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Hi to Carol from Bigfork. Glad to have you join us. How many chicks are you getting, what kinds, from where? Tell us about yourself.

Karla do you realize that Jess is in Kalispell and Cackleberry is in Hamilton if I am not mistaken? That would be at least 90 minutes away, actually more like 2 hours considering he lives west of town.

Actually, I live in Creston with my husband. We are retired and getting back into chickens. We raised them with our kids a long time ago and decided to do it again so that our great grandchildren (who are city kids) can enjoy them when they visit during the summer. We are not hatching at this...

Hi Jessshan8. Looks like we are neighbors.

It sounds like we are all in a crazy competition to see who can spoil their animals the most. I will have to drop out as I feel that you two, Karla and Azriel have me beat for sure,LOL. Those are some seriously cute kittens. Too bad Montana is such a big state. We would all have such fun as...

The alfalfa is in hay form and he scatters it in the run with scratch on top of it so they can dig through it. They eat the leaves and every second week he rakes the stems out and puts them in the compost pile. Your garden project sounds wonderful, Karla. We have 2 spoiled dogs that cuddle with...

Our heat lamp is only on from midnight until 0800. I know my chickens are spoiled, but your chickens are SPOILED.

We have our girls locked in when the light comes on and it goes off as it gets light and go outside so I really don't know the answer to that question. We have feed and water inside and my husband gives alfalfa and scratch outside later on when it warms up and he puts water outside during the...

Glad you are coming around on the heat and the light Karla. I know that the girls would be OK in the insulated coop without either but they enjoy just a little heat during the coldest part of winter and all the light is doing is giving them a more even sleep schedule, They are both on timers and...

I read that the BCMs lay the darkest eggs of all the Marans. I agree with you Azriel that they are darkest when they first start to lay and fade as they get farther away from when they first start. However, after the molt they get dark again (but not as dark as the first time). Mine do a fairly...

Probably the Reds are the best, although I can't say that we have too many slackers. The Americanas are the least consistent, but again not bad. Yes we did start a heat lamp when it got into the single digits. It gets dark around 1700 and the heat is on a timer to come on at midnight and off...

I read that the Marans lay a really dark egg at first but get lighter as they get older. Sometimes they recover a little darker color after a molt but never as dark as when they first start to lay. Thanks for all the info on the blue eggs guys. Just chillin here-waiting out winter. Egg...

I thought only araucanas laid blue eggs. What other kinds of chickens lay blue eggs?

Good for you Seyanophis. Be sure to keep us informed about your career and your new chickens. Be sure to get one of the cold hardy breeds. You know what they say about Montana, nine months of cold and three months of bad skiing. Gail

No worries Montanachicks. Meat color in chickens depends on the breed. We raise all kinds of dual purpose breeds and some of the meat is as you describe and some is a lot more pale. It all tastes really good to us.

Welcome Seyanophis. What are you studying? I did some time in Missoula myself as part of getting a degree from MSU.

That's what leghorns do. They are always nervous, standoffish, run from you and never be calm, docile or friendly. I have tried leghorns of every color and they are all nervous flighty birds. The one thing they do well is lay large white eggs(lots of them). They are also cold tolerant and...

We believe the extras help. We give alfalfa, scratch and an organic layer feed. warm water plenty of deep bedding straw for the coop (which is insulated) and a little extra light and heat on cold short winter days. Don't feel too bad about the mixed flock thing. We did exactly the same thing...

We have a heat bulb coming on at midnight to help keep tail feathers warm for the coldest part of the night and help with egg production too. Egg production is fine and the girls appreciate just having the chill gone. I know some people don't think heat is necessary, but our set-up really works...

Azriel so sorry to hear about your horse. I,too, know how it feels to lose a good old friend. Even though it happened when I was much younger, it still makes me tear up. Always in my heart, running in her pasture.