Articles by elmo

This One is Just Right I think I know how Goldilocks felt. I tried several different housing arrangements (shown on my other page). One was too small, one was too hot, one was too cold.... So this time, armed with my wish list and the lessons learned from my previous attempts (and hours...

I've wanted chickens all my life, but it took some nudging from my bird loving daughter to finally make that dream a reality. A friend gave us five newly hatched Serama hybrid chicks in the spring of 2009, and now the only thing I regret is not getting chickens sooner! We live in North Texas, so...

The Five Chicks that Started it All.... When we decided to get chickens, my first thought was to order chicks from Mypetchicken.com. We only wanted three. But the friendly neighbor we had gotten our doves from kept backyard chickens, too, so I decided to ask him for advice. What a wonderful...