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:jumpyHello everyone! It has been a great while since I have an posted. But has anyone noticed in 2023 Chicks are hard to get in Texas. Is it everywhere too? I tried going to my local stores where I usually get them and they keep telling me they sold out:th I have never seen it like this. I...

I got some interest and several comments on my last post on this subject. So for 10 days I hit feed store, fairs, farmers markets and presented the same question to everyone I met. "What is too much money for a chick, or chicken?" Well it ended up as I expected. It's basically to each is own...

Here are a few pics of our 14 chicks. We took a few pics so as not to stress them too much. We Will take more later on.

We have been busy today with our flocks but here are some of the pics I been promising. Someone asked for pics of the inside of my Outhouse Coop... Here they are! Also some pics of improvements made to pond and new duck coop and silkie coop.

When I get a good sunny day, maybe Sunday. My wife said she would help me get some photos of my new chicks. They are a little over a week and a half old and they are doing great. We got a variety so we are excited for when they start laying this summer. We will make it like a photo show. There...

:confused:I am an old time chicken raiser and man the price of chicks have changed. Plus the breeds have chicks have changed. I am probably crazy but I just bought a lone chick, a Sapphire Olive Eggers for $11.50 , Am I Crazy? Was that bad? She was sitting in that pen just begging me to take her...

Anyone seen this cup before? My lovely wife got it for me. I guess because she maybe loves me, but she knows I am a chicken nut 😂😂😂😂

I won't mention no names but it has been a tough week. But I am pretty easy going! (Yeah Right) I Ordered chicks from a local hatchery, good hatchery, been in business for many many years. I been raising chicks for 40 YEARS chicks come in I pick them up. 3 dead already,10 dead in a hour, 15 in...

I haven't posted this picture in a little while and there are several new folks in our group so here goes. Ever seen a chicken coop that is made out of a double wide Outhouse!! Yes I am from TEXAS!

When I come home on Fridays I like to sit and watch my chickens just to relax. I have one hen that has been with me 10 years and she always greets me and reminds me all is well. If she can she will sit on my foot so I can't move, it's like she saying take a minute, just breath. I just hope we...

Hello everyone, good to be on here again. But I had a question for anyone who wants to comment. The other night I went out to check on my girls and low and behold I had too many roosters. This real pretty roo showed up and has decided to stay. ( I searched for owner). But not real sure what...

Good Morning everyone! I just wanted to relay some information on a attack on my flock last night. I pride myself on the fact that I have a pretty fortified coop and that I have not had many attacks on my girls too often. But last night it was like Freddie from nightmare on elm street showed up...

Hey everyone! I am excited to announce I discovered the "Teddy Bears of the Chicken World" Silkies and Frizzles! I saw these and couldn't believe what I was seeing, so I got some and they are just teenagers now. (Not quite laying yet). But their character behavior is so amazing! So here they are...

Captain Frizzle, he is in charge! The Head Hancho!!! 😂

Hello everyone! Great to see a lot of familiar faces still around. I just wanted to touch base and let you know I am still around. My flock has grown considerably since I was last here. I have added some new breeds this year. Silver-laced Wyandottes, Blue-Laced Wyandottes, Welsummer, Silkies...

Recently I had a broody hen setting on eggs. Any way eggs got moved to incubator to hatch. I didn't pick the eggs she was sitting on and some are small eggs but came from standard size hens. Although they are Danish Brown Leghorn eggs that kind of run small anyway. But the question is one of...

Recently I had a hen I hatched from an incubator not too long ago go broody. She decided she wanted to be a mom. I thought now that's cool! So I gave her a half dozen eggs to sit on in the main coop! (1st mistake) did not Mark the eggs (2nd mistake) lot of laying hens in same coop. So I let her...

Hello all my friends! I have been gone a little while. I have been in a way incapacitated. I am 53 years old and had a mild Stroke recently. I am recovering a doing pretty well now. Lord knows it was a scary situation. But on the good side of things my girls are getting me strong again and...

Today was a sad day for me. I have had a new Easter egger rooster for about 2 years that was given to me. That rooster has always been very aggressive to my wife so I kept him isolated, But today he was acting like he didn't feel good so I went in to check on him. Then all of a sudden he...