Arizona Chickens

[Billiam]

Well, as promised, here are the photos of my wife.

Here is my wife, Amanda, and my two oldest daughters, Laci and Jandra. This was the second day that we had the girls.




Mommy: "Can I have a kiss, Sleepy? Give Mommy a kiss..."




Sleepy: "Well, I might kiss you Mommy, but Sunshine just wants to use you as a roost!"




Sleepy: "Mommy, we're getting cold. I think it's time to go back under the red light, where it's warm."

Nice! Why anyone would worry about their significant other not liking baby chicks is just beyond my understanding.

 

[Billiam]

Gilbert Mini Coop Walk

I see there are a lot of people on here from the Gilbert area and I was thinking it might be fun to have a mini coop/flock walk/drive.

It is cooling down so it would be nice to get out and see how everyone is doing with their setups.
If anyone is interested PM me. After we workout the details we can post it here for anyone else that is interested in joining.
If not enough people want to participate then maybe we can just do some casual visits with whoever responded. Heck this doesn't have to be just for Gilbert. Just something to do like Phoenix does. Anyway, just a thought.

 

[Fuzzybird]

Yup, She has the chicky luv bug!

 

[notinoz2007]

Question: I bought 3 call ducks recently. The lady said they were normally quiet. BUT NO!! I am worried about my neighbors and having to get rid of them. Any suggestions?

sell them to me ?

 

[notinoz2007]

ok. the official incubation report.
today is day 10, the temp has been steady 99 degrees and humidity between 35-50. remember i have a still air. is 99 too low? i have been trying to inch it to 100 but it just doesnt want to, and i'm afraid to push any more or i'll wake up to 106 with my luck!

we have 22 growing aloha eggs - 6 of them are the large ones
(of the alohas i pulled half were infertile, half stopped developing(blood ring))
we have 9 growing ee/barn mix eggs - and 3 of those were the refrigerated eggs!!

right now outside my bedroom window is the tiniest of roar/purrs from my BLRW hen. she loves dust bathing in my flowerbed and has been in there for the past half hour!

also, i've been doing tons of research on my pond and i think its too shallow and needs more vegetation. does anyone have any water lettuce or duck weed they would like to get rid of? thanks

 

[notinoz2007]

demostine those pictures are great. she looks like she's ready for about 4 more

what is a moringa and do i want one?

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

what is a moringa and do i want one?

Yes you want one! It's a tree that will save us all in the future. Of course, thanks to the efforts of Meg Moringaseed, it's inevitable.

 

[Demosthine]

The Moringa Tree is apparently the new miracle tree, having more nutritional content that a host of other regularly edible plants. I guess it was only recently discovered to be so nutritious. The leaves are supposed to be high in protein, vitamin a, vitamin b, vitamin c, and a host of other minerals. There are 92 nutrients, 46 anti-oxidants, 36 anti-inflammatory elements, 18 amino acids and 9 essential amino acids. All from the leaves. The seeds can be eaten in place of peas or roasted to be eaten as nuts. You can also extract the seed oil for use in foods, using the left over seed cakes for fertilizer or even purifying water. They are looking into the possible use of the seed oil as a biofuel. The roots can be shredded and used similar to horseradish. They say it will grow well in the most arid, dry and sandy places known to man. Sounds pretty darn perfect for Southern Arizona...

If it's that healthy and useful for us, it has to be great for the chickens, too.

You can read the details at Natural News, Miracle Trees, and Wikipedia of course.

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[Gallo del Cielo]

We just passed the anniversary, so it seems appropriate to retrieve this news bulletin:

Associated Press, By Jesus Hock Seng

Nuevo Phoenix, East Sector 226 (AP), Septiembre 7, 2211

It is central to our culture that the sacred Moringa tree provided sustenance that allowed our people to survive the Great Contraction. While every school child knows the nutritional and material benefits of our great benefactor, the origin of the Moringa tree has been shrouded in mystery and legend. The most popular fable is that of Meg Moringaseed, some say she was a fairy princess with a knapsack full of Moringa seeds, skipping around our region singing songs of joy and depositing seeds in the yards of those who were most deserved. Others suggest she was a guerrilla gardener, dressed in black and planting seeds in the dead of night in her righteous fight against those that would control our food supply. For most, these fables served to explain how we, as a people were able to feed Moringa to our chickens and survive the great famine that laid waste to most of the former U.S. While we may never know the true origin of Mother Moringa to our region, genetic science tells us that this is the 200th year since the introduction of our Mother tree. Take the time today to reflect on all that she has given us.

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

City-State Investor's Daily, By Prim Proper

Houston, September 7, 2111

In a stroke of the pen, President Alvarez signed away the ban on Moringa that has held back development in Houston for much of the century following the Great Contraction. Professor Nova Trunion of Rice University, "The licensing agreements we signed with the agricultural corporations following the collapse stifled our development for generations." Indeed, the ban on Moringa has prevented Houston from profiting on the explosion of Moringa-based products. "Just look at Nuevo Phoenix" said Golan Sneed, unemployed Houston citizen, "nearly all of the world's moringaform solar panels, Meg-drives and M-pads are being produced there. What did we plant? African Sumac, who's flippin' idea was that?" Cheers erupted across Houston as President Alvarez ended nearly a century of despair by ushering in a new era of Moringa-based prosperity. Not all were happy about the news. The anti-moringists watched the signing from vid screens with slack jaws and unbelieving faces. "I can't believe we just let that terrorist win" said John Jett, a reference to the fable of Meg Moringaseed. The yield on Houston treasury bonds is up sharply on the news.