Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

@Killerbunny that's awesome! I guess my hen must be a bit of a snob lol.

A bit of an aside, but when I first put the eggs under this broody hen, I put all of the eggs I had collected in the last week from both hens. She kicked all of the other hen's eggs out of the nest and kept all of her own eggs (other hen is a Maran, so easy to tell the difference). Is that normal?? ...

Awesome thank you! So I covered a small dog crate in chicken wire and moved her into that first thing on Saturday. She didn't bite me so that was a plus :YES: and she sat right back down on her eggs and didn't miss a beat. She hasn't eaten or drank much water in the last day and a half or so. I was ...

Thank you everyone! So they do not free range - I wish they could but I don't trust my chicken-obsessed Cocker Spaniel unsupervised, and we have a lot of people & equipment in and out of our yard every day, I just don't think it would be safe. We built an 800 sq ft run this spring for them, and the ...

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Thu May 30, 2019 10:01 am

@Silkie Sue Makes and ships hen saddles, and the price is great!

Thanks! I ended up ordering one off etsy right away and it's been working great but I should get one or two more. I will message SilkieSue :)

Thanks Pollo Caballo! Cute horse!

Hi Guys! I currently have my first broody hen and I'm super excited, :stars: she is sitting on 7 eggs, all Gold Laced Wyandottes. She's been on her eggs for about 17/18 days now so we should have chicks Sunday or Monday if my math is right. I'm totally new at this, so I have a few questions. So firs...

At the moment, our heifers are for breeding only. Their offspring will go into the freezer(s). That is the plan right now, anyway. Due to circumstances, DH missed an opportune time of year to have them inseminated. They are both Hereford-Limousin cross. Maybe a couple more weeks and we'll put them ...

Too funny! lol, your birds are beautiful!

Beautiful!