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Time Away
I got another position at work and had to go to Corporate Headquarters for two weeks for training. Believe me, I tried to get out of it....
Windy Whiskers
Oct 19, 20184 min read
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Shipping Boxes
We have been busy building new pens and shipping eggs and a few birds across the country. As we entered this new phase of our hobby, I...
Windy Whiskers
Oct 13, 20183 min read
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IVERMEC for Worms & Mites
Because I have to keep my birds in pens to protect them from loose dogs and hawks, I have to also regularly worm them as well. Finding...
Windy Whiskers
Apr 15, 20184 min read
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Poultry Shipping Requirements
Many people that get into chickens often decide to sell some eggs and or birds to help offset some of the costs that come with keeping...
Windy Whiskers
Apr 15, 20185 min read
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Hatching Woes
Now that we have created pens and have our breeding groups, it is time to get busy hatching. We were having OK success and with the...
Windy Whiskers
Jan 19, 20183 min read
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Winterizing for Southern Winters
With the temperatures starting to fall, the question always comes up as to how to keep your chickens warm. Here in Texas the weather...
Windy Whiskers
Nov 12, 20176 min read
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Dust Machines
Now that we have had a season of hatching out and growing up several batches of chicks, we know some changes have to be made before next...
Windy Whiskers
Sep 15, 20175 min read
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Sprouts
Most every one that has a back yard flock likes to give their chickens treats. As much as I like to spoil the feather kids, I also want a...
Windy Whiskers
Sep 9, 20174 min read
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Producing Olive Eggers
A casual search on the internet for how to product colored or olive eggs will result in a lot of charts. Some are accurate.. and some not...
Windy Whiskers
Aug 24, 20171 min read
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Olive Egging
In addition to our Isbars and Legbars, we are also breeding birds that will lay a nice dark olive green egg. We have a Black Copper Maran...
Windy Whiskers
Aug 23, 20171 min read
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Second Silverudds Blue line
When I decided I wanted to raise the Isbar/Silverudds Blues, I looked long and hard to find a breeder with only first import birds and no...
Windy Whiskers
Aug 21, 20173 min read
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Isbar vs Legbar
People wanting to add some colored eggs to their flocks are going to come across both the Cream Legbars and the Isbar now called...
Windy Whiskers
Aug 13, 20176 min read
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San Antonio PT Testers
Texas is changing the way they are handling their Pullorum-Typhoid testing. Instead of providing the testing for flock owners for free,...
Windy Whiskers
Aug 12, 20174 min read
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Information for Bird Owners
TVMDL is changing the way it administers the Texas Pullorum-Typhoid Program. The Pullorum-Typhoid (PT) Program requires that all domestic...
Windy Whiskers
Aug 12, 20173 min read
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Windy Whiskers
Jul 29, 20170 min read
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The Heat is On
Here in Texas it gets very hot. The poor chickens pant all day and egg production is low. We have had to try and be creative with ways to...
Windy Whiskers
Jul 9, 20172 min read
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Isbar / Silverudds Blue Hatch
We got a great hatch with the Isbars. We ordered a dozen and received 15 from the breeder. Every one was developing and we ended up with...
Windy Whiskers
Jun 27, 20171 min read
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Cream Legbar Hatch
We ended up with a pretty good hatch for shipped eggs. We got 8 out of the 12 hatched. We also ended up with an even split, 4 boys and 4...
Windy Whiskers
Jun 27, 20171 min read
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Chicken Breeding Pens
Once we made the decision we wanted to breed chickens, we needed to create some breeding pens. We also need a place to grow out young...
Windy Whiskers
May 23, 20163 min read
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Chicken Breeding Pens
Once we made the decision we wanted to breed chickens, we needed to create some breeding pens. We also need a place to grow out young...
Windy Whiskers
May 23, 20163 min read
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