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I just saw this post -- I have been absent from this site for quite sometime. How are your mom & babies doing? It's kinda hard when you have mom w/babies & full grown hens. Hope they're all doing well!

Welcome from Great Falls! Glad you got your babies and they are doing well. Sounds like they have a nice selection -- best of luck with them! They're so much fun to raise ! You may get lucky & find a few nice laying hens on Craigslist for sale, or in your local paper. Be careful, as...

mtchickengal, now that my girls are feeling much better, you're welcome to come on over to see them, if you still want to. Just let me know when would be a good day for you --- weekends are best for me, as I work during the week.

hello to you !

One of my BO's decided to go broody, so I've moved her into a good sized pen in the garage, sitting on 12 eggs. Just finished getting her settled, so I am keeping my fingers crossed that all goes well!

I've been thinking more and more, over the weekend, of when/if/(how many) new chicks I want to get this spring. I was going to order online from a hatchery but I've never done that before --- I wonder how they would survive an airplane ride in this cold. So I called North Outfitters/Big R &...

Glad her swelling is gone & sounds like she's doing better. I was just reading an article here on BYC about "My baby chicks are making me sick" -- about keeping chicks in the house with all the dander, and I imagine it'd be the same if you kept a hen inside the house...... I use a Swiffer...

If you have a place to keep her that is out of the way -- like in the basement or someplace like that. If you or your family don't have issues with the "chicken odor" being so close by! Sounds like she is wanting to set, but you could break her of it. Some people have hens that are a...

Just be careful about letting her set when this weather is still so crazy --- even with a good mama, I'd be afraid to let eggs hatch this time of year. But that's me.

So is your BO hen going broody already? Out of all the chickens I've had over 4 years, I've had 1 BO that went broody 2 summers ago ---- then I have a little banty that just does it all year round ... I've set eggs under her twice with great success, but in the spring or early summer. I'm...

Hope everyone is surviving this horrible cold weather we're having.......... I'm happy to say that I think the Nasty Bug has left my flock (!)... I ended up giving a round of 2 more med injections to 11 of them, as they just couldn't get rid of the bug -- I ended up losing 1 of those girls...

I think I may have met you at the show! I had another chicken person tell me last night to use 3 parts bleach to 5 parts water. Does that sound too strong?

3BirdGirlz --- where you at the Poultry show that they had at the fairgrounds this past fall? I'm looking for advice on trying to disinfect inside my coop -- if it doesn't snow this weekend & weather is decent, I'd like to lock them all outside for an hour or so while I do this -- what's the...

over on the NW side -- 1.5 blocks outside the city limits. You are so lucky that yours haven't caught this bug going around. I called this evening and talked to a lady who lives in Ulm and has been a state poultry judge for years ............. she is a wealth of information, but told me that...

You're welcome anytime !! However, not until I get rid of the junk going around -- wouldn't want your girls to get it. What side of town do you live on?

What have you been doing/using to treat it?

I think the respiratory infection deal is all over the place --- there are so many people who are trying to get rid of it. I lost one hen Wednesday evening. I finally took 2 of the worst ones to my vet on Saturday --- I NEVER thought that I'd be the one to take a chicken to a vet -- but it...

Welcome, mtchickengal ~~~~ I'm also located in Great Falls!

Yes, there is! Montana/Wyoming Poultry Buy Sell Trade (facebook) ............. great group of people! You have to ask to join. Where in SE Virginia are you located now? I lived in SW Virginia for almost 30 years -- outside of Salem/Roanoke area. I'm so glad to be back in Montana...