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    Switching to Meat Birds (Ideal's Black or Red Broilers)

    So ... I am wanting to switch to meat birds. I would like to be able to kill one per week or so. I have heard great things about Ideal in Cameron, Texas, and that's the vendor I am leaning towards, with either their black or red broilers. I am avoiding the Cornish varieties because they are not...
  2. K

    3 Week Old Chicks, Transition from Indoors to Run

    So I have 6 chicks from an Easter Egger rooster and Barred Plymouth Rock hen. The roo & hen are now the only ones left after two chickens died during a disastrous free-ranging trial. But that's another story. I live in far north Texas. Temps are starting to taper down now *just* a bit, with...
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    Straw Bales for Cold Weather

    I had the idea of getting some straw bales to put in the coop, and placing them with 12" gaps, such that the birds can hunker into them and stay warm. Will they adapt that quickly? Is this a good idea? This is a 6x10 foot coop and 9 birds, 1 roo and 8 hens The coop is already pretty solid and...
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    Lethargic and yellow goop on vent

    I have an approximately 5 month old barred rock hen, along with 9 other hens and a Easter egger rooster. For the past few days, this single bird has had these symptoms solitary and lethargic. Stays inside coop and very still eats only a little closes eyes often, when eyes are open can see...
  5. K

    My Cats Just Vanished ...

    So a beautiful black Bombay female shows up at my place about 4 months ago, and in a month, instead of 1 cat that I've adopted ... I have 7 :) No problem, so I have given mama cat & the kiddos shelter food & water for about 12 weeks. I am very attached to these babies but I can only...
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    And I was worried they wouldn't they wouldn't use it ...

    This was five minutes after I finished it.
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    Plan for Coop Bedding

    I am very new to chickens, so please forgive ignorance :cool: I have 11 birds, all about 12 weeks old, 10 hens, one rooster. I live in far north central Texas. The soil is sandy and fairly absorbent, pools don't last more than a day or two. Coop is 6ft x 10ft, wood framed, elevated ~2ft and...
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    Exposed Nail/Screw Points in Coop Walls/Roof

    Total newbie here ... In my new coop there are a few exposed nail tips in the walls (coming out the side of studs), and many in the roof (where the roof is nailed). They protrude about 1-1.5 in. and are quite sharp ... Will my birds get hurt on these? I plan on keeping the roosting bars at...
  9. K

    Feeding Brand New 2 Month Old Barred Rocks (just ordered)

    I am a complete know-nothing newbie here, I'll put that out there up front. OK, so the chickens will be picked up in 2 weeks, I'm getting 10 hens and 1 male. My goal is eggs I will have the coop and run finished by then. I have the watering situation figured out. Now comes feed. I know I need...
  10. K

    How clean does chicken water REALLY need to be?

    So my plan is to go straight from my galvalume metal roof into an aluminum gutter, thru a screen, and into a food safe 300 gal black cistern (black to control algae). From there, I’ll dip it out into buckets which go to 1/2” pvc with red drinker nipples. in the pvc pipe before it gets to the...
  11. K

    Breed Selection for Far North Central Texas

    Hello, everyone ... I am almost done with my coop and run, and I think it's time to start thinking about breed selection. I live in far north central Texas about 50 miles south of Wichita Falls. The weather here has an average high in August of 94F, and an average low of 29F in January, with...
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