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    Arizona Chickens

    Love the coop and yard! We just use the regular desert dirt that's already in our yard. All of the runs are covered so it's shaded during summer. The chickens seem to do fine on it. We make sure they have ice water foot baths if they want to cool off in those.
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    What's the temperature where you are???

    It was 97° and 8% humidity today. In February. This does not bode well. Last year our first 90°+ temp was 94° in March. The chickens get ice in their waterers when it goes past 80° and ice water foot baths as soon as it hits 90°. Things are browning up fast. There aren't many greens left to...
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    Arizona Chickens

    You gave good advice but I think I messed up somewhere, maybe you can tell me where. I bought a new 10 gallon aquarium with a strong metal screen lid. Washed it thoroughly and dried it. Put in 4 lbs of organic wheat bran. Added sliced organic potatoes and carrots. Added Uncle Jim's Worm Farm...
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    Cleaning up after a HAWK (our chickens are okay)

    That's a good idea, thanks. The pens are all mobile, they're kind of chicken tractors but without wheels, we just pick them up and move them, so we relocated them to a different part of the yard.
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    Cleaning up after a HAWK (our chickens are okay)

    A red-tailed got into an empty pen yesterday and ate a dove there until I scared him off. There were dove pieces and feathers everywhere, across three empty pens. 🤢 We raked out the pens, bagged and threw away the dove carcass and all the feathers and pieces we could find. The hawk was eating...
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    Arizona Chickens

    My heart can't seem to decide if it wants to keep doing its job or not so I am not doing many chickeny things these days. Most of the chicken care has been taken over by my roommate. She wasn't home today and I heard the chickens sound the alarm, so I went outside to see what was going on. A...
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    prayer warriors (following Jesus Christ, everyone welcome)

    I am out of the hospital. Now we "wait and see." At least I am back home with my dogs and chickens. Thank you all for the prayers. I'm continuing to pray for you all as well. 🙏
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    prayer warriors (following Jesus Christ, everyone welcome)

    I don't usually talk about my health problems here but I'm going back into the hospital. This is recurring issue they may or may not be able to fix this time. I'm going to try to meet with my priest after Mass this morning. Please pray for me and my loved ones. Thank you. St. John of God, ora...
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    Show me your sky

    Waxing Gibbous moon today.
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    What's the temperature where you are???

    50° and clear with 44% humidity at 11:00 PM. High tomorrow of 82°. 🤬 Chicken delights will be salmon and backyard greens.
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    What made you happy today?

    Blue EE gave us another blue egg! I was so happy to see her in the nest box.
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    I'm so old I Remember when:

    Yes. Her repertoire changed over the years but she said things like I love you, please take me with you, let's play school, I hurt myself, and may I have a cookie?
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    in this random rambling thread we post random pictures

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    in this random rambling thread we post random pictures

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    I'm so old I Remember when:

    "Well, no one told you DOS was going to be this way!" 🎶 *clapclapclapclap*
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