Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

poultry_admin wrote:QR_BBPOST which one? The one with penguin or the one without?

I do not see a penguin anywhere.

Found this discussion after seeing it mentioned. That is a handy chart. Question: Would softened well water be considered "saline"?

31072 Not sure where else to post this question, as the Health Forum is locked. I found an egg on the floor of the coop right by the nesting box crate. It probably fell out as a hen was moving a couple of eggs. The egg is two-tone, light and beige, like there is a light shining on it. Does anyone k...

31186 http://www.poultrytalkontario.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=14 KimChick-this is the link....if you get an error please take a screen shot and pm it to either me or poultry_admin and we'll figure it out. i've checked all your settings etc...you should have access. Re 2 toned eggs....i have one gir...

baronrenfrew wrote:QR_BBPOST All the egg shells here get dried and crushed and fed back...they disappear fast.

Going to try that! Thanks.

31237 I use decoys in the nest box. Golf balls and round rocks. Once in a while thin shell egg gets eaten, but not a regular problem. I think that they learn young that it doesn't really work. To identify, look for yellow yolk on the beak. If identified, I use a side cutter to blunt the beak some, ...

31202 It could just be the line too that needs more calcium....chickens are like people. some people are b12 deficient, some arent. some chickens are better at getting calcium from the diet, and some arent. so it might just be the line of chickens, or a couple of them.... Do you have any white golf...

31200 for soft shelled eggs, supplement with some calcium, like ground oyster shell. that will help the girls lay down the calcium to make a shell. egg eating behaviour is a tough one....some girls can't be broken. others will only eat IF the egg is broken. you can get roll out nesting boxes...or m...

Hi, Has anyone had to fix egg-eating behavior? Our Red Sex-Links, which we originally got for meat birds, are now laying. (They are a dual-purpose bird.) I would say, compared to the Black Sex-Links, they were "late bloomers". They would be about 6 1/2 months old now; we got them June 1st at 4 wks o...

31136 31072 as the Health Forum is locked As OC mentioned, the health forum is open. So post away by clicking "New Topic". That is the Health with the penguin next to it. If you by chance managed to find the "Health" inside the "Fowl Facts", that one is locked. I am moving select posts from the for...