Crazy chicken lady in Montana!

[007Sean]

I know!! Hoping it all melts away by the weekend. They are getting pretty big and crowded in their brooder so I don’t know if I should wait another week or two or just go for it and put the heat Lamp out there for a while

If you can stand them being inside a little longer, it would be best.
If you can't, a draft free coop and a heat source would be ok...at 4 weeks, their not fully feathered and can't regulate their temperature yet.

 

[SomeFlockingGuy]

Welcome

 

[406girl4life]

If you can stand them being inside a little longer, it would be best.
If you can't, a draft free coop and a heat source would be ok...at 4 weeks, their not fully feathered and can't regulate their temperature yet.

Ya im thinking next weekend might be better. They are just knocking their waterer and feeders over every day cause they fly around and land on them. And they are about 5.5 weeks old and seem so big to me already!!

 

[406girl4life]

This is blondie, one of my EEs.

Ya im thinking next weekend might be better. They are just knocking their waterer and feeders over every day cause they fly around and land on them. And they are about 5.5 weeks old and seem so big to me already!!

 

[Pork Pie]

Hi and welcome to BYC

Here are some links to key resources:

• List of guides on how to use the site - announcements-feedback-issues-guides.3
• Great resource for beginners = https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/category/learning-center.11/
• Good starting point for browsing the site - https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/
• Interesting feedback on how members manage their flocks -https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/topic-of-the-week-thread-archives
• Excellent source of local information - Find your State's thread.

Best wishes

Pork Pie

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
Gorgeous landscape but I am SOOO over it for the year!

 

[406girl4life]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
Gorgeous landscape but I am SOOO over it for the year!

Tell me about it! The three feet of snow finally was melting into a giant mud hole, which was preferable to this...

 

[Meg-in-MT]

Hello Montana neighbor! Welcome to BYC!!

Are you tired of snow yet? I know I am!

Have you gotten your coop/run planned out yet?

If you have any interest, and have photos and plans/details of the coop you've built (or are going to build), there is a coop article contest going on right now! Here is a link:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/official-byc-coop-page-contest-10.1293484/

Feel free to check out the links below for some interesting reading.

 

[wamtazlady]

Welcome to BYC. I'm from Kalispell Montana. Been keeping chickens for 5 or 6 years. Now that the snow is finally melting I hope to be able to sit outside soon and enjoy the chickens.

 

[406girl4life]

Hello Montana neighbor! Welcome to BYC!!

Are you tired of snow yet? I know I am!

Have you gotten your coop/run planned out yet?

If you have any interest, and have photos and plans/details of the coop you've built (or are going to build), there is a coop article contest going on right now! Here is a link:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/official-byc-coop-page-contest-10.1293484/

Feel free to check out the links below for some interesting reading.

Woohoo another Montanan who dug themselves out of a snow pit and rode their horse to town to find internet access!!

Yes the coop/run is ready and waiting for it to be warm enough to move into!