Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

Update time!
For anyone interested in what my three chicks ended up being. I got 2 cockerels and 1 pullet!
They are about 17 weeks old, all super sweet and friendly, and stick together like glue

Skinny rooster wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 04, 2018 12:31 pm

I think I can see daylight through the walls of your coop? So yes I would be worried.

That picture is taken in the run-in shed outside not in the chicken coop. Their coop has no cracks in the walls. It sure would be cold if they had to sleep outside in the run-in shed

Thanks for the advise you guys. I have some bag bomb that I can put on their combs and waddles, I’m out of vasaline right now. As for the roosts that picture is from the summer. For the winter they are all now sitting on 2/4s to hide their feet😊 they also have 2 heat lamps that run on low in one cor...

Hey Everyone We’ve been having some very cold days here in the Kawartha Lakes lately, but this weekends forecast is calling for -35 feels like -45?! Is that to cold for my chickens? Their coop is very dry and is mostly draft free. So many of them have frostbite on their combs and waddles, especially...

I’m going to keep them and love them all the same, but I will be very excited if the second one is a pullet! If it is, she will most likely lay green eggs

Hey everyone! Here’s an update on the chicks. It’s looking like they’re all roos. They are almost 7 weeks old now and I’ve moved them to my bigger downstairs bathroom. The weather here is still around -18 in the day and -28 in the night, so I haven’t put them outside. Any suggestions on what tempera...

Sadly I just had another hen die today. I noticed a hen acting lethargic last night, and still not doing to well this morning. So I brought her inside, and after about an hour she drank a little bit of water when I put her beak in the bowl. She wouldn't eat anything, and her crop was empty. She didn...

Killerbunny wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 20, 2017 2:12 pm

Sorry to hear about this - very pretty girl. How old was she?

She was this years 2017 spring chick. She was so sweet. It’s to bad I don’t have any of her offspring.

Hi everyone Im feeling quite sad, one of my favourite hens died in my arms this morning. But I have no idea why she died. When I opened the door to let everyone outside, she was lying on the ground not moving at all. I carefully picked her up and she was very weak. Her breathing was slow and shallow...

Thanks Happy! The little reddish brown one is my favourite, so sweet! I’ll post another pic in a few weeks. Maybe at least one of them will be a hen!