Skinner Select Poultry in Alvarado, Texas will be conducting classes on Backyard Chickens and Sustainable Living at Clark Botanical Gardens in Weatherford, Texas on March 26 and 27. For more information on this Spring Festival at Clark Botanical Gardens, go to: www.clarkgardens.org. For more...
The Cowtown Backyard Poultry Group is planning to meetup at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo on Saturday, January 22, 2011 at 9 a.m. at the Poultry Building. For more information on this Poultry Group, go to www.meetup.com and put in The Cowtown Backyard Poultry Group. We love our...
Our little poultry farm in Alvarado, Texas, Skinner Select Poultry, has been asked to be a vendor at the Texas Master Gardener 2011 Exposition and Conference in Glen Rose, Texas April 27-29, 2011. For more information on the conference, go to: www.2011tmgaconference.org. For more information...
We have been hatching eggs since August with good success and only a few babies that didn't make it. We breed Rhode Island Reds and Barred Rocks primarily. In the past 2 weeks, we have hatched probably 40 Rhode Island Reds and have lost 10 or more of them. We have not lost any Barred Rocks...
We live in North Texas and we are starting a flock of Buckeyes. We would like to get a jump start on the flock by purchasing approximately 8 young hens (minimum 15 weeks) and an experienced Roo (9 months to 1 year old). We want to buy from a reputable breeder and need proof that we are buying...
We ordered 75 chicks from the hatchery. They are 4 days old. So far, 12 have died (8 died one night and 4 so far today). We have an enclosed brood room. They will not come out of one end of the brooder. We have a brood light on them but they are all huddled together. We have an A/C in...
We sell Rhode Island Red, Production Red and Dominique chickens. Right now, we have some 6 week old Production Reds available. RIR's and Dominiques coming soon. Local pick up only. We are located approximately 25 miles South of Fort Worth in Alvarado, Texas.