Texas

[007Sean]

77 and severe storms
Wind rain hail
Spring in Texas
Gotta love it
Stick around it will change

Yep, live here for most of my life, except for some stints in Alaska, and the South & Central Pacific.

 

[Matejka]

Me too! Entire life in Texas.

 

[electrycmonk]

Well. To be technically accurate the 2nd half of my life has been here in Tejas…. Currently ~52% & increasing….

 

[Matejka]

You got here as fast as you could!

 

[electrycmonk]

You got here as fast as you could!

works for me.

 

[Matejka]

I have 5 baby chicks with a broody. Because of the way the coop is attached to the run (by a culvert) the babies are still unable to access run.
2 weeks ago, different broody with 3 babies, when those babies were 2 1/2 weeks old, they could access run. They promptly went thru the chainlink fence. Before I could secure chainlink-(less than 24 hours)
They disappeared.
When the current babies hatched, I got plain old chicken wire to wrap the bottom of run.
I finished yesterday, I'm whipped. Totally.
Too tired and sore to sleep, so I'm up.n is
I had to rake 10 inches of litter away from fence, lay down wire, 18 inches up and 18 inches out. Secure to fence and ground then cover back up.
Now run is Secure. Chainlink wrapped with cattle panels (4 in welded wire) and now chicken wire.
I finished just in time, tonight l saw 1 baby manage to get from coop to run. It was unable to return to coop. I caught it and put in tunnel

 

[RUNuts]

Watching the babies trying to get up the ramp to the coop the first week or so is precious. Until you have to catch them and put them in the coop because momma isn't coming back to teach them.

The four that hatched in December are all crowing.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

First sign of raccoons last night.
I think chirpy babies got their attention.
I went out about midnight, flashlight showed 3+ sets of eyes.
Shot 1 largest and others scattered.
Gonna drag out live trap and be vigilant.....
I feel run and coop are secure, however sh#t happens, and then you step in it. I realize NO COOP IS PREDATOR PROOF.
I'll do the best I can, work for the best and prepare for the worst.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

Hi! We're in Tyler and just discovered this thread. We have a small flock of Black Australorps, and have hatched a couple of broods from them this late winter/early spring. So far the chicks have been going to friends, though we will keep some as well. (The kids would revolt if we didn't!)

I would like to get certified, but at this point there is no one who handles that in Smith County, where we are. So....

Next on the list is a bigger coop! We have most of the supplies already on hand for a hoop coop, so hope to get that done in the next couple of weeks.

Welcome from Central Texas

 

[electrycmonk]

very high winds today. forecast of a serious chance for severe weather in the next 4-6 hours....

I want to do a few things outside shortly... now that "paperwork" is done for this week and emailed to my Betterhalf to send in....