Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

Hi: I'm down to one hen. I think she is lonesome. Should I get another for her?
thanks,
Jack

We do have some good news on the farm.
We have a Rustic Ranger hen that was badly injured from rooster spurs. We isolated her with a frantic/paranoid...

Well, it happened... again.
A guinea hen was nesting; we never found out where. She would show up every other day, or so, to eat (we didn't keep...

I was driving home from dog training last night at about 6.30pm when 3 deer ran across the road in front of me. I slammed on the brakes and narrowly...

Quiet here . :run: :run:

Some fall colours in our yard over the last week:
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Today, I watched my guineas do something that I was wondering if I'd ever see.
All 8 young guineas flew up into a maple tree. They did have some...

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I have a lovely hen and roo that I picked up last year. The person I purchased from was a super nice chap.

He said the birds I...

Hi everyone!

Okay, so hopefully you didn't notice, but earlier this week we were down again, because our forum hosting company changed things! We...

Good morning all,

I am looking for the woman I purchased a young bantam Barbu u'Uccle from over 10 years ago. Probably closer to 14 years ago. Her...

This morning, when I went out to feed the birds, there was a guinea that did not make it into the yard last night. It was chirping and pacing back...

This is a first for me.
This is lockdown day for the guinea eggs in the incubator.
When I first went to check on the humidity, as I usually do first...

The world is unfolding as it should for the antisocial curmudgeon (me). New potatoes for Fathers day.

:welcome: There are 64 of you online right now.... Welcome to PTO! You should sign up and post some stuff! We need you asking questions, engaging in...

So, I've started my own mealworm farm. Can't say I'm loving it just yet but it's not a great deal of work. My inside chicken (Gracie) is addicted and...

Waterers a heads-up!! We needed some new gallon waters and picked up 8 in Ritchie Feed and Seed. They looked like the Little Giant made in the USA...

Lately, on our little farm, this is what's been happening:
There are eggs in the incubator (1st time in 2 yrs), and they will go into lockdown soon....

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Some of you may remember Miss Tweeps from the start of the pandemic when she got badly injured breeding and we had to...

I have a new chick that doesn’t seem to eat. It’s not lethargic or anything, yet. It peeps a lot and when I try to encourage it to eat, it sometimes...

SPeculation but an interesting article.

I saw on the US news that they are having an egg shortage because of the Avian flu. They expect it to last a long time because of the number of...

We have not been able to buy bags of crushed oyster shell for at least a year. I haven't heard any reason why. Is it the same in Ontario?

Sick chick got picked on today. She was the one who was hiding out in the nesting box and keeping out of everyone's way. I didn't see her first thing...