Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

Thanks for sharing the link, @LongCrow . I didn't know that there are determinate and indeterminate varieties of potatoes.

Thanks, @Killerbunny . He's 13 weeks old now. Hope his crow remains low volume and infrequent for the next 11 weeks.

Newbie question here. I have never grown out birds for consumption before and so have no idea of what age they should be before they are dispatched. In the past I have been able to re-home birds that turned out to be male. Now I am faced with an overpopulation of boys, and nowhere for them to go. On...

Good to see you here on PTO again, @SarniaTricia ! Congratulations on your property purchase!
@Killerbunny has fabulous BSW turkeys. Definitely worth looking into when you ready for turkeys.

Thanks to you and your vet, they are looking good now.
Glad your birds survived, and are now thriving, by the looks of it, but sorry that you and your birds had to go through all that. Unfortunately there are a lot of unscrupulous people out there.

ThePluckyHen , I'm not sure anything will survive -20 and beyond temperatures unless you have a heated greenhouse ;-) , but I have not tried row covers, so don't really know whether that's a viable option. I provide greens to our chickens in the form of sprouted grains and I also grow wheat and oat...

Have you tried treat training? Shaking a can full of whatever they especially like accompanied by some vocal call, like "chick,chick,chick" doesn't take long for them to get it. Maybe a few days. after that you have currency to get them to go where you want them. Rewards for compliance, of course: p...

@ross , thanks for posting. Most of us are all going to experience the "not so nice" things that are part of aging at some point.

[...] The milk police phoned me, asking me about selling goats milk, wanted to come by and have a visit and inspect my premises. Said I wasnt even allowed to sell for pet consumption. Knew my first name and phone no, wanted to know my last name and address. [...] Not the sharpest tool in the shed i...

They really are cuties, and mama is beautiful! What indications are you seeing that makes you think that the chicks may be boys?