Just a question... is anyone aware of any Buy Sell Trade Days or Poultry auctions going forward during this Pandemic ? I would hope they would be...

Now I know it happens all the time but was wondering the legalities on the issue...are we actually allowed to sell chicks from home? It sounds like a...

For a few weeks now, I have been dealing with hen droppings on top of the heated water fount in the barn. So on went a circular piece of cardboard,...

Yesterday my cat that lives in the chicken building killed a small weasel. It was still part white. I have attached a picture to show how small it...

Sigh. I know this isn’t anything unusual, but its the first for me, and I don't remember what the wisdom was. I have a Polish crested chicken that...

Our young Rhode Island Reds are starting to lay! I found one junior sized egg on the ground yesterday.
So out came the golf balls to be placed in...

From an email today “ is with great regret that Performance Poultry has made the very difficult decision to cancel the 2020 hatching season due to...

I was searching for information about comb types one day and found this. I like that they have real examples, not just a drawing.

Every spring I put up hatching eggs on Kijiji. Have been charging 12 or 15 a doz. Free range barnyard mix, more easter egger than not. Just looking...

I predict a hot summer ahead (with more intense rainstorms).

There's a video from the BBC on Global Dimming - simply that air pollution reflects...

What are the chances that this (blue Wheaton?) ameraucana is a hen?
It’s 11+ weeks old, and one I have from the same hatch (black though) has...

OK, time to wax a little philosophical. I missed her a lot while she was gone. I am so glad she seems to be back. Not for her, I don't give a rats...

My largest Serama rooster fell over dead today. He was totally normal last evening. This morning when I went to feed him he was sitting a bit...

Hello all,
I just moved to an area where I can add a rooster to my backyard group of 9 hens.
I have 2 easter eggers, a lavender orpington, a...

There have been a few times on PTO where I have read or shared some pretty Private poop.
Then I worry IF I crossed the FUN chicken site line, and...

:birthday: Jan... :HappyDance:

Where do these morons come up with this stuff? A whole bunch trying to win their Darwin awards. Yep, it will cure autism, cancer, AIDs etc. You wont...

I am working outside today......getting things ready for yet another dump of snow:

Making more nesting areas for my fabulous Embden Geese.
Feeding...

OK, so I heard from the WaywardWobegoneWolf. I had sent her a couple of PM's that stayed in my ourbox for weeks.

I had explained to her how I use...

This was on the news yesterday.

Tapeworm in coyotes that can cause fatal tumours in people ...

Hello Wonderful PTO members,
Going to share my Wonderful but ongoing Ying & Yang

Pleased to say the Princess will soon be a QUEEN ( Queen of the...

G'day folks...amidst all the hubbub and craziness of preparing in this holiday season, I have had this niggling wee question on my...