Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

baronrenfrew wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 22, 2018 12:07 am

well good day eh!

Hello! :wink:

thejonesboy wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 21, 2018 8:19 pm

Welcome to

Thanks!

kenya wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 22, 2018 11:12 am

Hello and welcome!
Yes its hard to lose your birds and it always seems your best one gets eaten or just drops dead.

For sure! Murphy's law lol.

No heat here, the main layer hens do have a heated bowl so they have access to plenty of water 24/7. The silkies all dog pile in their respective coops and the main layers have enough in there to keep the mini barn they house in pretty decent...

The dogs had some funny quirks though...chasing planes and flocks of geese overhead across the field! We chose the Pyrenees because of their size and general good nature towards people as we always had lots of visitors and worried about aggression and they were the sweetest dogs to those they knew....

I too have heard Khaki and runners.. mind you my 'scovies could lay up a storm too but they do so to have babies...

I have had the best luck with dog houses... easy to clean and move around... i had(well still do but it's gone to the chickens.. literately lol) a small barn built for mine but they generally were not a fan...

I mainly have Muscovy though, what breed are you looking at?

:welcome: to PTO! I know how you feel about the :castaway: , not long after I had decided on a breed to focus on and bought good stock, suddenly it was one thing after another. If not for this forum and the amazing people on it, I likely would have had to give up. This group is an amazing bunch of ...

TomK wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 21, 2018 12:55 pm

And a hearty to PTO from eastern Ontario... :running-chicken:

Thank you!

poultry_admin wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 21, 2018 9:34 am

Welcome to
Enjoy and get better!!

Thank you!!