bergmanchicken
In the Brooder
Hello, my name is Vanessa. I am new to having chickens up here in Montana. We used to live in California and we had a good size flock. We had them for about five years there, then we moved here and found them new homes there. That was heart breaking. We now have chicks that are a few weeks old. Oh how I have missed having chickens. My husband has been a blessing. Built them a box big enough for all 24 of them. Yes 24. As husband says, "if your going to go, go big or go home." At first we started off with 8 white rock, then last week I went by murdocks and got more. Well we got New Hampshire reds, jersey giants,Australorp. So I have been reading on cold weather chickens. Getting ideas to help our ladies though the winters up here.
It's funny, now the family sits by the big box and plays with the ladies. We even put a mirror in the box. They really seem to enjoy it. My husband has even caught himself falling asleep watching the ladies in the evenings.
I look forward to learning lots more and sharing.
Have a blessed day.
It's funny, now the family sits by the big box and plays with the ladies. We even put a mirror in the box. They really seem to enjoy it. My husband has even caught himself falling asleep watching the ladies in the evenings.
I look forward to learning lots more and sharing.
Have a blessed day.
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! Great to have you in our community! My wife is a transplanted Montanan and sure misses the beauty of the state! But I bet keeping birds warm would be an issue there. The good news with chickens is, with a proper coop, they actually handle extreme cold better than oppressive heat. But here are some links from the Learning Center (brown tab above) that discuss cold weather chicken keeping - hope you find them useful: 
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