Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

THANX to everyone for their words of wisdom....now it's time to get back to some CHICKEN TALK! :iheartpto:
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This Red Maple tree was planted as a house warming present 12 years ago. We have another week or so of this being the first thing we see when we look...

:cowboy: Ah well , I have 2 silkies in the house they are the youngest at 3 and 3.5 months old and are not handling the cold very well. All sitting ,...

Well my husband sees me bringing one of the chickens into the house. Is she sick? he says. I tell him no but shes the only one like her I raised and...

Remember the fallen & the scarred.

Happy birthday Bayvistafarm !!!!

Was cutting wood with my neighbor today. Thought of a saying local to the logging areas in BC. Usually said with a little disgust: He's nothing but a...

Hi folks...as some of you know by now, i have hatched out a bevvy of Brabanter chicks this summer and its been great fun to say the least...MJ, of...

A couple of my barred rock roosters (they're almost 20 weeks old) have a pinkish-red tinge to their ankles and feet. Does anyone know why this is?

So I have had the timer on since early September, add about 2 hrs a day to their hormonal cycle hoping to get eggs. Serms to be working.

But now,...

Have a GREAT evening . Stay dry , hope to meet you lots a treats . Hahaha

Do rooster combs tend to lose a bit of color in the fall when the daylight is reduced? Its been bright red all summer but noticed its much paler now....

Our very own thegawd has a cake and candle day today!!

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Al

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All the best! Hope you get suitably spoiled for the day

I posted about my new girls that I just got but have a question, well a couple actually.
I know I should isolate them from the flock. And I have...

So, it's our 17 year anniversary today.......someone knows me well :stars:

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Does anyone remember who owned Opie the turkey???

So, on Sunday I picked up 3 hens from a friend. The rest of her flock had got eaten by a fox earlier this year and she just wanted a home for these...

New girls that I picked up at OPB today. :wee: 65A62295-F7EC-4C06-810D-67B9BFDA8362.jpeg

Happy Birthday TomK !!
Hope you enjoy the day and all the Best!
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Alas, our brave rooster, Barred Rock Bert passed away on Friday. I was checking a particular set of nesting boxes because I clean do-do's out of them...

So much for getting ahead of Big Momma's fall sickness 🙁.

I thought we had a handle on it but she passed away this evening minutes after I went out...

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Betty was a Banty Cochin and was my very first chicken. She came to live with me when she was already 18 months old. She was...

Yay! The chickens that hatched at the end of May are starting to lay!
Yesterday, there was a very small egg (much larger than a fairy egg) in a...