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Hi I live in Ontario. CURRAN which is outside of ottawa near bourget, plantagenet and alfred. Anyone in those areas have hens available? preferrably have started to lay already. we nee to build our flock for the winter as we only hve 2 hens right now and they look rather sad by themselves.

Hi there - my Brabanter is 30 weeks old and has not yet started to lay... what could affect this? She seems healthy and the other girls are laying just fine (I have a welsummer and wheaten maran that are just 8 weeks older)

there is this place though I can't recommend it as I have not checked it out myself ... I just know it exists. http://www.denisechickenparadise.com/contact-us It's fairly close to the Bourget area. That is where we are from

anybody in Ottawa (Ontario) and area or like Plantagenet, Alfred, Hawkesbury, Bourget ... have any young chickens for sale? Either they are not quite laying yet or have just started to. We are looking to add a few chickens to our flock so they have more buddies to cuddle with in the upcoming...

thanks roosterhaven!

Is there a thread about keeping chickens in cold weather? Ontario peeps you feelin' me? Just want some advice on making sure my chickens make it through the winter. My boyfriend got worried when it got minus -3C in the coop the other night. It is well insulated and we have an air exchanger...

Hello - can anyone give me their feedback on when a chicken can start being outside? My brabanter is 5-6 weeks old. And because we are heading into winter I am not sure how to get her used to the cold if she is not ready to go out yet. If I wait until she is closer to 8 weeks then it will be...

This is what was suggested to us - base of sand, layer of pine wood shavings (make sure they are dust free) and top layer of hay. Right now we are doing the shavings and hay - but are probably going to add in some sand next time we clean it out. I find having the top layer of hay makes it...

I think if it is nice outside this weekend we might try to put them out for a bit and see what they do. They don't seem to care whether or not the heat lamp is on anymore.

i don't really know if they are fully feathered ... never owned chickens before

Hey canadian gang! I have brabanters that are about 5 weeks old. I am worried they might be getting bored in the bin (they are still with a heating lamp). Is it too cold to start putting them outside for short periods of time? It is between 0 - 12 celcius these days in Ontario

I have 2 brabanters that are approximately 5 weeks old. They are still in a bin with supplemental heat. But I am worried they might be getting bored. Any suggestions for this stage until they are ready to be moved to the coop? I am just not sure if they would be OK going outside for a bit...

Haha yea sometimes a thought is different once written down. I got my chickens from Skara Brae Farms - however she is in Ontario. So you would only be able to get eggs from her - she does not ship chicks. Unless you are planning a road trip. I do wish that Briarwood was in Ontario...

Hi Chickax - I can't speak from personal experience (because i have not purchased from there as I live in Ontario) but you should check out Briarwood Poultry http://briarwoodpoultry.weebly.com/ they also have a facebook page. They have a lot of different breeds including the amaraucanas and...