Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

I have my second coop almost finished, this will be my cockerel/rooster coop later but for now I'm going to use it to house the chicks. It's in an...

Two weeks ago two little bantams hatched out some chicks, I brought them inside because the barn was cold and I could take better care of them in the...

I Thought I had a silkie chick with a leg spreading out under it
BUT ~ she is actually Holding the Leg UP & shaking!!!!!!

The foot is twisted to...

This year the turkey hens have started laying in a box outside in the run. At anytime I have 1 to 4 hens brooding the eggs in a large nest box. Last...

Time to move the CUTE silkie chicks to the chicken coop.
( can't move in my sewing room & it's a constant clean job with them in a small brooder )

I...

There is definitely something very magical about watching a broody mom with her babies. There is 3 out of 4 eggs. Today if the 4th egg isn't hatch...

So three weeks ago on Saturday, the wonderful WWLady Kathy brought me some hatching eggs. Mix of several, because I had a Splash Americauna broody. I...

13 babies hatched under 2 broodies .
8 dark chanty mixed & 5 pure white Chantecler Banties .
Chanty hen hatched the yellow ones & dark hen hatched...

I lent a black silkie broody to a coworker who wanted to let her 7 year old daughter experience hatching chicks. We just set 3 buff and 3 cuckoo...

Has anyone bought chicks from 2-3 different places and brood them together in the same box?
I am worried about the cocci as it is different from all...

400 bucks for a 20 chick ecoglow brooder???????? a thousand dollars for a 2 dozen egg incubator?????????????? :o

This unseasonal warmth has two of my silkies very confused. (London area)

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My coop is insulated, has deep litter, and never seems to...

Well last September the BLRW hen in my avatar disappeared then reappeared 3 weeks later. The chicks in the avatar are the ones she incubated and...

I had a hen pop out of the woodwork with a new chick Dec. 11th. It is running around with its mom and doing well. I put mom, chick and a helpful...

So, here's the scoop on what's happening in our coop ATM:
1. Memphis, my Ameraucana, went into a MAJOR moult last week. Thankfully she's recovered...

This was a first time I have used Ameraucana as a broody, (July 2014) and she certainly delivered.
I don't usually use broodies because of the extra...