Texas

[SummerChick]

Hi Mlove

I am not far from you...just north of Poteet. How are you doing with your flock? What kind do you have? Look forward to hearing from you.

Laurie

 

[FortWorthChicks]

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[cnj-tx50]

Hi just north of Dallas - Hickory Creek. Anyone going to the "Peep at the Coops" in east Dallas this weekend? Also I am looking for three to four Welsummers.

 

[sattoritx]

I figured I'd ask here about climates and chickens...
Is there anything different we would need to do living in texas because of our mild winter and hotter summers?
I am planning for lots of ventilation in the coop for summer, but what about winters here?
Yes, I'm really asking about the weather... and chickens

 

[cnj-tx50]

The wind was what I worried about the most. They seem to huddle together for warmth but that north wind!!!! And they would not come out and play in the snow!

 

[sattoritx]

Thanks... that is true our wind does get crazy, My neighbor has chickens and he makes do with chain link fencing, wrapped in tarps

seems like that would be cold in the winter.

 

[mlove]

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Great! I went through Poteet just yesterday on my way to SA. I keep bantams (mostly silkies and a few polish). What type of chickens do you have?

Kathy

 

[havi]

Im also in the middle, well more like..havent even started yet, of building my coop. Im trying to figure out the best way to set up my chicken coop. You know..where to put the windows, the vents, etc. When I went on the Funky Chicken Tour I finally figured out how I plan to build it. Texas gets hot and where I have to have my coop it doesnt get much shade. So I plan on having a three sided coop. That way it gets lots of air circulating through. And in the winter time, put up a board or something, to keep the cold wind out. Im trying to figure out which direction to have the open wall on though. Should it be facing North, South, East or West? I guess I go and post in the coop thread tomorrow. See what people think.

 

[Doc Henry]

I face mine to the south, because in the middle of summer if there is any breeze it will be coming from the south.

 

[Doc Henry]

even better make it mobile and you can always move it, most importantly you want to break that cold north wind in the winter it blows rain in and cold wet chickens don't stand a chance.