Hiya everyone!
Returning longtime BYC member..I've been away from the forum for years doing other things. I've kept chickens all along, but just a barnyard mix for eggs instead of worrying about breeds and such.
We are originally from south Texas, but after about 5 years of searching the real estate market, we finally found a piece of property that fit every single item on our "dream property" wishlist (and then some!) and were lucky enough to be able to purchase it. We've been here nearly 5 months now and couldn't be happier. Dripping Springs is such a cool little community and the people are so gosh darn happy all the time... Love, love, love it here!
Back when I was active on BYC, I had well over 1000 posts, but I can't for the life of me recall how to log back in. It's just as well though...with a new farm, new plans for my existing flock, and many new breed additions, a fresh start on BYC is okay with me.
My 'barnyard' flock of EE's, Cuckoo Marans, CCL, 2 bantam Cochins, and a few sex-links made the 3 1/2 hour trip north with me to the new place and have settled in nicely. I'm pretty sure they think they've just been dropped into paradise (tall trees, lush green grass, and running creeks are not terribly common in south Texas)!! Since moving here, we've added American Bresse, more CCL, Ayam Cemani, Blue Isbar, Blue Cochin, and Blue Birchen Marans. The flock count is somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 birds. In addition to the birds, we have an old yellow Lab, a new Goldendoodle pup, and a cross-eyed old mutt cat.
We've switched from standard feeds to strictly organic, soy-free, non-gmo feeds and all of our chickens have free reign of 50 acres from sun-up to sun-down. We will be pursuing organic certification for the farm in the near future and have been working with a biologist to develop an organic wildlife management plan to ensure the continued health of the land and the animals -wild and domestic- that live off of it.
The specific goals I have for the chickens is 1) Breed for Olive Eggers, 2) Selectively breed for blue variations of Marans with 6+ egg color, and 3) Maaaaybe sell hatching eggs or chicks from some of the more rare breeds that we have. (As it is, every egg we gather gets bought by local folks for breakfast).
So that's it for my (rather lengthy) hello!
TMI?
Returning longtime BYC member..I've been away from the forum for years doing other things. I've kept chickens all along, but just a barnyard mix for eggs instead of worrying about breeds and such.
We are originally from south Texas, but after about 5 years of searching the real estate market, we finally found a piece of property that fit every single item on our "dream property" wishlist (and then some!) and were lucky enough to be able to purchase it. We've been here nearly 5 months now and couldn't be happier. Dripping Springs is such a cool little community and the people are so gosh darn happy all the time... Love, love, love it here!
Back when I was active on BYC, I had well over 1000 posts, but I can't for the life of me recall how to log back in. It's just as well though...with a new farm, new plans for my existing flock, and many new breed additions, a fresh start on BYC is okay with me.
My 'barnyard' flock of EE's, Cuckoo Marans, CCL, 2 bantam Cochins, and a few sex-links made the 3 1/2 hour trip north with me to the new place and have settled in nicely. I'm pretty sure they think they've just been dropped into paradise (tall trees, lush green grass, and running creeks are not terribly common in south Texas)!! Since moving here, we've added American Bresse, more CCL, Ayam Cemani, Blue Isbar, Blue Cochin, and Blue Birchen Marans. The flock count is somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 birds. In addition to the birds, we have an old yellow Lab, a new Goldendoodle pup, and a cross-eyed old mutt cat.
We've switched from standard feeds to strictly organic, soy-free, non-gmo feeds and all of our chickens have free reign of 50 acres from sun-up to sun-down. We will be pursuing organic certification for the farm in the near future and have been working with a biologist to develop an organic wildlife management plan to ensure the continued health of the land and the animals -wild and domestic- that live off of it.
The specific goals I have for the chickens is 1) Breed for Olive Eggers, 2) Selectively breed for blue variations of Marans with 6+ egg color, and 3) Maaaaybe sell hatching eggs or chicks from some of the more rare breeds that we have. (As it is, every egg we gather gets bought by local folks for breakfast).
So that's it for my (rather lengthy) hello!
TMI?
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