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Hi there, I used to have a paper that talked about growing your own feeds for your chickens for winter, but I've managed to lose it. I thought about googleing it, then I decided to first check here with you guys and see what your opinion is on which grains and what the birds need the most for...

Ok, I know this two threads but I couldn't help but look at the recipe I have for tomatoe paste and see that I don't have a food mill to run the tomatoes through. Will a meat grinder work? I don't think I have an attachment for the meat grinder small enough to filter out the seeds. Is that a...

This has been on my learn how to make it from scratch list for a long time, and I decided to see if anyone here knows how to make it? Thank you for your time.

Ok, I'm mostly just curious because I'm not sure when I'll be able to tackle this endevor, but how does a person or people get a breed recognized into the standard of perfection? I was thinking about making a future project out of getting Isbars recognized, but I don't know what to do. I...

All I can say is, wow! These poor ppl. http://gma.yahoo.com/fugates-kentucky-skin-bluer-lake-louise-200247843--abc-news.html I've never heard of this before. I can't imagine being blue.

Ok, I've got a "wild hair" going here. This something I've never done before but I just can't stand it anymore! I want to see pictures of your favorite chickens, wether it's from the past or the present, show quality or hatchery stock. You can even share a story about them if you wish. I'd...

So who's going to the Spring Fling Exhibition Poultry Show in Hamilton this year? It's on May 14th at the Ravalli County Fair Grounds, it's an APA/ABA sanctioned show and the judges will be Lou Horton, Pat Lacy, and Gary Overton. The field day will be taught and organized by Jim Adkins. Ok...

I've been thinking about this a lot. I'm getting ready to build my breeding coop and runs this summer, but I need to keep the birds I'll be getting for out of the wind (it will twist and break there feathers up too much). Here's the challenge for me. We live in a valley that's known as a wind...

Ok, I need to get this off my chest. I don't know where this problem will end up. We're suppose to talk more about this over the weekend. All he doe's is this and it's starting to get over welming. I've raised chickens for most of my life up until about six years ago when I had move...

We're building our coop this summer and I'm curious if anyone else has used chainlink as fencing for thier birds? I know the small critters can get into this but it's stronger and I need strong in our area. I'll be putting hard ware cloth around the bottom and under ground as well to help...

So who's going to the Spring Fling Exhibition Poultry Show in Hamilton this year? It's on May 14th at the Ravalli County Fair Grounds, it's an APA/ABA sanctioned show and the judges will be Lou Horton, Pat Lacy, and Gary Overton. The field day will be taught and organized by Jim Adkins...

Hi there! Just wanted to get a notice out to people about the Montana Poultry Fanciers fall poultry show called the Big Sky Poultry Exposition, it's the largest poultry show in the state of Montana. It's a APA/ABA sanctioned show and will and be held on September 30th thru October 2 at...

I was just curious about what the people from BYC think about thier bators and would really like to hear what thier personal prefrence is. Pictures are welcome if you wish. I'm personally looking for a bator that will hold around 50 eggs at a time with an auto turner and be as maitanence...

Hi everyone! Does anyone here raise buff Brahma Bantams to standard? I'm only asking because I'm getting into breeding these very soon and would like to have a few questions answered. I'm only just getting back into chickens recently as I was very into chickens in 4-H and the buff Brahma...

Hi there, I curious to se if any Montanans are running around the forum. I know there's a poulry club here called Montana Poultry Fanciers from Billings that used to be in Bozeman when I was a kid. Is there any one here from Montana?

I havn't seen many real good brahma threads here. It seems like every one is definitly more into alot of other breeds lately (They are all I have to say very gorgious too though!)I went through most of the front pages and a lot of the last pages (over 500+) and I saw a few small threads about...

I just have question about what breeds are best for dual purpose. I just read the thread about wyandotts and was curious if there any particular favorites of ppl out there for this purpose. I would personally like to have good layers and maybe cook up the roo's but I'm still undecided about...

I have a question about meat chickens and the standard meatbird feed. Would you still get very good results on a regular feed too? I know it would most likely take quite a bit longer to be able to butcher them, but I've raised these birds for 4-H in my youth and didn't like the results of the...

I'm going to be building a coop sometime this winter, and I had a thought I hoped someone here could help me with. I live in a climate where in the winter the wind howls at between 15 & 30mph until spring and the snow will fill up almost anything with a 1/4" hole in it. The wind blows mostly...

Hellow everyone! I'm a newbie from Montana. I used to raise and show chickens when I was a kid and have missed it sooooo much I had to talk my husband into getting some this spring. I'm starting small for the sake of my husband so we are getting a few laying chickens to start (and...