Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

Little goats are like puppies, want to play and chase the chickens. Pretty much all the little goats will run through the flock to make them run and...

:new: I'm new to raising chickens - here is my story with questions at the bottom. Any advice is gratefully accepted.

Last year we purchased a home...

Way cool can you see the hummingbird moth in the calibrachoa

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We have never seen one!

Ok so I'm watching my young silkies and watching some spar with one another. What is everyones experience, are these males?

I had an eye exam today. My optometrist told me that eating 4 yellow egg yolks per week will provide enough Lutein to prevent macular degeneration.

Its been one of those months...a few years back i got some hatching eggs from OC...if i had done things right i would have had ten chicks but 8...

Well..for the last couple of weeks we have been hosting three of my cousins from Germany..one of them has never been to Canada prior to this trip..it...

First thank you to all who responded to my first post why did my new chickens die? Your support was appreciated and did help at a difficult time for...

Alrighty..here's my question...has anyone ever gotten an egg with a slight off taste in the yolk?..no damage to the shell at all..no cracks, no...

Saturday of the Canada weekend, my partner and I have the pleasure of having an awesome lunch with Killerbunny and Vian.

This Hansome fella took a...

Well...met Brebis today..wonderful meeting another PTO member ..and got a pair of lovely birds in the deal...nothing like getting birds from reliable...

I saw this ad on Kijiji today. Think they will get any replies? What can you do with over 5000 old red chickens?

I am looking for small old red...

Good Morning All,
As this is my first time raising barred rocks I'm curious of others experience. We have done Leghorns for meat in the past so we...

This is a guy that hatched last fall here. From one of the hens I got from Kenya a couple years ago I would think.

Is he unusual colours, or only...

Yesterday visiting a guy with goats, he had a bunch of quail. Gave me a cock and two hens. I put them in a cage in the chicken house to get used to...

who knew?

Ok folks...here's my question...i need to separate a coupla roosters from the herd until i decide what to do so i want to house them in extra large...

Thought I should post a photo of my chicks! Although they are now 5 weeks old. I had never kept track of how long it takes chicks to get used to...

Have a great one !!!!

OK you poultry experts,
I have a Mr Snake living under my patio and we live in more or less harmony and accept for the occasional frog legs he leaves...

So I let Peach hatch 6 eggs, 3 would be Pure Ameraucana, and 3 would be EE's. I didnt check my genetics calculator and all the EE babies will be...

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Remember the landing & the fighting on Juno Beach . Thank you Vets 🇨🇦

I’ve always had this problem with my picture window but it’s worse this year for some reason. So far we’ve revived 2 Downy woodpeckers, a Hairy...