Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

Ontario Chick wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 23, 2022 12:33 pm

Would have paid to see that

I'm not that kind of boy. How much were you thinking?

Killerbunny wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 21, 2022 6:59 am

Happy Solstice everybody. @Farrier1987 hope you guys go nd dance widdershins around your yard with the critters to celebrate!

Went swimmin neckid in the stock tank. That should be enough celibation for anyone.

Great sadness this fathers day. There are no new potatoes

The mother has to feed to be able to make milk and wants the baby safe. She "parks" them in a safe spot and goes to feed, then comes back for them. My goats do this with young ones, probably up to two weeks old. They park them after the baby has had a good feed of milk, so they mostly sleep but tend...

My chickens are driving me nuts! I have a broody hen who refuses to move to a different spot where the others can’t bother her, and of course the other hens want to go in that particular nesting box. I let her have some eggs after my fox mishap, and every few days there seems to be one less, and to...

Killerbunny wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 02, 2022 2:19 pm

That little hen does good work for you @Farrier1987 ! Is she one of @windwalkingwolf s superbroody lines?

She is. Of the mailed eggs she sent. Raises two or three batches a year for me. I think she is the last of that bunch I got from her.

Darn, I forgot again, but I could in no way have beaten that pic. Great!

Good luck with it. I have tried this rescue stuff with newly hatched, and it mostly doesnt work out and leads to great disappointment. I know it is sort of hard hearted, but I kind of let nature do its thing for the first 24 hrs, with the mother hen. Most make it, a few don't, but it works best for ...

ross wrote: ↑

Sat May 28, 2022 1:56 am

Reminds me of an old saying “ with baited breath”

Everyone says it that way, but it was originally "With abated breath" meaning you are holding your breath in anticipation.

So you are saying you want to eat a ........? Well, I suppose. As long as its consenting adults.