Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

I actually couldn't get past the clause of "right to enter and inspect at any time"....sorry. there's biosecurity things I need to worry about-especially now that there are chickens being classed as pets and ending up at the society too. They knew he wasn't our dog-K9 rescue was involved, and had al...

20230713_194837.jpg Hello everyone!!!!! What's happening? What's going on? What's new? Alright, like thegawd said in another post-all you GUESTS!!!! yes YOU!!!! please sign up, surf the site, ask your questions....there's a bunch of us chicken people who have been chicken people for quite a while o...

Happy canada day everyone!!!

all those horse chestnuts are doing great here! i want 2 north of the bee yard and the rest will go into spots around the horse paddock outside the fence somewhere. got back from a week in vermont. holy ticks there. like OMG ticks. poultry admin cut the grass and we must have picked 18 off him all w...

Good morning all! Our buckwheat has sprouted! Interesting looking sprouts. Looks like beans go in today-we'll be all beans this year. And then winter wheat after the beans are off. Should help get some soil amendment going. hoping we can get the winter wheat off early enough next year to cover crop ...

if shes only a day old she may not be hungry until a couple days after you get her...they have tummies full of yolk that last about 3 days post hatch. most important that they drink-i would try water or a little water with sugar or electrolytes to stimulate drinking. just a drop at a time.

we have had 3 asparagus meals now. Loving it!!! rhubarb is almost ready too

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Thu Apr 27, 2023 1:47 pm

@WLLady is that red clover?

it's actually called "crimson clover" in our catalogue.....but likely the same thing LOL

So the big culprit for us with bee losses are mites going into the winter. We started doing a series of late oxalic acid vapourization treatments and making sure our mite count was as zero as it could be and we stopped losing hives. I think there are some nasty viruses and things the varroa can carr...

Well i got around to planting some of the seed last weekend, and am waiting holding my breath on sprouts! lol. i've had to put a heater in the greenhouse the last few nights, -3 last night. at least it's sunny today, hopefully that will get the seeds going. plus it's only been 4 days, i'm a tad impa...