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Howdy and thanks for the add! I live right near downtown Houston (we can see the skyscrapers a mile away from our back yard) and are one of the rarer types who actually HAVE a fenced in single-family home with a yard, in the area. My husband and I have been kicking around the idea of getting chickens for a few years, but I think what's tipped the scale towards "let's do this" was our 9yo being offered a kitten by a classmate at school. We said no to the cat (got two dogs, and DH is allergic to cats) but thought chickens might be a good way for her to be involved in raising and caring for animals (the fish and gerbils she's kept are good and all, but not the most interactive of pets). Plus, eggs...

I know several feed stores which generally has lots of chicks, pullets and hens, so we have plenty of local places to pick up stock. I'm excited to learn around here, and figure out what our approach will be. DH wants to go straight to egg-laying age hens, my daughter would like chicks, and I'm good with a mix, to start.

We have a nicely shaded corner of our lot on the southeast side that could probably afford up to 200sqft or so of a footprint (run+coop), but we'll probably start out with a small flock until we learn what we are doing.

Thanks
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Hello and welcome to BYC.

Here’s a good link where you’ll find lots of information on almost every aspect of keeping chickens - from coop building ideas, to incubating eggs - https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/


There’s a link on the page above to the Learning Centre - it’s a great resource. If you have a specific topic in mind, just type it in the search box - there's a wealth of information on past and present threads.


Each week, various topics are discussed, which can also be a great resource - https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/topic-of-the-week-thread-archive


You can use this link to contact members in your area - Find Your State Thread

Best wishes

Pork Pie
 
:welcome
:yesss: We are glad you joined this flock!
Jump right in and make yourself at home.
Some/a lot of feed stores around here order straight run chicks and pass them off as females.
Do not trust feed store employees.
You can mail order from Ideal Poultry and have a better much higher chance of getting females.

This video will help you learn how to navigate this site:

Coop Ideas:
Chicken Coops
 
KikisGirls said:
:welcome
:yesss: We are glad you joined this flock!
Jump right in and make yourself at home.
Some/a lot of feed stores around here order straight run chicks and pass them off as females.
Do not trust feed store employees.
You can mail order from Ideal Poultry and have a better much higher chance of getting females.

This video will help you learn how to navigate this site:

Coop Ideas:
Chicken Coops
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I'll watch the video here during lunch. As for the straight-run being foisted as females... yeah, I am aware that can happen. There is a place that our local chicken groups trust (been using them for organic gardening stuff for years), and they do also have sex-link breeds as well, which should make it easier. I will for sure look at the mail order options, in case there's a specific breed we want that isn't available locally right now.

Thank you :)
 
N F C said:
:welcome

To really get your DD into chickens, I'd recommend starting with chicks. It's amazing to see those little balls of fluff grow.

Whichever way you go, I hope the entire family enjoys!
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Oh for sure! Just gotta get DH on board with having little peeps inside for awhile.
 

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