Recent content by Mama_Bear

Hi! I lurked on this site for years before we finally got started with backyard chickens. We're in the area, east of the metroplex, Hang in there! It was worth the wait!

It would be easier to get to the eggs & clean out if the wall/doors were anchored to swing open instead of laying down. It would also be nice to have a door on the end to access the area under the coop. I would envision hanging food & water containers under there to protect from rain and snow.

It is the same color as my RIR.

Quote: Which part? It has almost anything you'd want for land regions; we have piney woods, to desert, to hill country, to the ocean. Then there are the big cities like Dallas, Austin, Houston with anything you'd want for theater, performance, arts, sports. I'm in the northeast part, close...

Since this has happened, you will be better prepared if something like this happens again. You can learn from this! And so can others reading! I learned it in my own life too - I was in my yard one morning, weeding a flower bed. It was around 8:30 on a week day and most people in the...

I read this as "Everyone, post your best homemade chicken FEET recipes!" -- and thought to myself -- that is going to be an entertaining thread!

One more question I would add to yours - is what happens if we need to evacuate? In the wake of the fires, floods, and other natural disasters the country has been experiencing -- I'm aware that we would have to MOVE our animals with us if we should need to get out of the house for an extended...

We are not handy people, so building a coop and run was not in the cards for us. That is the one aspect of getting into backyard chickens that held us up the longest. We looked all over the web and went with ordering a tractor from Dan at greenchickencoops.com . We live in North East Tx and...

I'm on Firefox and I can load it without problems! That is really NEAT-O!! Thanks for sharing!

That's cute!

She's a beauty!

Quote: x2 Yep and pictures would help in evaluating the question.

Quote: I was happy to see it was ONLY 96 here!

Quote: That is so true. Our trainers trained US more - than they actually trained the dogs!