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Is there a chart with pictures of, labels and descriptions of the different colorings for each type of chicken?? IE - coloring of a light Sussex looks a whole lot like the Columbian Rock.... which can drive a newby (like me) NUTS!

My coop does not have any electricity - since we live in South Texas I am more worried about the Summer heat than anything Winter will throw at us.. so do you think it would be possible to take one of those ornamental windmills and use a pully to power a covered fan inside the coop. It would...

.. someone who at least lived in our state who could teach us the ins and out of showing chickens.. breeding for a better bird and help us to NOT waste money. Am I wishing for the impossible?

..and I am not talking about 4-h or FFA shows for kids. I would like to invest in some show quality chickens, but before making the final choices - want to go to a show or 2.

Can someone please guide me on the simplest way to add a few more hens to my flock? I currently have 5 BR and 1 black hen that was suppose to be a BR.. (stupid feed store..) Anyway - thinking ahead here - I want to add 4 more - buying them as chicks this Spring. They can be the same or...

If you have other animals - ie cows or horses .. you can take that manure mixed with bedding like shavings and put it in a wider bucket or small trough, put the water bowl down inside the trough and surround it with more compost. As the compost breaksdown - it produces heat and will keep the...

I thought it was going to be the eggs.. but I was wrong. The best and actually the most economical part about owning our birds is that I NEVER have to throw away food anymore.. With our children grown and gone, I would increasingly have to throw away bread before we were done with it - or...

How long does it take barred rock hens to lay normal sized eggs? (for them - large) My hens just started laying - but the eggs are tiny.. 1/2 the size I am thinking they should be.

I have a farm blog...and when I have time, I love to browse other blogs. well - here is one of my favorites and this is her post on her completed chicken coop. I have seen a lot of really nice coops, but this is the only one I would call 'ELEGANT'...

Show quality chicks - preferably in Texas

BESIDES chickens! In case you can not figure it out... I am into sidesaddle riding and history!

..for 6 BR hens?

Hens that get broody...when you try to collect their eggs.. We are raising our first hens. 6 BR's (well 1 may actually be a black sex link instead of a BR)

Where do you put your nesting boxes in the coop... beside the roosting pole? lower than the pole? on the other side of the coop? Off the ground - if so how high off the ground? Right now my coop is empty on the inside 7' wide, 8'long with a human door on one side and a chicken door on the...

...and the eggs would have to come from a farm (so express mailed to us) what is the Minimum amount of equipment we would have to have?

I went to Canton Texas today to their first Monday's sale and found a couple of vendors selling orig. nesting boxes. I bought a 2 nest unit that I liked ...but they had them as large as 8. Most were priced between 20-40 each..much cheaper than I could have made them for - if I had to buy the...

..is there a list of them. I was looking at a web sight of a farm that specalized in specific birds and lost it before I wrote it down... I want to say it was Hooper FArm....??? not sure since I have looked at quite a few. They have a specific type of chicken I am interested in.

What are your hens favorite treats and how do they react when you give it to them?

..and please advise what size eggs they are and from what kind of chickens.

What dimensions should I use to build some for my Barred Rock hens? I think they grow rather large compared to some other chicken breeds.