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[galanie]

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I'm with ya!

 

[AuntGoose]

Hey IvChicken! In Azle here. Total Newby here. No chickens, but am preparing self and land for habitation by humans and other domesticated critters.

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[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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They had a 10 gallon waterer, but the reason I feel so awful is I didn't fill it up yesterday morning and they ran out! And it's my fault, if I would have gone out there sooner to feed!!

~ Aspen

Thank you for your kind words, they are truly comforting to me.

~ Aspen

 

[coyotesmommy]

 

[Pineywoods Peepers]

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Subscribe to backyard poultry. Lots of good stuff in there. I confiscated my parents stash of previous issues and poured over them for hours. I found Gail Damerow's book very helpful too.

 

[jrosto]

Does anyone have a recommended reading list for the newby?

I found "City Chicks" by Patricia Foreman to be a good book.​

 

[texasgal]

Does anyone else enjoy just sitting outside at dusk and watching the chickens put-themselves-to-bed?

Of course, I was sweating like a pig last night,
but I miss watching them enter the coop in almost the same order every night..
arguing and vying for the best roost spots.

The young pullets and low-girls-on-the-totem-pole waiting until last
so they can get to the feeder without competition and tank up before they settle for their lower spots on the roost.

Shiner doing his manly low "purring" .. encouraging his girls to get settled for the night.

It's one of my favorite things...

 

[AuntGoose]

Thanks jrosto and Pineywoods Peepers

. I will look into those for sure.

 

[JellyBeanCee]

I'm new to Austin, TX (been here 3 months), before that Fort Worth, TX for 15-16 years...before that parts beyond. I'm brand new to chickening (building my coop and have not yet purchased my chicks) and would love to know if anyone has recommendations or warnings about breeds as we've been in this sweltering heat...but then I don't want to get breeds who are super good in the heat and then a freak snowstorm and ice chills my peeps. So any info is welcomed. Have a great day!

 

[bt03]

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Meat chickens have bad hearts so this heat does them in pretty easily (I had a pet meat chicken ) Those are the ones I don't recommend but other than that all I have are mutts. Bantam and large mutts that did great with the crazy cold snap we had in February. We even had a bantam momma that had just had some chicks about 3 weeks before and between her and daddy they kept them all alive

I'm sure you will get more responses about best breeds for whatever weather but I'm a hard luck kind of girl and I take all the mutts that no one wants