Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

Oh man, he's beautiful.
And you get to skip the whole puppy stage of soiled carpets, gnawed furniture and midnight bathroom breaks.

Oh man, I had to look up what castors/castoreum was.

Oh my.

Thanks for that I listen to podcasts and books while I work to keep my brain from shrivelling up, I'll be adding that to this afternoon's listening schedule....

Killerbunny wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 04, 2020 9:57 am

A tiny strangled crow attempt was heard in the Faverolles coop this am! It always makes me chuckle.

I can't wait. How long before beeping stops and strangled crowing starts? I have a 13 week old Ameraucana cockerel that still just beeps.

I bought an "Ador" chicken door from the states 6 years ago, and it still functions daily. Like yours it has a photo sensor and opens in accordance with the level of daylight, and has a wheel and sprocket that opens and shuts the door so it can't be lifted. It runs on a 6 volt battery that I change ...

I'm not over the view from down under. That's such a cool pic.

Wow, that looks like a great set up. I am in the midst of building a new coop for my gang. I might have to steal your lined poop tray idea. I was going to use sand, but I would have to buy it by the bag, and I just know my silkies will end up sleeping on the board so I will want to clean it often. I...

That is horrifying.
Now I have to go look at everyone's butts...

How does this go again? Early presence of wing feathers indicates females?
My guess is 2, 3, & 5 are female. :-D

I had a cross billed chick once. It was fine at first, but stayed small so I took it to a veterinarian that I knew who treated poultry. Unfortunately my chick was too badly deformed to help, it had food impacted up into it's nasal passages and the roof of it's mouth because of the shape of it's beak...