Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

Maybe they were trying to escape being used for dinner in the restaurant.

From Mikey my barn cat. I'm only a mother to my pets. so this will have to do. :)

Thanks Killerbunny. They are 6 year old Basque hens.

I'm going to try to grow some vegetables this year, but I may do it in a shed with them in containers. Some things like potatoes will get planted in the flower beds. The weather and the critters are hard on plants here. There are always a lot of flea beetles here because the farmers plant a lot of c...

One of my female German Shepherds killed a pregnant female muskrat. I didn't see it happen, but I found the body after the fact. The muskrat was on land near the dugout. I suspect the dog was only able to catch it because she came around the trees and surprised it. The dog was not hurt at all.

My first dogs were American Cocker spaniels. I lived in a small town where a lot of people let their dogs run loose. Mine were always on leash and I walked them a lot as I trained them for showing. Several dogs, both small and large, would come running up to mine. You never know what will happen, ev...

Welcome to PTO! :)

On another note, I trapped the stray cat yesterday. We are heading into another really cold, windy and snow week. An Alberta Clipper. I put the cat in an empty pen in my steel building. It looks thin but is heavier than I expected. I wonder if it is a pregnant female. The Regina Humane Society isn't...

I have a few concerns with moving most things to electicity. It has already been shown that hackers can interfere with all kinds of necessary systems, and worsening storms can cause more electrical outages, some for long periods of time. Saskatchewan still has a lot of unpopulated areas so an electr...

Butter has gone up to $5.97 at Walmart, likely more at other stores. Gas went up yesterday to $1.58.9/Liter. Everything has gone up except most peoples' incomes. Carbon tax went up recently - I still think that is just a money grab, especially since they charge GST on it. Interest rates on loans are...