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[gameandmore]

I have one actually. Lol. Just her and her bad self.

Do you remember how old she was when she started laying?

 

[ronniewayne]

Anyone have RIR`s?

yes I have some heritage rir's . what are you looking for? where did you get your reds from?

 

[RRTXCHICKS]

Hello all: we are in Round Rock. We need some advice/guidance regarding typical HOA BS. The city of Round Rock allows 5-10 chickens depending on circumstances. We wanted some pet chickens really bad and ended up with 2 baby black australorps, by accident. Who knew once we went to just look at them, we would be proud new parents!! . We are now trying to figure out how to make this work. We want them as pets so we are in it for long haul. We are planning to talk to our two closest neighbors to feel them out but wanted to get advice. Should we just start conversation with HOA or wait to get reported? Oh geez..what have we done?! FYI: their grams and gramps live in Austin, where it's weird enough to have pet chickens so it's allowed, if not outright encouraged.

Thanks for suggestions/advice!

 

[gameandmore]

yes I have some heritage rir's . what are you looking for? where did you get your reds from?

I got mine from the feed store and they order from ideal.

 

[TexasLisa]

Hello all: we are in Round Rock. We need some advice/guidance regarding typical HOA BS. The city of Round Rock allows 5-10 chickens depending on circumstances. We wanted some pet chickens really bad and ended up with 2 baby black australorps, by accident. Who knew once we went to just look at them, we would be proud new parents!!

. We are now trying to figure out how to make this work. We want them as pets so we are in it for long haul. We are planning to talk to our two closest neighbors to feel them out but wanted to get advice. Should we just start conversation with HOA or wait to get reported? Oh geez..what have we done?! FYI: their grams and gramps live in Austin, where it's weird enough to have pet chickens so it's allowed, if not outright encouraged.

Thanks for suggestions/advice!

Welcome aboard!

Lisa

 

[Ms Jellybean]

Hello all: we are in Round Rock. We need some advice/guidance regarding typical HOA BS. The city of Round Rock allows 5-10 chickens depending on circumstances. We wanted some pet chickens really bad and ended up with 2 baby black australorps, by accident. Who knew once we went to just look at them, we would be proud new parents!!

. We are now trying to figure out how to make this work. We want them as pets so we are in it for long haul. We are planning to talk to our two closest neighbors to feel them out but wanted to get advice. Should we just start conversation with HOA or wait to get reported? Oh geez..what have we done?! FYI: their grams and gramps live in Austin, where it's weird enough to have pet chickens so it's allowed, if not outright encouraged.

Thanks for suggestions/advice!

I don't have experience with HOA's but I know they can be a real pain. My last home had an optional HOA so they didn't have any pull with things and where I live now there isn't one.

I would say the cities laws trump the HOA. Get all you can together and talk with them. I think it would be better to be up front rather than having them come at you mad. Thats my 2 cents.

Welcome to BYC too!

 

[Teri Metcalf]

Important Announcement:

4th annual
Brazos Valley Pulletpalooza
tour of backyard chicken coops of Bryan/College Station and surrounding areas
Sunday, November 24th, from 1 to 5 p.m.

You can pick up maps the day of the event at 710 Gilchrist in College Station

 

[showbarnmom]

Do you remember how old she was when she started laying?

She's from show stock, and I think started laying right around 22-24 ish weeks.

 

[erikk]

I also found out that they would ship 10-15 extra chicks (males) for extra stability in shipping. What the heck would I do with 10-15 roo chicks?

They are supposed to be easy to tell apart from my ordered chicks.

I wonder if there are some hatcheries closer to me.

You can always ask on here for eggs/chicks of a breed in your general location. I wanted to get some eggs for my broody silkies and got some EE eggs from Zootopia. 6 eggs resulted in 4 chicks. Easiest chick hatching ever. I just put 3 eggs into each of the 2 nests. 21 days later the silkies are co-mothering the 4 chicks. I didn't even need to separate them from the flock, the silkies are offering any and all protection for the chicks from the weather and flock. With co-mothering the adult silkies can take turns running out for food or water breaks while the other silkie stays behind with the chicks in the coop.

 

[TammyTX]

Hello all: we are in Round Rock. We need some advice/guidance regarding typical HOA BS. The city of Round Rock allows 5-10 chickens depending on circumstances. We wanted some pet chickens really bad and ended up with 2 baby black australorps, by accident. Who knew once we went to just look at them, we would be proud new parents!!

. We are now trying to figure out how to make this work. We want them as pets so we are in it for long haul. We are planning to talk to our two closest neighbors to feel them out but wanted to get advice. Should we just start conversation with HOA or wait to get reported? Oh geez..what have we done?! FYI: their grams and gramps live in Austin, where it's weird enough to have pet chickens so it's allowed, if not outright encouraged.

Thanks for suggestions/advice!

Welcome to BYC!!


HOA's have been given waaaay to much power. I remember seeing one of those Prepper shows and they guy said that their HOA states that an animal must have a name to be considered a pet...so he had two named dwarf Nigerian milk goats. Look for the fine print in your HOA rule book. Maybe there is a loop-hole.