
That said, I followed your first post fine. Biology (and business) is more my forte.

I've got a jacket on at 75! (2nd generation Arizona desert native)
Our house has high ceilings so most of our heating money goes up there. It seems to help in the summers, though.


My mealworms have to stay outside. They'll just have to take their chances on the back porch. I don't like their smell and there is absolutely no room in the garage right now!
I'll just have to start over if they freeze. They're doing alright so far.


I wish we had more room for cute little chickens. The ones we have room for have to earn their keep. Maybe when the kids move out and we don't have as many people to feed...

I know I'm missing something... how was that for a shot-gun post, Mikey?

Chock-a-block full of info!

 

[southerndesert]

Our 100+ year old home has no heater...um....or AC. No insulation was put in many old AZ homes back then that amounted to anything, but is has it's own sort of charm as well as a couple ghosts our residents swear share the property.

We use swamp cooler in summer and kerosene in winter or electric when out of kerosene

Today I am warming the house baking Cinnamon raisin bread

Yes I know how to bake bread

 

[tball chicky]

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I warm the house in the mornings by making breakfast. In the evening I bake something & it warms the place up a bit. It works...and saves me money

 

[ca]

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I'll stop by on the way home!

I'd love to watch a ghost while enjoying a piece of delicious cinnamon raisin bread

(actually, I can't make it. It's my birthday and I'm going to the hog trough for some nourishment

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(And just for the nosy people, I am somewhere between 20 and 80 - but who counts

)

 

[mclevinson]

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Here too, and I haven't done any shopping except for potatoes! Latkas all around!

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ca!!!

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

Hey Mikey, here's a thread you should check out

: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=7940811#p7940811

 

[mclevinson]

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Well if you'd let me pay you you can bring more Saturday and we'll swap stuff.

 

[mclevinson]

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I'll stop by on the way home!

I'd love to watch a ghost while enjoying a piece of delicious cinnamon raisin bread

(actually, I can't make it. It's my birthday and I'm going to the hog trough for some nourishment

)
(And just for the nosy people, I am somewhere between 20 and 80 - but who counts

)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ca!!!!!!!!