Arizona Chickens

[EmmaDonovan]

Caught the gray squirrel!! Ha! I guess she didn't figure out how to escape the Squirrelinator this time. Boy she was PISSED, growling and trying to bite me through the bars. That was the angriest squirrel I've ever seen.

I've been growing oat grass in an outside container. It grows really well. I sprouted the seeds indoors then just mixed them into some potting soil.

That is one tough grass. All day full sun? No problem. 100+ temps? No problem. I water it every 2-3 days. When it gets to about 4-5 inches I cut it, about once a week. Got a third cutting from it today. The chickens love it.

I recommend it if anyone is looking to grow some container greens for their flock. It would make a nice lawn patch, too. It's a thick, dark green grass.

 

[BlueBaby]

Caught the gray squirrel!! Ha! I guess she hadn't figure out how to escape the Squirrelinator after all. Boy she was PISSED, growling and trying to bite me through the bars. That was the angriest squirrel I've ever seen.

You probably kept her from feeding her babies.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

You probably kept her from feeding her babies.

It is that time of year. They probably have several litters down in their burrows. That's sad, I don't want to cause any creature to suffer. We can't supply their burrows with eggs and chicken meat, though.

We won't have a completely secure enclosure until the new run is built. The 100+ temps have suspended our work on it. I don't know when we'll be able to start on it again.

 

[BlueBaby]

It is that time of year. They probably have several litters down in their burrows. That's sad, I don't want to cause any creature to suffer. We can't supply their burrows with eggs and chicken meat, though.

We won't have a completely secure enclosure until the new run is built. The 100+ temps have suspended our work on it. I don't know when we'll be able to start on it again.

As you know, it's only going to get hotter. Best time to work outside right now is early in the morning before the sun heats everything up.

 

[BenisonsChickns]

Obviously health and age play a factor on ability to be in the heat, I work outside all day and when I come home around 2 the last I want to do is be outside but gotta check on the girls especially in this ridiculous April heat

 

[EmmaDonovan]

Obviously health and age play a factor on ability to be in the heat, I work outside all day and when I come home around 2 the last I want to do is be outside but gotta check on the girls especially in this ridiculous April heat

Oh my goodness, I don't know how you do it!

Age is a factor. I could tolerate it better when I was younger. Now I can't handle anything over 80°. My head goes woozy and my body feels like it weighs 400 pounds and I'm trying to move through thick sludge.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

As you know, it's only going to get hotter. Best time to work outside right now is early in the morning before the sun heats everything up.

I don't mind getting up early to walk the dogs and get some work done. This neighborhood is eerily quiet in the mornings and a bit scary at night. Every little noise bounces all over. I don't like to start doing stuff outside until after sunrise.

I also don't particularly want to draw attention to what we're doing. Having chickens is legal but the area we're in has absurd restrictions as to what you can put in your backyard and we didn't exactly get this approved (which would have taken years and thousands of dollars and repeatedly hiring an architect... for a chicken coop). I try to work on it as unobtrusively as possible.

 

[BlueBaby]

I don't mind getting up early to walk the dogs and get some work done. This neighborhood is eerily quiet in the mornings and a bit scary at night. Every little noise bounces all over. I don't like to start doing stuff outside until after sunrise.

I also don't particularly want to draw attention to what we're doing. Having chickens is legal but the area we're in has absurd restrictions as to what you can put in your backyard and we didn't exactly get this approved (which would have taken years and thousands of dollars and repeatedly hiring an architect... for a chicken coop). I try to work on it as unobtrusively as possible.

They can tell now if you make any changes by using those fly over drones. They were talking about doing that over here before, so they could see who had messy trash buildup in their yards. Maybe that's why they gave us that free dump day recently?

Also, if you check out Google maps (street view) on your property, you can see what those things see. After we had that free dump day, it was still showing the old dog house that we dumped. The dog's hadn't been using it in years anyways.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

That's true. You don't need a drone to see into our yard, unfortunately, we only have a chain link fence.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

After we had that free dump day, it was still showing the old dog house that we dumped. The dog's hadn't been using it in years anyways.

How is your dog doing? I think you adopted her about a year ago now.