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  1. hstave

    Show Me Your Best Chicken Photo Bomb!

    Her name is Butterbean, and this is her "Butterbomb". :)
  2. hstave

    Holy cow, I bought 6 chicks! My Dallas backyard chickens

    :) Our chickens are in their coop and are doing well. We predator proofed the crap out of our coop, so when they go to bed, we put the coop at DefCon 1, lock the girls in tight and head to bed. So far, no predators have gotten to the girls. We did have a feral cat drinking their water over the...
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    Chicken sneezing, watery nose

    Thanks! As for dust or ammonia, I try to sweep as much dust out of the coop as possible when I clean out the bedding each week. We use straw bedding. I do have some electrolytes that I can add to her water, and probably the others' water as well (we absolutely must have it for the hot Texas...
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    ***Crevecoeur Thread***

    Hi! Good to see you on the Crevecoeur thread!
  5. hstave

    Chicken sneezing, watery nose

    Hi, All, Hope you can help. I have a bantam orpington who is sneezing a bit, with some watery discharge from her nose only when she sneezes. None of the other birds in our flock are exhibiting the same behavior, and I've noticed it over the past three weeks. Poo is fine, normal, she's not...
  6. hstave

    Just watching one of my girls having a dustbath

    Oh, my gosh, yes! My chickens scratch right up next to one another, lay on top of each other (often one will lay on another one's head), kick dirt all over each other, wallow, and peck bits of dirt and leaves and whatnot off of each other. It's part of the joys of my day when I see my...
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    Hi, from Dallas, TX

    I know. I think she was hoping we could re-home them as pairs, and that they'd be more desirable since brabanters are so rare. This really came about as an idea because she really wants the brabanter hens, but we can't find them as chicks, just as eggs. She certainly doesn't want to...
  8. hstave

    Hi, from Dallas, TX

    Thanks, Sumi! On your suggestion, my husband and I are looking into finding LED bulbs that will put out a warmer "natural" light, but with less risk of anything catching on fire. We currently have an ark style coop (actually, a really big one that we made for the chickens), so we need to be...
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    Hi, from Dallas, TX

    Hi! I'm not exactly new here (I've been checking out the site for information and advice for a good while), but I thought it'd be good manners to introduce myself and ask a couple questions. First, we are (again) from Dallas, and we currently have three chickens that we were sweet talked into...
  10. hstave

    Dallas tells garden center they can't sell chickens anymore

    Just to update this thread, Bageniece Farms has been having pullet & hen sales at North Haven Gardens. I have not seen anything posted regarding any selling of day old chicks at this location. Here's hoping we can keep Bageniece Farms selling and educating at NHG.
  11. hstave

    Texas

    Happy lunchtime with Mississippi John Hurt. Enjoy!
  12. hstave

    Texas

    Hi! I'm in Dallas, and heard that everyone was having problems this spring and summer with all veggies. Our garden was not very good through the summer. Spring tomatoes were great, though - prolific and delicious. Now, we did have good potatoes this spring, but the squash never produced...
  13. hstave

    Holy cow, I bought 6 chicks! My Dallas backyard chickens

    Hi, Elise! We are in Lochwood - very near Old Lake Highlands. We have 3 chickens (we were hoping for 5, but there's a long story behind that, and plenty of time to get a couple more to make up the difference!). A lot of our neighbors have chickens here, and it's a pretty supportive...
  14. hstave

    ***Crevecoeur Thread***

    Foxy gets on great with the rest of the flock - she's the lowest on the "coop social ladder", but the other girls don't pick on her. They show a few displays of dominance, but never pull feathers or give her grief. The others will actually stay near and look after her, and often preen her...
  15. hstave

    Cochin Thread!!!

    I'm curious - is there a cochin thread for people who just enjoy their cochin chickens for their personalities and as pets, but aren't raising show quality/breeding quality birds? I love cochin chickens, but I just can't relate to any of the posts in this thread, as they are mostly...
  16. hstave

    ***Crevecoeur Thread***

    I haven't introduced myself, so I'll start by showing off my Creve chick.12 weeks and she's already a nice size. This is Foxy Brown.
  17. hstave

    Cochin Thread!!!

    Only one of my chicks (12 weeks old) would put herself to bed up until last weekend, when we finally took the time to use treats to coax the girls up the ladder and into the coop. A couple dry runs of that during the daytime, and the girls lost their fear of the ladder. They will do almost...
  18. hstave

    Best Chicken Names..List yours!

    Butterbean (Buff Cochin) Foxy Brown (Crevecoeur) Pullet (Bantam Buff Orpington) I need a better name for my Orpington. She's a bantam, but she's also the head chicken in our tiny flock, so she really should have something more suitable.
  19. hstave

    want a tip that will make your hens lay like its spring in the winter

    We are going to allow our chickens access to peppers all through the year. Prior posters have worried that the spice will harm chickens, but chickens don't have the same receptors that mammals do which send pain signals to our brains when we eat peppers. Birds don't have them, for the sole...
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