Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

Hmm good to know thanks.

Yes I have been hatching that cross for a few months now. I kept the first batch and sold the rest as chicks. I thought it would be a good cross too. Lay lots of eggs and be winter hardy and lay all winter.

Ok thanks. Why didn't you like the Dorper?

No the red hens are from Freys.

Here are some white Chanteclers I got from them last spring. I also got some blue quail d'Anvers but was not happy with the colouring of them. Don't have pics of them.

Hello all you sheep people. Im just wondering what you think is the best meat breed of sheep for our Ontario climate? Ive tried Suffolks and found them too big and too much shearing of useless wool that you cant do anything with. Now I have Dorpers and so far I find them to be great. No shearing nec...

NormaK: Since I only have a few of them and I have only had them for 2 years I have just been selling the fleeces on kijiji. Ive had good luck that way. Brebis: Thanks for all that great information. As I said I'm fairly new to this breed so a lot of what you said I didn't know. Thanks. I used to ha...

Also their wool will be for sale after searing. We will probably shear them in about 3 weeks depending on weather. It will be sold raw straight off the sheep.

Thought I would post some new pics of my Icelandics that I took a few days ago. This is them with full coats

That would be perfect but no I cant go to sask. Thanks for posting anyway.