Texas BYC Cafe

[Ms Jellybean]

Yeah I looked and couldn't find it!

The dog food? You have to ask them to get it for you. They keep it in the stock room and not on the shelves for some weird reason. He said they were rearranging so I guess that is why.

 

[Brookshire11]

The dog food? You have to ask them to get it for you. They keep it in the stock room and not on the shelves for some weird reason. He said they were rearranging so I guess that is why.

Ah! do you just ask for it by the pound? Or is it in bags already

 

[lovingmyhens]

To funny!!
That's great that she laid again. Seems all her plumbing is working well! Lol
I just found another egg in my BCM pen. So BOTH of my girls are laying! The last one is lighter than the first one and some what speckled but skill darker than my BR.
I'm so excited!!!

I maybe a bit silly but I've been keeping a book about all my birds and I'm adding when they start laying and I'm recording the size and color. Anyone else doing something like that??

Girl! I ain't got time for that!!!

 

[Ms Jellybean]

Ah! do you just ask for it by the pound? Or is it in bags already

It's packaged just like any other dog food. It's only $0.62/pound! What I was feeding was over $1.40/pound. Big savings!

I found and ad for Ameraucana chicks today. Says they are purebred so they shouldn't be EE's. Can't beat the distance, price is good too. Just need a place to put them!

I'm packing Nathan's room up if he hasn't moved his stuff out by Labor Day and I am going to use the shelves to build my chicken coop.

 

[lovingmyhens]

It's packaged just like any other dog food. It's only $0.62/pound! What I was feeding was over $1.40/pound. Big savings!

I found and ad for Ameraucana chicks today. Says they are purebred so they shouldn't be EE's. Can't beat the distance, price is good too. Just need a place to put them!

I'm packing Nathan's room up if he hasn't moved his stuff out by Labor Day and I am going to use the shelves to build my chicken coop.

 

[A1momof3]

It's packaged just like any other dog food.  It's only $0.62/pound!  What I was feeding was over $1.40/pound. Big savings!

I found and ad for Ameraucana chicks today. Says they are purebred so they shouldn't be EE's.  Can't beat the distance, price is good too. Just need a place to put them! 

I'm packing Nathan's room up if he hasn't moved his stuff out by Labor Day and I am going to use the shelves to build my chicken coop. e

Girl I can't believe your going to wait that long! Lol I would be taking what ever I could use out of that room and start my coop! Hummmm shelves check
Chest of drawers...... Oh yea nesting boxes...... Picture frames.... Cute decorations ..... Think girl! Lol
I'm on my cell phone do I can add the rolling guy laughing!

 

[Ms Jellybean]

Girl I can't believe your going to wait that long! Lol I would be taking what ever I could use out of that room and start my coop! Hummmm shelves check
Chest of drawers...... Oh yea nesting boxes...... Picture frames.... Cute decorations ..... Think girl! Lol
I'm on my cell phone do I can add the rolling guy laughing!

I have to finish painting the house first and then get some money together to buy the wood I still need. Unless my neighbor has some to give me..... When the weather cools off it will be better to work on the coop. It's getting hot out there!

 

[A1momof3]

Well a sum up of the day, my BCM egg color got darker today with one of my chicks but the other one had a egg with out membrane or shell come up but it was about the same time one of the Roos jumped on her so I'm not sure what happened there. I scooped it up real fast and got it out if there before they could eat it.
But those things seem to be normal for beginners so we will see what happens the next couple of days.

I let my BCM out of their temp pen today and it went so smoothly! Of course my RIR Roo had to get him some of that French tail, my son said, lol but my BCM Roo took advantage of the BR too. James asked me what kind of chicken house are you running! Lol.

Jacques is smaller than my two other Roos but he stood his ground and didn't really let them intimidate him. I was proud of him.

When I went out to check on them just a little bit ago they were all up on the roosts like one big happy family! I so was happy!!

Ohhhh and one of my RIR started laying today. Not sure which one yet.

My Arthritic disease without a name has given me a bad time today. My right arm joints and knees have been hurting beyond my meds. So it's been a pretty non productive day.
Here's hoping tomorrow is better.

 

[Ms Jellybean]

Interesting article.

Let's discuss it.

I think I read part of the thread on here that the article points to. I think the figures may be off for this area too. Not sure, but in my research it was not very expensive to raise chickens. At least it doesn't have to be. It can be very expensive.

 

[henless]

Well a sum up of the day, my BCM egg color got darker today with one of my chicks but the other one had a egg with out membrane or shell come up but it was about the same time one of the Roos jumped on her so I'm not sure what happened there. I scooped it up real fast and got it out if there before they could eat it.
But those things seem to be normal for beginners so we will see what happens the next couple of days.

Ohhhh and one of my RIR started laying today. Not sure which one yet.

My Arthritic disease without a name has given me a bad time today. My right arm joints and knees have been hurting beyond my meds. So it's been a pretty non productive day.
Here's hoping tomorrow is better.

I haven't had any funny eggs yet. I do have a mystery layer. Yesterday morning I went to check on the chickens, little after 6am, and found another egg in the run. It was a lot darker than any of the others I've gotten. I'm assuming she laid it the night before, since I never checked on them after I fed them some scratch around 6pm or so. I didn't get one last night, so we'll see if I get a dark egg today. I did get 2 eggs yesterday afternoon. One in the nest and one in the run.

I've been having trouble with my RD lately too. Monday was worse for me, but I'm usually wiped out for about 3 days after taking my med.

Interesting article.

Let's discuss it.

I think I read part of the thread on here that the article points to. I think the figures may be off for this area too. Not sure, but in my research it was not very expensive to raise chickens. At least it doesn't have to be. It can be very expensive.

Interesting read.

The feed price around here is off I believe. I do know regular hen scratch is around $10 or so. I don't know what regular layer or starter costs. I buy the Texas Naturals. At Horaney's, its $25 for 50lbs, no matter what style you buy. When I had all 21 hens, the 50 lbs lasted me about 2 weeks. If I didn't feed the TN, I could feed them cheaper. But I want to feed a non soy, non gmo food because of my RD. That is the reason I got into chickens. I wanted non soy eggs, and not a lot of people sell them.

The main cost is building the coop. The fancier it is, the more it will cost you. The wire is the most expensive, if you get the 1/2 netting, which is what I would get. No sense in getting your chickens raised to laying age just to have something get in the coop/pen and kill them. Get what wood you can free or used, and then spend your money on the wire and it shouldn't be all that bad. Now, if I lived in town and could only have a few hens, I would be so tempted to get one of those "cutesy" coops.

I haven't had my chickens for a long time, but I do get a lot of joy with them. They are just fun to watch! As long as the cost is not too extreme, I don't see any reason not to have chickens. If you enjoy having them around, then go for it. You just have to be careful in the building stages and don't go overboard buying the "trendy" chickens.