Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

:wave: Hi guys! Its been a while since I've posted anything on here but I do check in from time to time.

So we're getting back into quail. I don't...

Ty's Exotics in Alberta will be importing Rhea, emu and ostrich and is looking for interest. Good chance to get yourself some Rhea and a road trip to...

I’ve butchered quail a few times now, and when I cook them up, I find the meat pretty tough. Maybe that’s just the way it is?
Does anyone have...

Has anyone use a quail egg peeler, either manual or electric? If so, how did it go, and do you have any recommendations?

So, it's now day 4 and this hen is seriously tucked into her nest all day. Maybe not all day, because I'm not sitting there watching her every...

So, I thought I should make time to post an update on our quail keeping adventures, now that we’ve had them for a month or two.
Stuff we’ve learned...

Since Bert mentioned me I thought I'd post a bit about how I raise my BSW turkeys.
Before I tried the turkeys I spent a couple of years trying to...

Millpond Hatchery and Frey's are advertising Mini Classic turkeys. They say they are smaller and slower growing. Does anyone have any experience...

I have a trio of ring necked pheasants I got last fall. I am wondering if they will hatch their own eggs and raise the young?

I do have an incubator...

I started the construction of this pen one week before the mount forest sale. I used recycled plywood for the house part. There are nest boxes up...

40,000 quail per week... sheesh
Nipissing Game Farm

This is the second time I have tried to move one of my free range peahen nests to a safer location into the coop. Total flop. I've done both times at...

Lost another peahen today 3rd since last September, :gaah: :pull_hair: she was active all afternoon (like they all have been before...) went to lock...

I bought 5 young Turkey poults last summer that were red pencilled palms and of course 4 were males and 1 female. Three of the guys ended up in a pot...

Okay..i need more turkey advice.....is she bronze? Black wing bronze or tiger bronze??
And is he a red slate or a lavender?
Yep they have been a...

I have been told that I can house Coturnix and Bobwhites together and they will stick to their own groups and not crossbreed. Is this true? I would...

Alright folks, need some turkey experts to give me a hand here.
This is my third? second? year with turkeys.

I have a mostly pure Royal Palm. I...

Anyone here keeping/breeding chocolate turkeys? I know someone on PSO got some last year, but I cannot remember who.

JimW

I'm trying to find info about when/if I need a permit to raise pheasants. Is it only Ringnecks that need a permit? I'm not releasing any.

I am trying to find Heritage Acres Farms in Kurtzville outside of Listowel I think was their name...I bought some quails from them last spring and...

Last year we got french guinea fowl from Performance Poultry. They grew fast and got to about 4 lbs in 14 weeks - much bigger than traditional...

Well I bought 4 Chukar Partridges back in the fall, at the time they were not quite full grown. They have grown and filled out now and judging by the...