Texas

[wilded]

Can't help with that but wanted to say

from South Austin!

We lived in Round Rock for 30 years, South Austin seems a long way from us now. My brother lives in South Austin and it takes him almost two hours to get to our place.

 

[tiedyemommy]

We lived in Round Rock for 30 years, South Austin seems a long way from us now. My brother lives in South Austin and it takes him almost two hours to get to our place.

from Round Rock!

 

[hensfortherapy]

Our ladies' egg production has dropped off sharply  We were getting 10 or more eggs a day from 14 hens.  Now we are only getting 5-7.  Using the same feed and oyster shells for them.  It's only gotten up to the lw 90's so far.We hae fans in the coop and they get all the yard time they want.  It has rained here almost daily for about a week and there hasn't been much sunshine,  Muddy and dreary most of the days...any ideas what might be up??

Could they be laying a clutch of eggs in the yard somewhere? They like under bushes and things.

 

[tiedyemommy]

I went outside to check on my handy husband & saw the awesome drawbridge door he made for the doghouse coop.

 

[RachaelS]

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Yep, plus we are in South West, almost to Dripping Springs, so it takes 15 mins just to get to Austin! Takes me 1 hour and 15 mins to get to RR, with no traffic.

 

[Starfire669]

Good morning fellow Texans.  We live on a ranch just west of Lampasas Texas where my wife and I raise grass fed lamb.  We now have 5 black laying hens that someone traded as a down payment on a lamb.  I will be building a chicken house, brooder and run as we hope to add more layers and start raising free range broilers.  I also want to establish a free ranging flock that can come into the chicken house at night but maintain themselves mostly. We have an electric feeder with scratch that goes off twice a day about 50 yards from the chicken pen so I hope that will keep them coming back.

I am looking for the following at a reasonable price within an hours drive of our place.
1.  Cabinet Incubator
2.  Metal Chicken Nest boxes
3. Guinea keets
4. Games, Barred Rocks, Black Stars and Brown Leghorn chicks(No Bantams)

Thanks,
Ed Thomas
Lampasas, Texas
http://wildedtx.blogspot.com/
http://wildedtexas.blogspot.com/

from San Antonio!

I only have RIR pullets for sale, sorry.

Dang, just realized where you are, lol. Sorry again. I just got back from a 12 hour road trip/visit with my show dog's breeder south of Houston. I'm beat and my brain is fried.

 

[magpiesing]

Could they be laying a clutch of eggs in the yard somewhere? They like under bushes and things.

Haven't found any outside. They have a closed yard so not really any bushes or stuff to hide them in. We think maybe it was because we rearranged and moved the nest boxes. Hoping they will settle with the new boxes and get back to laying. Had eggs in all nests yesterday and a few more than before.

 

[magpiesing]

Has anyone ever used sweet feed for chickens?

 

[winteree]

I went outside to check on my handy husband & saw the awesome drawbridge door he made for the doghouse coop.

so cute.

 

[winteree]

Has anyone ever used sweet feed for chickens?

no. isn't that cow feed? Idk i don't think it would hurt them but who knows.

if you are going to do so i would start a small batch of chickens on it first to see how it goes.