Arizona Chickens

[Memphisjourney2seramas]

I was shocked when I saw my first goose egg. They are massive!!! I would love to see a goose deviled egg.

 

[Arizonachicken]

So I lost track of the thread. Kev, did the meds come in? Did you get my check? Let me know.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

http://cals.arizona.edu/maricopa/garden/html/general/CitrusSupplement2011.pdf

from http://www.gardenplansireland.com/articles/article39.html: "Well, if an apple on the tree comes free with a slight twist its usually ripe, those requiring pulling from the tree are unripe and to pull those will damage the fruit-forming spur for the following season. In addition, fruit picked and stored too early will usually shrivel and lose their flavour, so resist picking too early (advice Eve should have followed)."

FWIW, My apple tree developed rust its first year, and I cut it to about a foot above ground level--yes, it was topped. This was probably 8 or 9 years ago.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

No geese for pastrymama. The fireman already put the kibosh on that real fast. But I now have 2 quacker houses, mikey you might want to oxine that dog house too.

Has he ever seen sebastapols? Neighbors called them "swans."

 

[pastrymama]

Has he ever seen sebastapols?  Neighbors called them "swans."

Um yes. YOURS! They must have been at the lawn show in your neighborhood a few years back. That's what started the NO GEESE law. I figure I will just get more ducks.

 

[pdx2phx]

Just wanted to let you all know that Operation Streetcorner Chicken Meds has been accomplished!! Thanks again Kevs and Mahonri!

Cue seedy music:
It was a dark street. Two vehicles pulled up in opposite directions. Windows roll down, cautiously. "...is this the place? I dunno, I think so...You got the stuff?? yeah....here's my check." (Somehow handing over a check just isn't too fitting!)

Ok maybe I'm taking a little artistic license but it was a dark street!

I did hear some neighbors on the major cross street that sounded like they had 50 ducks (or something making lots of quacky noises - do they quack at night??)

 

[Puffycheeks]

Me thinks you are about to get a PM from the Bio Security Queen herself!

 

[Puffycheeks]

Good thing, goose eggs are a gateway to emu eggs. One day, you suddenly realize you have no idea what you're going to do when those ostrich eggs hatch. Fireman was right.

 

[Puffycheeks]

Um yes. YOURS! They must have been at the lawn show in your neighborhood a few years back. That's what started the NO GEESE law. I figure I will just get more ducks.

 

[constance]

Noodlegirl - If you don't want to let the hen hatch eggs, or raise chicks, I have had success "breaking" a hen of her broody-ness with ice packs. It might take 2 or 3 days, but it has worked for me three times on two hens. I use the lunch-box sized ice packs, or one of the soft larger ones folded in half. I wrap it in a rag and snuggle/shove it under the hen between her feet and her breast. The idea is to cool off her breast area until she realizes she cannot successfully incubate an egg. I have not seen this method written about, it probably has been, but decided to try it after reading some of the other ideas posted on BYC. As Memphis said, you can try to dunk the hen to cool her off, or put the hen in a wire-bottomed cage, raised off of the ground, with no litter, for as long as it takes. Someone else mentioned ice cubes in the nest - hence my ice packs. My broodies gave up by day 2 or 3, with my changing the ice pack 3 or 4 times a day.

On the other hand, one of my young hens was a great mom, at 8 months old. She laid for 2 months, then went broody. She hatched all of the fertile eggs I gave her (except 1 I tried to "help"). She was ferocious with the other hens, but had no problem with us checking the eggs, checking on the chicks, or checking her. It is FUN to watch a broody raise chicks!