Texas

[SussexChicks]

Anyone have young Silkies and Speckled Sussex that are for sale?

 

[tlpounds]

Greetings all. Not necessarily new to the site, but new to this page. Located in Coahoma, TX (just east of Big Spring). I have 3 roosters and 1 hen (didn't know what they were until they grew). Looking for hens of the Dominique, Wyandotte or Orpington variety.
Thanks

Are you still in Coahoma? I'm in Big Spring and have Silkies & 1 Frizzle. I love my girls.

 

[tlpounds]

Hi! I'm new to chickens. We live way out in west Texas. Big Spring to be exact. We just got 10 Production Reds and 10 Barred Rocks last week and we are all having lots of fun. In fact my husband has ordered 100 more - we never do anything little!!! Even the coop we are building is huge!!! (12x24)

It's nice to know I have a place to go for info!!

You still in Big Spring? What breeds do you have now? We have RIR, Domineque, Silkies, and a Frizzle. So special.

 

[ellie32526]

So my dogs are escape artists and will dig out of the yard no matter what i do. Im thinkin about lating some strips of weld-wire along the ground around the yard. Does anyone else have any ideas, and elec fence isnt an option at the moment.

2 of the dogs that dig out are a great dane and a french mastiff...so my holes are BIG!!!

You might think this cruel, but it worked for mine. I dug a small trench allong the fence line. then cut my welded wire fencing into strips about 1 foot in width, the length of the fence. made a fold in the middle and put the fold into the trench and spread out the wire, filled the trench with quikrete and water mixture, allow to dry. When you cut the fence into strips, make sure to leave the pieces of cut wire attached, dont trim them. When the dogs try to dig they hit the wires that protrude and it doest feel good so they eventully stop trying to dig out. I hope I have explained it well enough. I might be able to take a few pics to show what we did. We have seven dogs from a Bull Mastiff to a mini dachshund so we have some diggers too.

 

[topdycke]

You still in Big Spring? What breeds do you have now? We have RIR, Domineque, Silkies, and a Frizzle. So special.

Welcome WildAboutCritters and tlpounds! Folks from all over Texas on this thread.

 

[KnobbyOaks]

How many people in Texas Thread enjoyed the rain this morning (or yesterday, depending on where you are)? Got less than an inch but it sounded worse.

 

[parttime]

We got a big thunderstorm in the middle of the night with hail. That means two dogs in bed with mom & dad, third dog would have been in the bed too, but she is too old to jump up there now...

 

[Cockle-Dood]

I got the rain last nite too... Dogs got out of the yard again...and have one one the couch with a sore paw( most pathetic thing ever)

 

[yinepu]

we got rain. no idea how much.. it poured for a few minutes then slacked off...

 

[Kilsharion]

**sighs** I hate downpours like that. Give me three days of solid, soft rain any time. We had a totally washout back here. All my seedlings were washed away in the flash "flood". All that was left behind was bare dirt. We've not had any run off in that area before, so it was unexpected....and fiscally painful. Besides, it made me pout to see all my green, sprouting things just **poof** disappear. Ah well, c'est la vie.

All the critters are good to go, though - so it wasn't that big a deal. Just **sighs** I'm tired of bare dirt right there. We're trying to find where the runoff is entering our property and digging a culvert to redirect it, if we can.