Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

I didnt have any broodies until June last year. I only kept 8 of my Ameraucana chicks for myself and could have sold twice as many as I did...hence the brooder and soon incubator. lol...maybe I should just hatch some silkies first and make my own incubators. lol

Turns out, I was just in hibernation mode regarding my flock. Apparently my patience with my broody hens is at an end as I just bought a brooder....now to select the perfect incubator and hatch a chicken of every breed!

So....what I'm hearing is a good excuse to add a few silkies to my flock!

10 hens of laying age...lucky if I get one egg per day. Im hearing the same story everywhere though...

Hope you can save them! Maybe an old canvas tarp with some insulation overtop? There has to be something on the Google about this! lol Day of my outdoor wedding 10 years ago, a couple of friends and I were setting up chairs for the ceremony, and along comes a huge swarm of bees (honeybees I assume) ...

1. Check for crawlies 2.Is he moulting or ready to? If so he may have lowered hormones and paler comb. Yes, hes starting to molt. The girls the same age as him are in the middle of it but I noticed he had fluff sticking out yesterday so hes started too. I dont handle him so it's hard to check for c...

Do rooster combs tend to lose a bit of color in the fall when the daylight is reduced? Its been bright red all summer but noticed its much paler now. I just wondered if its a seasonal things...or is my boy not feeling well?

Happy to report...they all stayed home and no fight casualties. I dont think the new girls even went out the pop-door. Apparently they were kept in the top of a barn so real outdoors might be scarey for them. lol.

Good call @Jaye ! I bet they are! I'll ask my friend!

So, on Sunday I picked up 3 hens from a friend. The rest of her flock had got eaten by a fox earlier this year and she just wanted a home for these girls. 3 big, healthy sexlink hens - nice! I put them in a dog crate in my coop (no quarantine, but I'm aware of the risks - minimal from their situatio...