Welcome Neighbor! East Texas grandmother raising my first flock since childhood with my granddaughter. We recently lost 3 to illness. We have nursed the other back to mostly healthy (have a silkie that went blind during an episode of foul pox.) We are looking forward to learning a lot more and hopefully expanding in the spring. It would be nice to have someone from the area to share info with!! The coyotes are howling around our coop in Winnsboro constantly. Hopefully I have built their coop sturdy enough. I don't have an electric fence (yet) but that's what I am heading to search next. Looking forward to watching your story.