Recent content by kdt_ntexas

  1. K

    Switching to Meat Birds (Ideal's Black or Red Broilers)

    So ... I am wanting to switch to meat birds. I would like to be able to kill one per week or so. I have heard great things about Ideal in Cameron, Texas, and that's the vendor I am leaning towards, with either their black or red broilers. I am avoiding the Cornish varieties because they are not...
  2. K

    3 Week Old Chicks, Transition from Indoors to Run

    So I have 6 chicks from an Easter Egger rooster and Barred Plymouth Rock hen. The roo & hen are now the only ones left after two chickens died during a disastrous free-ranging trial. But that's another story. I live in far north Texas. Temps are starting to taper down now *just* a bit, with...
  3. K

    Straw Bales for Cold Weather

    Thanks ... they are 7 barred plymouth rocks, 1 RIR, and an easter-egger roo
  4. K

    Straw Bales for Cold Weather

    Yeah I actually thought of removing the roosts also, forcing them to get down away from the vents and window cracks, and maybe also just cutting the bales and literally stacking 2 feet deep of fluffed straw.
  5. K

    Cold weather

    I'm in north central TX, and we're about to get it here as well. Down to -2 by Monday 2/15. I posted about maybe stacking some straw bales they could perhaps hunker down in.
  6. K

    Straw Bales for Cold Weather

    I had the idea of getting some straw bales to put in the coop, and placing them with 12" gaps, such that the birds can hunker into them and stay warm. Will they adapt that quickly? Is this a good idea? This is a 6x10 foot coop and 9 birds, 1 roo and 8 hens The coop is already pretty solid and...
  7. K

    Lethargic and yellow goop on vent

    Well my current routine is every 2 weeks I completely empty the coop of all hay and pine shavings, and spread it in the run, and replace the coop bedding with hay and shavings on top. Every morning I toss out about a cup of scratch grains. I’ve been doing a little more reading and I think the...
  8. K

    Lethargic and yellow goop on vent

    Update: I appreciate everything, guys ... I put a heat lamp out late last night because it got down in the low 40s, thought maybe it would keep her comfortable at least... this morning she was just barely hanging on, and I decided that enough was enough so I dispatched her quickly. I cleaned...
  9. K

    Lethargic and yellow goop on vent

    I am in far north central texas, and no they are in a run.
  10. K

    Lethargic and yellow goop on vent

    Update: I went out to the coop just now and she was holed up under some boards. Breathing but almost no energy. I could easily pick her up and turn her over and she would stay put. Even as a newb, I’d be surprised if she lasts the night (but what do I know). I took a rag with warm soapy water...
  11. K

    Lethargic and yellow goop on vent

    I have an approximately 5 month old barred rock hen, along with 9 other hens and a Easter egger rooster. For the past few days, this single bird has had these symptoms solitary and lethargic. Stays inside coop and very still eats only a little closes eyes often, when eyes are open can see...
  12. K

    My Cats Just Vanished ...

    They showed back up! All of them! The first one back, my favorite, was trembling,meowing (she never does that) and wouldn't get six inches away from my feet. She got to come inside for a few hours :-)
  13. K

    Round Bale or Square Bale?

    Square for me ... easier to handle
  14. K

    My Cats Just Vanished ...

    So a beautiful black Bombay female shows up at my place about 4 months ago, and in a month, instead of 1 cat that I've adopted ... I have 7 :) No problem, so I have given mama cat & the kiddos shelter food & water for about 12 weeks. I am very attached to these babies but I can only...
  15. K

    And I was worried they wouldn't they wouldn't use it ...

    This was five minutes after I finished it.
See more
Back
Top Bottom