Howdy y'all! 
We live in rural south Texas and are new to chickens, our chicks are due in Mar, very excited!! Our mixed flock will be (1 each) Bielefelder, Midnight Majesty Maran, Barred Rock, Sapphire Olive Egger, Sapphire Splash, and 2 Prairie Bluebell Eggers. Yeah, kid-in-the-candy-store syndrome, I wanted some of everything haha. They will be sharing the roost with 2 dogs, 3 cats, and a pond full of koi but I kinda doubt the fish will care much.
Other hobbies or frequent activities include keeping my nose in a book; baking sweets & cooking; finding things for dear hubby that are "lost" (again); bird watching; explaining to the dogs that thank you but I can manage the bathroom without a 4-legged escort (again); and smelling the flowers whenever possible. Which actually is most of the time down here....
Found BYC when researching chickens and found lots of good info. I'm looking forward to learning and chatting with members and might ask a question or two (i.e. - but hopefully not- what do you do with the ladies in a hurricane?!). Thanks ahead for any tips or advice given, especially regarding chickens in south Texas, where hot and hotter, humid and windy, is normal weather. Today is definitely a feather-ruffling windy one!
And I'd love to hear y'all's opinions, good or bad, on the breeds we've chosen.
Y'all have a great day!
- or would that be an egg-cellent day?
We live in rural south Texas and are new to chickens, our chicks are due in Mar, very excited!! Our mixed flock will be (1 each) Bielefelder, Midnight Majesty Maran, Barred Rock, Sapphire Olive Egger, Sapphire Splash, and 2 Prairie Bluebell Eggers. Yeah, kid-in-the-candy-store syndrome, I wanted some of everything haha. They will be sharing the roost with 2 dogs, 3 cats, and a pond full of koi but I kinda doubt the fish will care much.
Other hobbies or frequent activities include keeping my nose in a book; baking sweets & cooking; finding things for dear hubby that are "lost" (again); bird watching; explaining to the dogs that thank you but I can manage the bathroom without a 4-legged escort (again); and smelling the flowers whenever possible. Which actually is most of the time down here....
Found BYC when researching chickens and found lots of good info. I'm looking forward to learning and chatting with members and might ask a question or two (i.e. - but hopefully not- what do you do with the ladies in a hurricane?!). Thanks ahead for any tips or advice given, especially regarding chickens in south Texas, where hot and hotter, humid and windy, is normal weather. Today is definitely a feather-ruffling windy one!
And I'd love to hear y'all's opinions, good or bad, on the breeds we've chosen.
Y'all have a great day!
- or would that be an egg-cellent day?
