Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

Hello everyone,

I'm starting up our farm here in Ontario, and had another farmer who has retired kind of take me under his wing in regards to...

: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...