Texas

[Dragonfly75]

Hey y'all! I am up in the Panhandle in Amarillo! Got my first chicks today. Mom brought my kids 4 unannounced so I was not prepared! But you know how we Texans can handle any situation! Gotta scramble and get some stuff to set up a brooder. I am not really a backyard chicken owner as I live in a rural area with 5 acres. I had planned on getting grown chickens because I want eggs now! Guess I will have to keep getting them from my neighbor for now! Bet this will light a fire under the hubby's rear to get that coop built! Lol

 

[Ms Jellybean]

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[RachaelS]

Hey y'all! I am up in the Panhandle in Amarillo! Got my first chicks today. Mom brought my kids 4 unannounced so I was not prepared! But you know how we Texans can handle any situation! Gotta scramble and get some stuff to set up a brooder. I am not really a backyard chicken owner as I live in a rural area with 5 acres. I had planned on getting grown chickens because I want eggs now! Guess I will have to keep getting them from my neighbor for now! Bet this will light a fire under the hubby's rear to get that coop built! Lol

from Austin and

 

[harley1975]

Hey y'all! I am up in the Panhandle in Amarillo! Got my first chicks today. Mom brought my kids 4 unannounced so I was not prepared! But you know how we Texans can handle any situation! Gotta scramble and get some stuff to set up a brooder. I am not really a backyard chicken owner as I live in a rural area with 5 acres. I had planned on getting grown chickens because I want eggs now! Guess I will have to keep getting them from my neighbor for now! Bet this will light a fire under the hubby's rear to get that coop built! Lol

Welcome from Tyler Texas. Make sure he builds a big coop cause these people on here will talk you into more chickens.

 

[jb300zx]

Hey y'all! I am up in the Panhandle in Amarillo! Got my first chicks today. Mom brought my kids 4 unannounced so I was not prepared! But you know how we Texans can handle any situation! Gotta scramble and get some stuff to set up a brooder. I am not really a backyard chicken owner as I live in a rural area with 5 acres. I had planned on getting grown chickens because I want eggs now! Guess I will have to keep getting them from my neighbor for now! Bet this will light a fire under the hubby's rear to get that coop built! Lol

Another Amarillo person? WOOHOO!

I'm half way between A-town and Canyon.

You'll love it here.

 

[jb300zx]

Welcome from Tyler Texas. Make sure he builds a big coop cause these people on here will talk you into more chickens.

Awww cmon harley. We wouldn't do that. *cough - chicken math support group - support more chickens*

 

[showbarnmom]

What a cutie!  What kind is it?

That one is a welsummer bred under my frizzled rooster. Hopefully it will frizzle.

 

[TheCluckFamily]

. I'm familiar with cut n shoot. I used to go to flea market there a lot. I moved to conroe from ohio. what a culture shock!!! I thought cut n shoot was a nickname or a joke. we still laugh about it. it happened again when I moved to Jefferson. I kept asking where the hell is Uncertain, TX??? I once I realized it truly was a town, I had to go. this is what I saw when I got there

Where in Ohio? I'm a Cleveland girl! OK...Mentor to be exact.

 

[harley1975]

Awww cmon harley. We wouldn't do that. *cough - chicken math support group - support more chickens*

I started just wanting 32 chickens now I have 2 turkeys and 10 chickens here already and the 36 that I ordered from ideal showing up the last of this month. Please don't support me with more chickens lol

 

[TheCluckFamily]

Ok Question what are you using to cut your hardware cloth. After putting up the wire in the coop and cutting it with hand cutters...... I want more POWER. LOL  Also what are you going to use to nail it up?  This hand staple gun I have sucks and my DH staple gun is too powerful.  It's a carpenters gun for construction not wire


A1momof3
I am just using regular old wire nippers. Tedious it is but is the easiest to control. I am using 1-5/8 zinc coated deck screws with 1-1/4 zinc fender washers. Staples alone can be pulled out by a raccoon. I may use poultry staples but not along the edges of the hardware cloth. Using screws and washers every 6-8 inches. I am trying to do this right as I don't want to have to do it again.

I have even allowed for "chicken math"!!!

David

I got cutters from Lowes. They had a chart next to them. They have a yellow handle and they say for wire cutting and have a picture of cutting poultry wire. They work like a charm. Also, we used a new screw that has a washer attached. Comes in a box of 200 for $6.00. They screw right through the hardware cloth into the wood.