Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

Jim the Jone's mills feeds have a 24% turkey/pheasant starter with pork meal that my chicks do very well on, comes in medicated or not, but unfortunately it only comes in crumbles.

From what others have told me, after 8 weeks, the leaders in size will tend to remain the leaders, so it's fairly safe to cull the smallest at 8 weeks. But the longer you can wait to cull the better, there's a big difference between a 6 month and an 8 month old cockerel, you'll be amazed. Don't forg...

I buy feed from Jones' mill, they have pork protein in it. I also supplement with soaked cat or dog kibble every now and then, it's very easy and the chickens love it.

I have a bunch of different kinds, mostly they are the metal upside down vacuum type and I also use small rubber horse buckets for the winter. The trick with waterers is to hang them from the ceiling so that the water is level with the chicken's backs. The metal ones are rounded on the top so the bi...

Tom Politicians are the only ones who can get away with saying that money not spent is "saving". I guess that's how they figure job losses too.

nice spot for a walk, lovely dogs.

Few thinks suck more than losing your job, it has to be high up on the top 5 list of bad things that happen. Brebis, I wish you hopes for finding a new job soon, a much much better one that will make you feel very good that you lost your old job.

From the CBC: with some comments I could not resist adding. "Ontario's economic development minister says "overall trends" in the province are strong despite a Statistics Canada report on Friday that said Ontario lost 36,000 jobs in July. [WOO HOOO :banana: ONTARIO ROCKS ] "Obviously, we would have ...

It's amazing how tough that eggshell membrane is. Lucky lucky chickie!!

When I've asked to have my chickens evaluated, to help them judge the breed experts have asked for a top view that shows the width of the head and back and tail area, a level chest view, a level sideways view, and a level back view and a good close up head shot.