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Thanks for the info and yes, pets and egg layers.. Will take ur advice on the hurricane precautions. Looking at Australorp

New to Texas and in the Coastal Bend area, Ingleside to be precise. I am looking for someone in this area that can give me info on the best way to protect any girls I get. i.e. heat, humidity, insects... I had 5 beautiful Reds in Utah and just loved taking care of them. Pets that gave me butt...

Now living on the South Texas Coast.

We are new to the South Texas area and I am looking for others that are keeping chickens in their yards. We moved here from Utah and there were no issues, i.e. heat, humidity.. I would like to have a small coop again but looking for advice.

My girls are Red's and the weather here in Utah as been unusually hot. This all makes sense now...

Thank you for the info.. Unfortunately Roosters r not allowed here and I have the legal max for chickens. Will try the "separated " idea, of course with plenty of water and food. What causes this behavior?

She will not leave the nest unless I take her out to eat and drink. This has been going on for 3 days now. My egg count is down from 5 to 2-3 a day. Girls free range the back yard so i have started looking for eggs in other places in the yard. Is there anything I can do to stop this behavior or...

I started with five 2 day old chicks Easter 2012. Never did it before, just wanted baby chicks. From day one I held each one daily, talked to them and just spent time with them. People who have chickens that I know, say they have never seen birds like mine. They free roam in our back yard and of...

Just wanted to share my extreme happiness! This is my first year with chickens and it has gone so well. 5 girls, two days and 15eggs ! And it's been very cold here. Not bragging, just wanted to know I'm doing the right things.

I use the pale and nipple system and hang it inside the coop(2 1/2 gal due to coop size) With it getting colder here I started looking for ways to keep the water from freezing. I bought a "fish tank" heater for 12.00 and it works great! It warms a 5 - 15 gal tank AND it will shut off if there...

Just wanted to say Thank You for the good info. Feed store agreed and they are now on crushed oyster shell. We'll see what happens..

My girls have started to lay. They r all 26 wks. First day one egg, next none. We went along like that for about 2 1/2 wks. Yesterday 5 eggs! Today, 2 soft shelled broken eggs. What could this mean? They have been on laying feed for 2 months and of course get fresh everything daily. The nights...

My girls are 17 weeks, there are 5. I have them on Flock feed now and want to know at what age to change them to Layer feed ? The answer seems to depend on who I ask, so I thought I'd try my friends....

New to this. My girls are 11 weeks, 4 Red Sex Links & 1 Black Laced Wyndott. Have noticed each one will lay down, ruffle her feathers and cover herself with nesting or dirt. Thinking this is a "cleaning thing" but want to make sure it's ok behavior.

Thank you everyone for your words of encouragement. I know I will get all the help I need on this site.