Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

Not sure if this is the right section but here goes.....

We generally keep about 100 laying hens for production. We don't have a barn and don't have...

I picked up some standard sized silver laced cochin's, they're still young, I been trying to find more as mine all came from a pair. If no luck which...

I'm directing this toward WLLady but anyone with an interesting answer jump in. Is there anything interesting a person can do regarding breeding the...

Just wondering but if a person had a Barred Rock rooster and used him on white leghorn hens, would the chicks grow up looking Barred Rock?

What...

Oh! Oh! Oh! I got one. Why are the names of colours different for different breeds in some cases. Example, light Sussex, light Brahma, is the same as...

Back in June.....breeding of Blue Columbian male over Columbian hens
Columbain breeding 2016.jpg
Here is a progeny and the question I asked was....

Hi All
Earlier this spring we bred a Buff Brahma rooster to a dark Brahma hen. Now that the chicks are 4 months old it's very obvious they are sex...

Down to the brass tacks (whatever that means)
Out of 16 Ameraucana chicks, some sold some BBQs and now down to
4 Blue pullets, still too light ;)...

Does anyone know if it's possible to hatch your own birds and have them processed at a government inspected facility? Are you able to get a form 300...

...And Columbian. And every other gene and colour known to chickendom. But anyway, to recap for those who haven't read their story before, I once had...

From the American Bantam Association, not necessarily about bantams:

I separated out my 9 week old cockerels from my pullets last night, what a rodeo that was. But I took the opportunity to check the body dimensions of...

eggs.jpg So I don't really do specific breeds, I have various, with the object of the most colourful egg basket/ The pic below is from my girls. But...

I have an adolescent Blue Showgirl rooster.
Plus my 2 year old Blue Showgirl hen Millie (my avatar)

Bought 2 beautiful Blue silkie pullets to have...

The plan was to keep one Blue cockerel from July 2013, hatch for possible breeding.
Somewhere around 3-4month of age it became painfully obvious that...