Texas

[yinepu]

man are we an active state today! love the slow daze!!! makes me wanna take another nap! lol

Lol.. that's just cause most of the people on here aren't hermits like me...

 

[FaithWalkFarms]

Well, we started working on the coop today ... by "we" I mean DH and I .... and by "started" I mean "finalized the plans without killing one another."

(we weren't quite on the same planning page before, lol)

We are using an existing set of pens that were built buy a previous owner. One pen will be converted into a covered run and the other will be insulated and walled in for the coop.

We have 7 birds coming and will have just about 30 sq feet in the coop. Run will be about 40 sq feet, and then they will able to free-range in that portion of the yard (which is gated off).





























(that's my middle kid ... doing the chicken dance)

 

[bnjrob]

Well, we started working on the coop today ... by "we" I mean DH and I .... and by "started" I mean "finalized the plans without killing one another."

(we weren't quite on the same planning page before, lol)

We are using an existing set of pens that were built buy a previous owner. One pen will be converted into a covered run and the other will be insulated and walled in for the coop.

We have 7 birds coming and will have just about 30 sq feet in the coop. Run will be about 40 sq feet, and then they will able to free-range in that portion of the yard (which is gated off).

I know the feeling of that "we" thing.

Nice that you have all that stuff done for you already. Makes you way ahead of the game even with the remodeling to do to it.

 

[chickletteSarge]

them is some huge pens!!! I WANT!!!!

 

[TexasLisa]

Ronniewayne: Howdy and

from Rosenberg, TX!

TXLacy: I love your pens! Wish you could have gotten a video of your son doing the 'chicken dance'. He looks adorable!

Sarge: Thank goodness things have slowed down on this site. I can now play catchup with the other forums. How did you end up doing your daughter's hair?

Anyone else being blown away today?

Lisa

 

[parttime]

Hey all, is there a bible of chicken raising? Or a raising chickens for idiots? Basically, what number one book would you all recommend to read on the subject?

thanks,

John

 

[FaithWalkFarms]

Hey all, is there a bible of chicken raising? Or a raising chickens for idiots? Basically, what number one book would you all recommend to read on the subject?

thanks,

John

I purchased two books -- my fav "Chicken Bible" is Story's Guide to Raising Chickens and then I also picked up Chick Days (I got this b/c there are lots of full-color pics for the kids to look at and learn from).

 

[FaithWalkFarms]

them is some huge pens!!! I WANT!!!!

They are pretty awesome ... we have been told the original owner bred some kind of dog. No idea what but they must have been large!

 

[chickletteSarge]

Sarge: Thank goodness things have slowed down on this site. I can now play catchup with the other forums. How did you end up doing your daughter's hair?



Lisa

DIDNT! we took a nap instead! lol shes a bit on the non affectionate side... i take all the lovin from her that i can!
she slept on my lap while i watched muh gun show and then after a couple hrs i decided to put her in bed... she woke up and started to wine! crap! "daddy! i want u to snuggie me!!!"
HOW COULD I RESIST?!?!? so i took a nap while she played with her pinky pie and rainbow dash!

 

[RachaelS]

Hey all, is there a bible of chicken raising? Or a raising chickens for idiots? Basically, what number one book would you all recommend to read on the subject?

thanks,

John

It is a long read, but packed with great info and as they say, anything worth having is worth working for.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...l-up-a-rockin-chair-and-lay-some-wisdom-on-us

There are a LOT of people on this thread with plain and simple facts, these are people that have raised and kept chickens for 10+ years, not like some that claim to be experts but have only had them for 2 or 3 years (like me LOL).

The first and most important thing I learned was, space, you need a lot of it, the base is 10 sq ft per bird, that can change with amount of ranging time, size, breed, however, it is better to have more space than not enough. So those cute little pens I spent $300 "good for 4-5 hens" each on are junk, only good as a sick pen, 1 hen MAX. Next, I learned is I never have to heat my coop. They don't in the north, 100% no reason to do it in TX.Those were my first 2 and most important things learned. There are a LOT more and they are laced through the thread.

I don't think a single book exists that can capture what is in that one thread alone, but that is just my opinion