Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

Yesterday 4 pm, while coming home, saw DH running full speed from the house to the barn, not ever a good thing.
Apparently there was an alarm call...

Well how do your chickens like this turn in weather ? From 33 degrees to 15
Mine hate it, when I let them out they race out , maybe out for 2 minutes...

Happy birthday pipes !!! hope it's a great cake and candle day! haven't seen you on the forum for a little while-hope you drop in and say hi again.

I heard on the radio that this year the wild blue berries were down in production and that there have been a lot of fires. Usually when that happens...

I hope everyone is safe from that horrific tornado. Were any of our members on PTO affected by it? We had a lot of rain with wind and power outages...

Happy Birthday Tangochick ! Hope it's a great one! :birthday:

I am going to start this thread thinking everyone know some old saying to share. Hoping to keep it simple, one or two sentences. Witt and wisdom are...

I walked into the coop this morning and there is a 12 weeks old rooster laying under the roost. Wings folded, tail splayed a little, no disturbance...

Have a very Happy Birthday Ross!
:birthday: :HappyDance: :beer2:

We are finding holes in the dirt along the side of the barn, and in the turkey yard which is also against the barn. There is no evidence of what...

Hi all, just wondering if the QPPP sale onbthe 23rd is an auction or buy/sell/trade. It says bat here but there’s an ad on kijiji that says auction....

Hi all, just wondering if the QPPP sale onbthe 23rd is an auction or buy/sell/trade. It says bat here but there’s an ad on kijiji that says auction....

Sorry this is going to be a rant....
September is my B-day month, so drivers license and health card need to be renewed this year.

Letter # ! Your...

I'm looking for answers to a bunch of newbie questions and hoping that someone can point me to some good references that are applicable to Ontario....

Blackbeard had hidden herself under the shed for 3 weeks and emerged yesterday with 6 beautiful chicks in tow. Shes skittish one so catching her...

Yesterday morning we had a severe thunderstorm, but I was thankful it didn't last long. It got really hot out in the afternoon 28 feeling like 32 and...

For the people in the Ottawa area, just in case you haven't been checking the events calendar and wanted to take in a poultry show. This weekend is...

It must be frustrating to show at this time of year, I was thinking about this because of something funny I saw yesterday. My beautiful rooster lost...

Interesting article on bumblefoot

So back at the end of May i got six day olds ..BCMs and I had asked for (and hoped for) pullets...the gal i got them from said she could do a pretty...

Have a Happy Canada Day all... from two of Canada's Chantecler chickens These are banty roosters .

Well, yesterday evening i came home and as usual went to chk on the birds and see what the 'yield' was for the day....it's been meager the last few...

Reprint of this Ralph Sturgeon book is available at the ABA website. I'm really enjoying this book. Very practical discussion of close breeding,...

My SCOBY Hotel is full, so if anyone in the Ottawa area is looking for one, let me know ... the extras are going into the compost next week to make...

Saw the term on a poultry site and had to look it up. Very interesting poultry breed originating in Germany.