Texas

[yinepu]

Kilsharion - One more thing to be worried about withthese girls. I honestly used regular cotton fabric that I had used on some girls homemade pillows a while back. I didn't know what to do with the rest of the fabric so that's what I used it on. It's never frayed since I have had it though. But, I'll keep my eye open so that if it starts to I can switch it out. Thanks for the heads up.

On another note, lucky you on your cute Pheasants! What a great surprise!!!!

I ended up giving one of the guys my husband works with three dozen pheasant eggs... (I had been egg bombed with 1 dozen melanistic ringnecks, 1 dozen lady amherst and 1 dozen red gold)
He already has red golds and some sort of morph of ringnecks that I've never seen before that are imports (beautiful birds).. so he was glad to get the new blood and told me that fish and game had required him to get permits on all of his birds
so I called fish and game to double check.. they informed me that ALL pheasants regardless of type (ornamental or ringneck) have to be licensed in the state of Texas.. I just didn't want to deal with the paperwork and "unannounced inspections" so I handed him the box of eggs and told him that the eggs plus lunch were his "pay" for helping my husband do some work around the yard..

I even loaned him an incubator since his was full and have been going over there three times a week to check the eggs.. every darn one is fertile and growing...

(how come I never have THAT kind of luck on shipped rare bird eggs???)

 

[yinepu]

gotta go move chicks from the hatcher to the brooder.. was 10 early this morning.. up to 15 now.. (starting to get crowded in there)

 

[yinepu]

Hazardous Weather Outlook​

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
353 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-111000-
MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-
HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-
ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-
JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-NAVARRO-
FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-LIMESTONE-
LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
353 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY AND
TONIGHT. THE BEST STORM CHANCES AND SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL WILL BE
SOUTH OF A COMANCHE...HILLSBORO TO ATHENS LINE. LARGE HAIL WILL
BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER HAZARD. HOWEVER...LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL ALSO PRESENT A HAZARD.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER INTO SATURDAY FOR
LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GOLDTHWAITE TO WACO TO
PALESTINE.

A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO NORTH TEXAS
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED TODAY AND TONIGHT GENERALLY
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM COMANCHE...TO HILLSBORO...TO ATHENS.

$$

 

[yinepu]

Short Term Forecast​

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
859 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013

TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-101630-
MONTAGUE-COOKE-GRAYSON-FANNIN-LAMAR-YOUNG-JACK-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-
HUNT-DELTA-HOPKINS-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-DALLAS-
ROCKWALL-KAUFMAN-VAN ZANDT-RAINS-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-
JOHNSON-ELLIS-HENDERSON-COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-
NAVARRO-FREESTONE-ANDERSON-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-BELL-MCLENNAN-FALLS-
LIMESTONE-LEON-MILAM-ROBERTSON-
859 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013

.NOW...
PATCHY FOG CONTINUES ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS...BUT
THE VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY IMPROVE THE REMAINDER OF
THE MORNING. SOME PATCHY LIGHT RAIN WILL ALSO OCCUR...BUT THE BULK
OF THE PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING WILL BE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH
TEXAS.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT AREAS MAINLY ALONG AND
SOUTH OF THE I-10 CORRIDOR BETWEEN SAN ANTONIO AND HOUSTON. OTHER
STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS AS FAR NORTH AS CALDWELL AND BRYAN
COLLEGE STATION. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL TEXAS THIS MORNING...BUT THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
REMAIN SOUTH OF MILAM AND ROBERTSON COUNTIES.

OTHERWISE...MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL PREVAIL...WITH TEMPERATURES
STEADILY CLIMBING INTO THE 70S BY LATE MORNING.

$$

 

[Cockle-Dood]

Starting to look nasty here in houston!

 

[mark9199]

I lost my first chicken to a raccoon last night. Mo, my barred rock, found feathers every where and her laying half eaten in the middle of their run.

Still not super sure on how the coon got into their coop, going to have to go investigate more when the rain lets up again.

I'm concerned for my other girls, Mo was top hen, and led the flock. Will they be ok? No one has ever bothered to challenge her, so who will take her place?

I'm devastated

Sad news for you as well it seems. What a way to start your day. So sorry.

 

[ddpbk1]

Is anyone in the Montgomery County area interested in Basque chicks? I live in the backside of Magnolia. I'm going to have some extras for sale. If interested PM me. Thanks

 

[TexasLisa]

Starting to look nasty here in houston!

Good Morning!

I have dark skies, thunder, lightning, and RAIN!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you.....

Lisa

 

[showbarnmom]

Yes, live trap is being set tonight. I'm really tempted to bring the 4 remaining girls inside tonight. I can't loose Cherry, after nursing her back fr a week. And my RIR is so close to laying, so was my BR.

 

[Cockle-Dood]

Yes, live trap is being set tonight. I'm really tempted to bring the 4 remaining girls inside tonight. I can't loose Cherry, after nursing her back fr a week. And my RIR is so close to laying, so was my BR.

i know the feeling! i had 9 taken from me! my entire first batch! Havent lost any since though!