Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

Ontario Chick wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 03, 2024 8:40 am

That can't be good...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/k ... -1.7103102

No but with the weather odd and everything on the move not unexpected.

@coonhound you can find her on FB.
https://www.facebook.com/debglenn.hammondbarton

Here are the first 4. Dad for some was an ayam cemani and they are a lovely grey. One is much blacker.

3 babies arrived this pm, vigorous healthy chicks. Will post more when they are in the brooder. I can't believe I beat @Kbr42 to it.

@lolotsung I don't remember. I'd just try and see what happens.

I think it's the poultry industry show.
Yup, here is the link
https://www.poultryindustrycouncil.ca/e ... ultry-show
It's in london ON

Love the chickens, that's difficult to capture!

@WLLady I tried several times with Frank and some green/olive egg ladies. EVery time they quit at the same stage. I guess some type of lethal gene. Anyway DH summed it all up "so it's a crap shoot!"

@lolotsung A heritage RIR looks absolutely nothong like the production lines. They are stunning and the first time I saw one I gasped at the difference. If you get a local poultry show check it out to see the difference. @thegawd had these.

WLLady Thanks for the explanation! Reason I asked is I have some hatching eggs for my broody girl. A couple are blue and a couple green. The blue laying girl had been in with a silverud rooster. Was curious as to possible outcomes. Be interesting as Frank, the lovely chap I lost, came out of a gree...