Texas

[Cockle-Dood]

To the best of my knowledge we have 6 pro reds, 6 RIR, 2 sebright, 2 catalana, one mixed roo and 3 pullets that we hatched from these birds so they are mixed also. Here are couple of pics

At one point i had 25 birds...currently have 1 leghorn pullet that made it through winter...been a rough cold season for me. My avatar was a red polish roo inwas quite fond of

 

[lovingmyhens]

How cute would this be made with your own eggs?  I'm sure a nest could be made to hold them, or even bought. 

Love the boot vases too.

I just made a spring wreath that I put a bird nest on and I got the nest from hobby lobby.

 

[A1momof3]

Well, I am in Quitman, Tx. We are a small little town about 40 miles north of Tyler, Tx. I grew up with Chickens and goats and I said I would NEVER have chickens. Well, it's 30 some odd years later and I am converting a stall in our barn for my chicken coop and I have 20 little chicks right now. I couldn't be more excited! Happy to have found this great web site.

 

[TexasLisa]

Hi yall im from Crawford Texas i have 8 pet quail a bunch of chickens and 4 ducks. i see someones from Elgin my hometown ! yalls post are halarious

Welcome from Rosenberg, TX!

Hi fellow texans, time change is in effect and its time to get going again.

Really wanting to recoup my coop with some hatching eggs...ken, lisa, sarge...anyone else in the houston area...got anything going?

Hey Stranger, good to see you back! I have thought about you off and on. I lost my flock except for one about a week ago. I just picked up some chicks to start over. Good luck on finding what you want. Haven't heard from Sarge in a while.

Lol, speaking of more chickens.... I'm thinking of getting more eggs. I probably shouldn't!
BUT I'm thinking of stringing up our weenie dog. I don't know how she got down off our porch, its a 4-5 foot drop, but she did. As I was cooking, I noticed her in the coop area, I ran out, knife and dishtowel in hand. 1 dead chick, 1 dead keet and one hurt keet who later died. She is banned from being outside without a leash. If she didn't belong to my daughter, I think a new home would be found, I'm just so frustrated with her. As bad as it is to lose them to wild animals or neighbors dogs, its worse when its your own dog.

I am so sorry.

Well, I am in Quitman, Tx. We are a small little town about 40 miles north of Tyler, Tx. I grew up with Chickens and goats and I said I would NEVER have chickens. Well, it's 30 some odd years later and I am converting a stall in our barn for my chicken coop and I have 20 little chicks right now. I couldn't be more excited! Happy to have found this great web site.

Welcome from Rosenberg, TX!

Lisa

 

[hensfortherapy]

Lol, speaking of more chickens.... I'm thinking of getting more eggs. I probably shouldn't!
BUT I'm thinking of stringing up our weenie dog. I don't know how she got down off our porch, its a 4-5 foot drop, but she did. As I was cooking, I noticed her in the coop area, I ran out, knife and dishtowel in hand. 1 dead chick, 1 dead keet and one hurt keet who later died. She is banned from being outside without a leash. If she didn't belong to my daughter, I think a new home would be found, I'm just so frustrated with her. As bad as it is to lose them to wild animals or neighbors dogs, its worse when its your own dog.

Sorry about your chick and keets.

 

[texasmomma]

Don't clamp the lid on.  The jar could explode!  It's been known to happen.

It won't explode. I have an airlock on the lid that keeps the ferment from getting moldy and the jar from exploding. The air bubbles go out through the airlock.

 

[Ms Jellybean]

It won't explode. I have an airlock on the lid that keeps the ferment from getting moldy and the jar from exploding. The air bubbles go out through the airlock.

What does this jar look like?

 

[henless]

I have 12 baby velociraptors. I fed them live meal worms today, and they went crazy. One moment, quiet peaceful little chicks, and the next a frenzy of chicks running every which way at incredible speed. They learned really fast not to just run around with a worm in their mouth, but to actually eat it. Now, instead of running from my hand, they run to it and just bite hoping for a meal worm. I'll have to be careful I never fall on the ground around this crew--I think they might eat me. They learned to eat the meal worms faster than did the four 6 to 8 month old bantam Cochins that came this year.

Mine do that when I feed them boiled eggs. It's really hilarious watching them play keep away with a piece of egg!

I'm soooo happy. My hubby got a wild streak today and tore down the last old out building on our place. It had been there for 20 years. Falling down and rusted. He's going to build a new pole barn for his shop and I get room for more chickens..YEAH!

Yeah for more chickens!

I'm having a couple chicken problems and am hoping to get some insight! A week ago I got 10 RIR laying hens and a friend of ours mentioned the medicine to put in their water just in case they had any sickness (we didn't get them from the cleanest place). So we got Duramycin and have been putting it in their water. First question: what is a good withdrawal period till the eggs are edible again?

Second issue: 2 of them (a RIR and mix hen I had prior) started coughing. Not continuously but every once in a while. This morning they didn't have water and we went to moving things around in the coop so they didn't have water for awhile. It was after I gave them water they all started chugging it basically and then the coughing came. Coincidence...or is that the cause?

Welcome to the Texas thread! I'm new to chickens, so can't help you with your questions, but I'm sure someone will chime in soon.

Well, I am in Quitman, Tx. We are a small little town about 40 miles north of Tyler, Tx. I grew up with Chickens and goats and I said I would NEVER have chickens. Well, it's 30 some odd years later and I am converting a stall in our barn for my chicken coop and I have 20 little chicks right now. I couldn't be more excited! Happy to have found this great web site.

Welcome to BYC and the Texas thread! My best friend used to live in Perryville. We went to Quitman a lot. I'm converting two of my stalls into a coop/run. My DH is helping me a lot. Love him to death!


I've got more painting to do today. As soon as it dries we can put up the wire and I'm hoping to move my babies into the coop brooder by Friday. I think we have a cold front coming in sometime Wed. Temps Thur morning here near freezing again. Thinking I'll wait till after that to move my chicks. They are needing more room to run around.

My granddaughter starts T-Ball this afternoon. I love to watch the little kids play ball. It will be her first sport. Hope she likes it!

 

[jajeanpierre]

I'm having a couple chicken problems and am hoping to get some insight! A week ago I got 10 RIR laying hens and a friend of ours mentioned the medicine to put in their water just in case they had any sickness (we didn't get them from the cleanest place). So we got Duramycin and have been putting it in their water. First question: what is a good withdrawal period till the eggs are edible again?

Second issue: 2 of them (a RIR and mix hen I had prior) started coughing. Not continuously but every once in a while. This morning they didn't have water and we went to moving things around in the coop so they didn't have water for awhile. It was after I gave them water they all started chugging it basically and then the coughing came. Coincidence...or is that the cause?

In general, you don't want to indiscriminately medicate birds with antibiotics. Coughs could be from a variety of reasons that are not bacterial. I believe Duramycin is a tetracycline, and doesn't work on the mycoplasma-type bacteria. I would call the drug manufacturer and ask them withdrawal times. I believe it is something like 5 days to slaughter, but I would add several days because the egg takes some time to be formed, so could be contaminated and still in the reproductive tract and not laid.

 

[yoopersjd]

Good Morning Y,all

Finally got my chicks in my redneck coop. Got 10 white Leghorn pullets, just about feathered out. Got the coop closed off to the run currently with a heat lamp still going for the little devils. Boy they was sure happy for the extra room. They looked like popcorn popping around in there running and jumping!!!!!! Made me laugh a bit. Was hopping to get them out into the run today when it warms up, suppose to be near 90 this afternoon. But got a wind advisory, might blow my little feather dusters around in the run

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Still want to get another 10-15 pullets and Roo or two. Want to be able to replace the chickens I process for the freezer on an annual basis. But will see how that works out for now... May just have to settle for pullets for now....

Kinda of happy how my coop and run turned out. Started building back last yr in Sept tween my odd jobs. Being a disabled Vet, I love to work with my hands. But I get my good days and my bads days. Built my coop all out of reclaimed materials and the run. Think I got alittle over $200 sunk into it tween nails and chicken wire! But I got me a 9x7 coop, and the run is 20x15. Got 10 nesting boxes all set up. So I know I got room for more pullets with the size of my Coop.

Maybe this afternoon I might charge up the camera, and shoot some pics of the Redneck Heaven's Coop.

Realize i don't post much here, more like I lurk in the shadows, reading and observing. But I have learned quite abit here, never raised chickens myself but on the old family farm up north we all helped out, and raised about 200 chickens a yr for butchering tween the family. Got me an idea for a DYI chicken plucker already. I love wood working and have a wood lathe that I am fixing to get me a plucker barrel made to install on the chuck out of 6" PVC piple with end caps on it with plucker fingers installed from the inside before capping the ends.