Thank you all. I really love this community. I have much to learn and I plan to make this a regular habit. For most of my adult life I was always deployed in combat or returning from or training others to go. My wife says she sees that caring for the chickens has given me something to help me...
Technically I live in Poteet. We are at the outer outer edges. I work from home, my view out of my window shows me my chickens and the neighbors cows. It is facing East, so the sunrises are so awesome it's practically spiritual.
Alright if I was an idiot go ahead and say it. I can take it. :D I say that because we bought our first four chickens from a guy selling them in front of our local Dollar General - I wasn't born in Texas but I swear you can't throw a stone without hitting a Dollar General store. Two typical...
Hello, we have no rooster, all hens. I finally found a veterinarian near me but unfortunately she died before I could take her. She wouldn't eat or drink. My son tried to give her nutrition through a syringe like thing. It was sad.
I apologize if this is not the appropriate area. I did try to search for the information elsewhere. I have one of my hens who is staying in the coop whenever I let them out to do as they please. She stays in the coop, in a corner under the coop just sitting there. If myself or my son force the...
Hello, we are new to raising chickens. We moved to a small town in South Texas in order to have the freedom to pursue such activities as growing a garden and raising chickens just to name a few. I am a combat veteran so for me the chickens are as much therapy as for the eggs. They are my girls...