Texas

[Matejka]

Hmmmm.....I guess I have a new chicken?

 

[Matejka]

Big mama sharing her feed

 

[Matejka]

I literally hate it when someone tells me they will be here in the morning. We confirm time (8 a.m.),
Then nothing
No show
No call
No answer
Crickets........

 

[Rosychicks21]

Hey Texas Chicken woman, I am in the big city of Coldspring, on Lake Livingston, and yep that deep east Texas. 60 miles north of the big city of Houston. Just wanted to say Howdy and keep your chicken feed dry.
bmarshall

Thanks, nice to meet you!

 

[Rosychicks21]

I'll start this one.

I am in San Marcos, between Austin and San Antonio.

FYI
I have been keeping a spread sheet of Texas BYC members for several years. Right now it has 274 members on it. Of course some are no longer members or might have visited only a few times.

Texas, we are strong !

Yes, nice to meet you!

 

[Rosychicks21]

I have been letting my 5 hens and 1 rooster out every day to feed on grass and bugs and such the hens are still eating plenty of layer pellets and none of them will eat the oyster bits I purchased so how do I get calcium in them do I need to buy liquid calcium I can put in their water?

 

[electrycmonk]

I have been letting my 5 hens and 1 rooster out every day to feed on grass and bugs and such the hens are still eating plenty of layer pellets and none of them will eat the oyster bits I purchased so how do I get calcium in them do I need to buy liquid calcium I can put in their water?

Relax. The pellets have it in there as well. But, if you want to make sure they have extra there are ways to introduce them to it…

one method I read somewhere in here was to mix in a bowl the pellets, chick grit and calcium nuggets. Then pout that blend on top of the regular pellets…… ymmv

 

[Matejka]

Yes, nice to meet you!

Nice to meet ya!

 

[Matejka]

I have been letting my 5 hens and 1 rooster out every day to feed on grass and bugs and such the hens are still eating plenty of layer pellets and none of them will eat the oyster bits I purchased so how do I get calcium in them do I need to buy liquid calcium I can put in their water?

If they need the oyster shell-they will eat it. Just keep it available.
They may be getting enough in their feed.
How are the eggs looking?
Personally, I prefer grower not layer-and my hens don't eat the layer.
I had to dispose of about 1/4 bag cause the birds just were not eating it.
But the cat did

 

[NickyPick]

Dang! The Houston area is getting hammered lately. True to type, most of this rain that comes up my way splits around us so that New Waverly and Coldspring get rain and we get a sprinkle. Kinda nice, mostly since there's a LOT of mowing to be done.
I just got 3 new boarders, too. Their home in Cypress was turning into a mudhole and the owners didn't have any place that was dry for them to get too, so the hooves were starting to get bad (think - if you stood on your toenails, then stood on them in soaking water all the time). I'm on a slope, so all the rain flows downhill and even when we get a lot, there's no standing mud holes that the horses have to stay in.
On the chicken front, lost two more. That makes an even 20 in the last 16 months. Not a mark on any of them. Other than about 4 of them, they've all been over 4 years of age, so I guess it's just been natural attrition.