NEW Texas Member

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.

 

[N F C]

Hi, good for you on doing your homework first before acquiring a flock! Your fellow Texans can advise you best on dealing with the heat so here is a link to your state thread: Texas

 

[muddy75]

Welcome to BYC!

 

[janiedoe]

Welcome to BYC. Have you spoken to your neighbors? To avoid trouble, you might want to give them a heads-up before you commit. Good luck with your plans!

 

[007Sean]

Howdy, and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[Kiki]

Welcome to BYC.
I am in Houston. Build a large walk in OPEN AIR coop. We have never gotten too cold for chickens down here and we will never get too cold for them.

 

[Kiki]

Hello from Houston Texas. Thinking about getting a few hens for eggs. Want to do it right and know how to properly feed and care for them. Concerns about extreme heat and increasingly freezing winters. Please welcome this newbie. I already see lots of wisdom for my chicken journey, and look forward to learning a LOT. My HOA said no poultry, but...Texas passed a law allowing up to 6, so residents can raise them in the backyards. Like others who have posted here, I will be checking to make sure I go about things right. Pretty sure I can have 3-4 hens now. Both political parties seem to agree. They are keenly aware that egg prices went up about 138% in a year. After all, who doesn't like a good egg?

I haven't heard that the law actually passed. It's been in the works for years but never makes it to the table. Where did you hear this? Also I am not so sure it will override the HOA rules so make SURE before you start building a coop.


It doesn't look like it has passed and become law yet.
https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/BillStages.aspx?LegSess=88R&Bill=HB1191

 

[Kiki]

It hasn't become law.

 

[sourland]

Hello, and welcome to the BYC community.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

from Central Texas!