Texas

[shesaredroan]

My spare bathroom is my chick room. Incubator on right side of sink, brooder on left side of sink and #3 washtub on floor for the bitties as they start to grow out, but not ready to go outside. The door is kept closed at all times, to keep the cats out.
The 'bator doesn't have a smell.
The brooder has paper towel as a base and is easy to change out.
The pine wood shavings in the washtub smell good and are absorbent.
The used paper towel and wood shavings go into the compost pile.

 

[allen wranch]

Colie,
There are several coop builders in the Austin area.
Mobile Chicken Coops
Chicken Mobile Stagecoach
Chez Poulet

There is also one in Dallas called the Custom Coop Company, but I could not find their website.

 

[SAKim]

Colie <3 :

Does anyone know a place in Texas or anywhere really that makes and ships coops or coop kits? Ive searched the internet for weeks and I'm not finding what I want really. Just thought I'd see if anyone know an independent person that builds and ships that I haven't looked at yet.

I really am not handy except when following instructions to assemble and my sweet hubby is even worse! lol

Have you looked on Craigslist? I know in my area (San Antonio), there are at least two or three postings from people who build coops for people. If your city doesn't have any listed, try the next town over... some cities seem to be better chicken cities than others... I know I find lots of stuff in Austin that no one has in San Antonio.



Good Luck...​

 

[Silver Spring Waterfowl]

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Heck no, I have some chicks out in my sunroom that are practically college age and growing beards.

It's just been so cold I can't kick their little fuzzy butts out yet...I have issues.

Don't feel bad! Last year, Feb 13 to be exact -that last bad ice storm, we had a hatch, naturally brooded. The weather was so bad those few days that everyone was in the barn. We had chickens then and they terrorized the Mama (Ruby) and knocked a bunch of stuff onto the nes,t ran Ruby off and she never could get back to her nest. When I finally found out what had happened, we mover her and her nest into the brooder room, but she freaked. We brought them in, but only one survived. Hootie lived in the tub and went from the rubbermaid bucket to a rabbit cage and finally a dog crate before we could integrate her into another group if youngsters. She was 2 months old! She's never learned how to interact with other geese. She lives with them, but she' like an autistic child. She's happiest alone (which is really dangerous) and talks to sticks and puddles. She doesn't understand why we sent her away, either. She was as well-socialzed as she could be living with us in the house. I would strongly advise against anyone having only one gosling. It's just unfair to them.

On the bright side, she took to her "new babies" and was as good a mamma as one could want. We had to take a major chance and put her with some 3-day-olds at last. She was terrified by older goslings. It was weird to see 2-week-olds bullying and terrorizing her. We'd have to just get her back out. Once she realized the little guys weren't going to hurt her, she adopted them. Now if we could just get her interested in a beau......

 

[Colie <3]

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Thanks for the links! I've actually looked at all of those already lol I've been busy with my research like I said

I like the mobile chicken coops but I'm not sure I'm completely sold on the style. Guess I'm too picky but too under skilled to build what I'm envisioning

 

[Colie <3]

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Have you looked on Craigslist? I know in my area (San Antonio), there are at least two or three postings from people who build coops for people. If your city doesn't have any listed, try the next town over... some cities seem to be better chicken cities than others... I know I find lots of stuff in Austin that no one has in San Antonio.



Good Luck...

El paso seems like nobody keeps chickens, it's so crazy! I'm sure there are people out there but not a lot of presence on the internet. I'm checking craigslist every day though I'm gonna broaden my search to towns within a couple hours maybe I'll get lucky.

 

[Pigeon442001]

Just a reminder to let ever one know that it is time to get the entry in for Beaumont show , We are having a Call duck meet there and La Grange, So bring them Calls

 

[mamawolf544]

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Heck no, I have some chicks out in my sunroom that are practically college age and growing beards.

It's just been so cold I can't kick their little fuzzy butts out yet...I have issues.

Don't feel bad! Last year, Feb 13 to be exact -that last bad ice storm, we had a hatch, naturally brooded. The weather was so bad those few days that everyone was in the barn. We had chickens then and they terrorized the Mama (Ruby) and knocked a bunch of stuff onto the nes,t ran Ruby off and she never could get back to her nest. When I finally found out what had happened, we mover her and her nest into the brooder room, but she freaked. We brought them in, but only one survived. Hootie lived in the tub and went from the rubbermaid bucket to a rabbit cage and finally a dog crate before we could integrate her into another group if youngsters. She was 2 months old! She's never learned how to interact with other geese. She lives with them, but she' like an autistic child. She's happiest alone (which is really dangerous) and talks to sticks and puddles. She doesn't understand why we sent her away, either. She was as well-socialzed as she could be living with us in the house. I would strongly advise against anyone having only one gosling. It's just unfair to them.

On the bright side, she took to her "new babies" and was as good a mamma as one could want. We had to take a major chance and put her with some 3-day-olds at last. She was terrified by older goslings. It was weird to see 2-week-olds bullying and terrorizing her. We'd have to just get her back out. Once she realized the little guys weren't going to hurt her, she adopted them. Now if we could just get her interested in a beau......

Oh My poor little goose.
And I want to see the fuzzy butts with beards

 

[SAKim]

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Hi Miss red,
I noticed that you said you were breaking your little broody silkie ... can I ask you what method you use to break her?
This is my first time with my girls going broody and since I have no Rooster, they are just sitting there and I don't know what to do...

If anyone else has any ideas on how to help them through their broody time, please let me know. I just learned that they get weak and could die because they don't eat as much and so now I am worried. I do take them off their nest everyday and take them out in the front yard and make them eat and walk around but they are just so anxious to get back...

Thanks in advance...

 

[Smittenroade]

Texas

Does any other state even matter?

Dallas represent!

Our chickens are bigger and better here.