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[WesBP]

Hello, My wife and I joined because we want to learn about keeping chickens. We have started leading healthy lives and want clean. We know that chicken farms are extremely unsanitary and want to have a small starter flock of our own. If the bird is healthy and happy, the eggs will be healthy! We live in Southwest Texas (on the border west of San Antonio) and it gets HOT, and I think that might be an issue. Any advice would be appreciated. We are looking forward to learning and having a small (3-4) flock of our own.

 

[drumstick diva]

go to "Where am I, where are you," in the social forum - you can locate and post on your state thread. People in your area can give you the best information on handling the climate, what breeds do best under those conditions, etc.

Check out the Learning Center, it is the best place to start. and

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello frow.gif and Welcome To BYC! X2 what drumstick diva said! The Learning Center is a great place to start and check out your state thread for what people in your area are doing https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/44/texas For breeds, check out the BYC Breeds section for member reviews on a lot of breeds, and the Henderson chicken breed chart compares a lot of popular breeds ... http://www.sagehenfarmlodi.com/chooks/chooks.html

 

[LuvinBlueBirds]

Welcome to the Flock! I can't help you with the HOT area of the country and chicken keeping as its always so FREAKING cold here. Hey, if you want to know about -20F I have some ideas for that. hehehe

 

[TwoCrows]

Good luck with all your poultry adventures and enjoy BYC!

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC - the Texas state thread will be a great place to start your journey.

 

[WesBP]

Thanks everyone. Ill look at the texas threads.

 

[gander007]