Texas

[the1much]

i have my sprinklers on a timer,,, but never thought of misters,,, heh maybe next year.

 

[VettekLisa]

Misters! That is a great idea. We're still building the run to house our
little chickens. Had the first one hatch this morning.
I'll have to mention that to my SO.

 

[ChickenTender63]

misters work great for cooling an area off, but it doesn't wet it down and make it a soggy mess either. Some folks actually set them up on their patios and around their pools to keep it a bit cooler. I imagine it would work great for chickens.

 

[PassthePeace1]

Hi, my name is Pam and I live in North Texas along the Red River Border.....just outside the town of Gainesville.

I have only been on this board a few days, but have learned so much already.....look forward to learning more...

 

[VettekLisa]

Welcome Pass The Peace 1.
Glad to see more Texans on here.

 

[mirecipes]

Yep, it worked great for me last year..I even had a fan set up (sandwiched between chicken wire and hardware cloth)

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[PassthePeace1]

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Thank you...I see your new here too...so

 

[allen wranch]

Welcome Pam !

Are you very close to Marysville ? I worked for a riding stable in Denton when I was going to college and the owner pastured some of the horses in Marysville in the off season. We used to camp out there a lot too.

 

[PassthePeace1]

Carla,

I don't know where Marysville, but I do live north of Denton. Thanks for the welcome..

 

[crubner]

Hi,

I just found the forum last night and have spent hours on it since then!! Thankfully my husband's deer hunting this weekend!

I've only had chickens since March (easter present for my granddaughter), started with 2 leghorn chicks and a RIR. I've recently lost both the leghorns, one unexpectantly and one to a neighbor's dog. I still have the RIR rooster (Max) and added 4 araucanas about a month ago. I missed my layers so I bought a cinnamon queen and a giant cochin yesterday at First Monday in Canton. Can't say I recommend it but I didn't know where else to get layers this time of year. Anyway have already gotten one egg.

I guess my question is whether or not to worm them before I put them together with the other chickens. I've never worm the other ones either and wonder if I should do all of them. I planned on keeping the two new ones separated for about 2 weeks. Is that enough time to tell if they're going to get sick? Also thought about vitamins since I'm not sure what conditions they were kept in. Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Cheryl from Terrell