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That one looks like a boy to me, too. Best of luck keeping him!

So much fun! Is it the EE with the dark red head that you expect to be a boy?

Welcome to Montana! My chickens are in an unheated, uninsulated open-air coop (open on the narrower side, facing east, away from the prevailing winds; there is no draft in the west end of the coop, where the roosts are) and they have thrived in our winter. I have 3 pullets and 5 hens (nearly 2...

Welcome to the Montana thread! I’m in Helena. It’s easiest to get chicks at a feed store or through breeders. I agree that shipping chick is stressful for them. For a rarer breed I ordered hatching eggs (but you have to be willing to deal with any unwanted cockerels then).

Regarding supplemental winter light, last year was my first with chickens and I did not use any supplemental light, or any supplemental heat, for that matter. Last year‘s pullets hatched April 10. Our two Australorps started laying in early September. Our three Easter Eggers started laying in...

Welcome to chickens! I’m in Helena, too, and in my first year of raising chickens. We have 7 pullets hatched in April, 4 of which have started laying.

Welcome! :thumbsup

Welcome to Montana! The area around Whitefish is beautiful.

Thanks for the tips! Cute coop and run, @mobius! Thinking I'll cover the whole run. It will be a shed roof opening to the south, around 5' high at the low end and 9' at the high end. Do you all recommend metal or translucent fiberglass (or some other material) for roof material over the run...

Hello from Helena! I am new to BYC and to chickens and planning on starting my flock this spring. All this snow has led me to decide to have at least part of the run covered. I'm planning for the coop to be 8' x 10'. The run area (excluding the coop) will be around 144 square feet. I'm...