Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

ross wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 05, 2018 8:40 pm

One more week .

Not any better this week! Lol we are in the middle of the ice storm.

Maybe one MORE week? Lol

I live on a few acres but don't really have a suitable location or set up to quarantine any new birds. I want to grow my flock by adding some purebreds, but trying to consider the best way to do it safely. Of course, I'm not very patient...but trying my best. I ASSUME the safest way would be to wait...

Welcome! I love your patridge Silkie!! So beautiful!
Do they winter well?? Ive thought about silkies but was worried about their fluffy feathers in winter...but if you have them in Thunder Bay, then Im sure I have nothing to worry about! lol

So.....Hubby said I'm getting a new coop!! Bigger...much bigger!! Problem is that its not coming until "sometime in the summer". Seriously...he tells me I can have more chickens...but then he tells me I have to wait??! Ugh! You know I'm dying to buy some chicks, or have one of my ladies to go broody...

Peach is the only pullet out of a hatch of 5 eggs. My first ever hatch...and it was probably lucky to have happened. I had bought ready-to-lay pullets in April, just mis -matched pretty barnyard mixes. By August, Speckles went broody. I didnt realize that was kinda a rare thing and so I borrowed som...

I'm a relative newbie and Ill give my two cents (cause I'm sticking around whether you like it or not! lol) I'm on the Backyard Chickens site (its busy!) and I'm an avid facebook user and belong to almost every Ontario based poultry site (all the ones I can find anyway) and it was in one of those FB...

Can someone point me to an article on ILT? I dont even know what that is!

Sounds like a very thorough inspection is warranted. Speckles isn't going to like this...lol

I desperately want some blue egg layers! And not just blue, the bluest of blue! lol I've seen everything from pale-barely-blue, to must-be-photo-enhanced-blue, while searching sales ads. I dont really care what breed, but I'm leaning towards Ameraucanaa (I really like the splash & blues) or possibly...

I've noticed 2 of my hens have quite dirty bottoms. Poop stuck all over. The others backsides seem normal. I did notice a sneeze from one of the messy girls this morning. They all seem healthy, eating, and foraging, and laying. The one messy one also had a messy backside last summer, just before she...