Texas

[hensfortherapy]

I love chicken football over food

They look to be hatchery birds, but if you don't care (I don't), at that age for $7???? that is a DANG good deal!  I would jump on it if I did not have to worry about mixing with existing flock due to different germs.  O'h and I was closer   Can't find them around Austin for anything less than $25+

I wonder if Callahan's has any. That is where I got my BO pullets at 14 weeks for $14 each. Of course that was 3 years ago.

 

[bnjrob]

I think if you lived in the Austin area it would be worth exploring especially if you could service san Antonio as well. it wouldn't be simple but a neat seasonal business. im thinking not much happening in winter.

Our pullets lay through the winter very well, and some of the hens do too. So if someone always made sure to have pullets that had recently started laying before winter hit, then they could still supply people with chickens for winter eggs.

 

[jockeyeba]

 

[randysam11]

im in west texas!!
el paso
hiii!

 

[ABlackDogRanch]

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Nice coop. Where are you located. I am in Liberty Hill.

I am in New Braunfels. Liberty Hillis a pretty area. Lots of horses!

 

[TexasLisa]

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

Hi Harley! Don't feel bad. Dh and I didn't know what it was either when we first moved here. I copy/pasted the following on MUD tax:

If you're thinking about buying property in Texas, particularly in the greater Houston area and other large metropolitan areas, sooner or later you'll hear the word MUD. A MUD (Municipal Utility District) is a special governmental entity created by the State of Texas whose main functions are to provide water and wastewater services and to maintain drainage facilities within its boundaries. A MUD may levy and collect taxes, issue bonds, charge for services, condemn property, enforce restrictive covenants and make regulations to accomplish its purposes. MUDs come in a variety of names - MUD, WCID (Water Control & Improvement District), WSD (Water Supply District), PUD (Public Utility District), etc. The list of acronyms is almost endless!

MUDs were created to allow unincorporated areas the financial and legal wherewithal to provide services to commercial and residential customers when comparable services are not readily available (or financially feasible) through municipal providers like the City of Houston. In the greater (unincorporated) Houston area, there are more than 600 MUDs, most of which provide services to one or two subdivisions/residential developments and the commercial properties immediately surrounding those developments.

As a Texas real-estate owner, your local MUD will affect your life in two ways - first, you'll get a bill from your MUD each month for your water and wastewater treatment services and drainage control services; and second, you'll receive a property tax bill from your MUD each year to pay for its bonded indebtedness and general maintenance and operating expenses.

Since your biggest tax burden in Texas comes in the form of property (ad valorem) taxes, your MUD tax rate can be a major or minor component of your overall property-tax burden. MUD tax rates can range from zero to $1.50 (or more) per $100 of your property's assessed value. An average MUD tax rate is probably in the $0.50 to $0.75 range. Putting it into real dollars - if your MUD tax is $0.75 and your property's assessed value is $150,000, then your annual MUD tax burden (before allowances for Homestead and/or other exemptions) would be $1,125. You'll have to check with each MUD as to what (if any) exemptions they allow.

As onerous as some of this may sound, just remember - if you live in an incorporated area where services are provided by the city, your monthly and annual burden for these services can and probably will be even higher!
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Lisa

 

[RachaelS]

Quote: @Ali707 - sorry I don't no much about Houston, but Hope you get here soon

@bnjrob - That was not me, that said that

I think it was Tammy but I do agree

Quote: I am so glad Gallahan's is 45 mins away

im in west texas!!
el paso
hiii!

Welcome from Austin!

 

[topdycke]

Welcome from Magnolia RandySam11 and ABlackDogRanch! Glad to have you!

 

[topdycke]

Ali707 there are nice areas all around the Houston Area. Since it is the 3rd largest city in the US it will depend on where your employer is located. My husband works for a major in the downtown area and the commute from Magnolia is well over an hour on a good day. My commute is 35-40 minutes for a 21 mile drive. The Woodlands, Kingwood and Sugarland are planned communities - very nice but chickens would be prohibited. A lot of younger 'urban' folks live in the Heights and Montrose areas I would look at the restrictions for that particular area.

 

[magpiesing]

Hello fellow peeper keepers...
Got some updated picks of some of the gang

This is Foghorn a white leghorn..of course
Newton is the brown leghorn already getting a little color

And this little sweetie is Gracie, she's a cuckoo maran.
Her "sister" is just as sweet but more curious.
Don't know her yet, she hasn't told us.
They are 5 wks old today