Texas

[Cowpoke]

Helloooooo Texas!

I was wondering, one chicken person to another, does anyone here have an opinion about the best place to live around Houston?

My ex is moving to Texas shortly and for my daughters sake, I am considering moving there as well. His destination seems to be the Houston area.

You all seem to be a nice group of people here and maybe you would share your thoughts and opinions on if the heat is too hot for some breeds of chickens in Texas, or if they all seem to do okay?

Also, if you are willing to share, what would be a nice place to move outside of Houston, but still commutable, and away from the Coast not towards it. I think he is focusing on Katy, Magnolia, and Conroe areas. Any opinions, or pros and cons?

I won't be bringing the chickens I have right now, but once I get settled I will get some more hatching eggs and start all over. Hatching can be addictive all on its own.

Anyway, Hello from Northern California. Sorry to butt in on your group, but I might be joining it soon!

My Son and my Ex-brother in law both live in the South Conroe area and like it alot!

But all the close to Houston area has too much traffic for me. I live on the coast. Welcome to the forum!

I've never heard of any breed of chickens not surviving Houston area weather. I have Dominiques and they weather just fine down here!

 

[Cowpoke]

TEXAS STRONG AND PROUD. I'm in a town inside of Houston called Bellaire. I'm new to chicken life but excited and ready to learn. I would like to know more about any Texas functions to attend and share info. Haha, I would mostly be listening right now. Is there a Texas group on here that chats and shares?
Robert

Hello Robert, Welcome to the forum! I'm a little closer to the coast.

Check this link out: http://www.poultryshowcentral.com/Texas.html

There is a vast of knowledge hear on these BYC forums and a lot of us are here to help, so just search for a forum that interests you or you may have a question about and look for the answer or just ask away.

 

[bnjrob]

Helloooooo Texas!

I was wondering, one chicken person to another, does anyone here have an opinion about the best place to live around Houston?

My ex is moving to Texas shortly and for my daughters sake, I am considering moving there as well. His destination seems to be the Houston area.

You all seem to be a nice group of people here and maybe you would share your thoughts and opinions on if the heat is too hot for some breeds of chickens in Texas, or if they all seem to do okay?

Also, if you are willing to share, what would be a nice place to move outside of Houston, but still commutable, and away from the Coast not towards it. I think he is focusing on Katy, Magnolia, and Conroe areas. Any opinions, or pros and cons?

I won't be bringing the chickens I have right now, but once I get settled I will get some more hatching eggs and start all over. Hatching can be addictive all on its own.

Anyway, Hello from Northern California. Sorry to butt in on your group, but I might be joining it soon!

Personally I prefer the Magnolia/Conroe areas but of the largest cities in TX - Houston is my least favorite anyway. Too many darn people there. I like to breath a little more.

Rachael's right, you can pretty much have any chicken you want and lots of ventilation is the best. If you acclimate your chickens well and don't try to baby them so much, they'll do better. The people that baby their chickens a lot usually see the highest number of losses during summer heat and when the temps drop abnormally low in winter. The only chickens I have lost in the heat were hens that went broody and I couldn't break them of it - they dehydrated themselves, refusing to eat/drink in the middle of summer.

We have wide fluctuations in temps - in as much as a 1 hour period. Literally. We can have a drop of 30-40 degrees in an hour when a cold front blows in. We got down to 32* this week and yet by the following afternoon, it was in the 70s. And by the middle/end of this coming week, we're s'posed to be up to 90*. It can be a pain. I can be getting fresh cool water for the chickens and wearing shorts all day because it's 80*, and by sundown, trying to get plastic tacked up on the sides of the run with a wind chill in the 20s and sleeting. In case you hadn't heard - Texas really is like a whole other country.

 

[boxofpens]

Helloooooo Texas!  

I was wondering, one chicken person to another, does anyone here have an opinion about the best place to live around Houston?

My ex is moving to Texas shortly and for my daughters sake, I am considering moving there as well.  His destination seems to be the Houston area.

You all seem to be a nice group of people here and maybe you would share your thoughts and opinions on if the heat is too hot for some breeds of chickens in Texas, or if they all seem to do okay?   

Also, if you are willing to share, what would be a nice place to move outside of Houston, but still commutable, and away from the Coast not towards it.  I think he is focusing on Katy, Magnolia, and Conroe areas.      Any opinions, or pros and cons?

I won't be bringing the chickens I have right now, but once I get settled I will get some more hatching eggs and start all over.  Hatching can be addictive all on its own.

Anyway, Hello from Northern California.  Sorry to butt in on your group, but I might be joining it soon! 

Lived in Hou area for about 20 yrs and still drive there several times a month for work and/or rescue work. Katy, Magnolia, and Conroe are all good areas. It seems like Conroe gets more destructive weather though. Tornadoes, etc. Not sure why, maybe it's in the path of some type of natural wind corridor or something.

If it matters: Magnolia and Conroe are forested and Katy is more prairie-like (for lack of a better way to describe it), Magnolia and Conroe are more 'country', and Katy is more 'suburbia'. The Woodlands are a little bit of both, but it's growing fast there, as well as in the Spring/Cypress area.

Wherever you go, just make sure you're on the same side of Houston as your ex if you're going to be swapping out kiddos. It can take an awful long time to get from one side to the other. A reeeeealy long time. It gets worse every year. It used to take 30-45min to get across Houston, now it's between 2 and 4 hours. We've tried every conceivable route and/or back road too.

** Not trying to be a "know-it-all", just passing on what information I know.

 

[TexasLisa]

Helloooooo Texas!

I was wondering, one chicken person to another, does anyone here have an opinion about the best place to live around Houston?

My ex is moving to Texas shortly and for my daughters sake, I am considering moving there as well. His destination seems to be the Houston area.

You all seem to be a nice group of people here and maybe you would share your thoughts and opinions on if the heat is too hot for some breeds of chickens in Texas, or if they all seem to do okay?

Also, if you are willing to share, what would be a nice place to move outside of Houston, but still commutable, and away from the Coast not towards it. I think he is focusing on Katy, Magnolia, and Conroe areas. Any opinions, or pros and cons?

I won't be bringing the chickens I have right now, but once I get settled I will get some more hatching eggs and start all over. Hatching can be addictive all on its own.

Anyway, Hello from Northern California. Sorry to butt in on your group, but I might be joining it soon!

You are hearing some good advice as to what part of Texas to live in. Come SW of Houston and look at Richmond and Rosenberg. There are smaller towns along the way also. Just stay away from 'deed restricted' areas and places that have MUD tax.
Good luck on your decision.

Lisa

 

[kenmlang]

Helloooooo Texas!

I was wondering, one chicken person to another, does anyone here have an opinion about the best place to live around Houston?

My ex is moving to Texas shortly and for my daughters sake, I am considering moving there as well. His destination seems to be the Houston area.

You all seem to be a nice group of people here and maybe you would share your thoughts and opinions on if the heat is too hot for some breeds of chickens in Texas, or if they all seem to do okay?

Also, if you are willing to share, what would be a nice place to move outside of Houston, but still commutable, and away from the Coast not towards it. I think he is focusing on Katy, Magnolia, and Conroe areas. Any opinions, or pros and cons?

I won't be bringing the chickens I have right now, but once I get settled I will get some more hatching eggs and start all over. Hatching can be addictive all on its own.

Anyway, Hello from Northern California. Sorry to butt in on your group, but I might be joining it soon!

Welcome to the Texas thread. I live in CUT-N-Shoot, it is about 6 miles east of Conroe, and about 20 miles north of North Houston. I love it here and so do my birds. It is rural enough that you feel like you are way out in the sticks, but you can be in Conroe in abou 10 minutes, depending on traffic. Taxes are fairly low and there are plenty of jobs to be had. Hope this helps.

 

[harley1975]

You are hearing some good advice as to what part of Texas to live in.  Come SW of Houston and look at Richmond and Rosenberg.  There are smaller towns along the way also.  Just stay away from 'deed restricted' areas and places that have MUD tax.  
Good luck on your decision.

Lisa

I am a little slow some times so I have to ask what is mud tax?

 

[magpiesing]

It is a beautiful, glorious day...Happy Easter to All...Magpie

 

[hungnguyen]

I am a little slow some times so I have to ask what is mud tax?

must be some dirty money

I drove by Rosenberg yesterday. This is a small town just outside SW Houston, last town before it's all country. Wow, it has developed well with lots of stores, shops. It was late last night so I did not have a chance to enjoy its BBQ restaurant; but I did make it to America's no. choice diner .... Mc Donald.

 

[tcmstalcup]

Was anyone watching CBS this morning. Story about renting out chickens and supplies. Very cool business idea. Would apply more thought to it if I was not miles and hours from any target market. Happy Easter. He has Risen!!!!