Posts by allen wranch

New Information:   Our special guest this year is Alfredo Geigel, DVM.  He is the owner of Vida Veterinary Mobile Services, and is bringing his mobile set-up for everyone to see.  This is a great opportunity to...

I also recently bought an EcoGlow 20, and I agree there is no way 20 chicks could stay warm under it. As the chicks grow, there is even less room ,even raising the heater as high as it will go. Brinsea instructions say not to use it...

Linda, Welcome to BYC. We were all newbies at one time. Chickenstock is a good place to ask questions and learn. I will put you down as coming. Just show up with a covered dish on June 8.

It may be too late for you to attend, but the Brazos Valley Poultry Club is having a meet & greet this Saturday. http://www.meetup.com/AustinBackyardPoultry/events/112041972/?_af_eid=112041972&a=uc1_vm&_af=event You can also go to their...

LOl-My chickens will be there. The Texas Chickenstock is not a swap meet, but if you purchase eggs or birds from someone and want to pick them up at Chickenstock, that is OK. Just don't bring birds to sell/swap on speculation.

LOl-My chickens will be there. The Texas Chickenstock is not a swap meet, but if you purchase eggs or birds from someone and want to pick them up at Chickenstock, that is OK. Just don't bring birds to sell/swap on speculation.

Blue, I have raised both Brabanters and Spitzhaubens and love them both. Each seem to have mysterious deaths, but anything I could diagnosis externally was fixable. Fowll pox is treatable if you keep on top of it. Put a drying agent...

Chickenstock is a gathering of poultry people who greet, meet, eat and talk chick'n with each other. It started 10 years ago at BYC. For logistics and weather reasons, each state has their own at different times of the year. Each one...

Rae, newbies are always welcome. Lots of people will be there to answer any of your questions.

Yea ! Hope you can make it. There are a lot of people coming from the Austin Backyard Poultry Meetup group, which includes some of the regulars.