GA'DAY FROM ONTARIO, (GAMEFOWL)

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome To BYC! Sounds like you have a really nice set up for your birds, sorry about the ones you lost, this has been a rough winter.
A good place to post pictures if you want help identifying birds is the What Breed Or Gender Is This Forum, or on threads for the type of bird it is if you know. Here is are a couple of threads on games where people might be able to help https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/106767/show-off-your-games and https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/613455/show-off-your-american-gamefowl ... you may also be able to find breeders who have hens available in those kinds of threads

You might try posting in the Canada thread, or in the state threads for the states near you for a better chance of finding local birds. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/270925/find-your-states-thread When you have 20 posts you can also post a Want ad in the BYC Buy-Sell-Trade forum (and check out the sales).

 

[Kelsie2290]

i am not sure if you have seen it, but there is a section on homemade incubators in the BYC Coops section, most have details on how to make them, some fo those might be what you are looking for? https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/homemade-chicken-egg-incubator-designs-pictures

 

[Kelsie2290]

For tips on dealing with your weather, I would check out what people in the Canada thread and state threads with similar weather recommend, there are also some threads that have nice nice tips on dealing with winter https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/822765/winter-is-coming-checklists-tips-advice-for-a-newbie and this thread has links to some good articles https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/736771/can-chickens-stand-the-cold-weather

 

[CANADIANGAMES]

THANKS KELSIE2290, THATS A BIG HELP, GAMFOWL USED TO BE BIG UP HERE, THERE MAKING A COMEBACK NOW ..
I BELIEVE AS YOUR STARTING TO SEE WAY MORE AT CHICKEN SHOWS, THESE BIRDS ARE SOMETIMES A LIL CAGEY, BUT WOULD DIE FOR THER HENS.

MY "BIG JAKE" BRH CHASED OFF MY NEIGHBOURS SHEPARD DOG. GAVE HIM A GOOD SPURRIN' LOL , NEIGHBOUR PHONED ME UP AND WONDERED WHY HIS DOG WAS NERVICE NEAR THE FENCE LINE , I LET HIM KNOW BIG JAKE , SENT HIM HOME , HE LAUGHED AN SAID HED KEEP A CLOSED EYE ON HIM FROM NOW ON. I KNOW HE REPESTS BOUNDRYS CAUSE HE HAS FOWL OF HIS OWN.

I WILL POST A PIC OF THIS ( AMERICANO X BRH ROOSTER OF HIS) AMAZING COLORING!!! (HAS THE AMERICANOU BEARD TOO LOL)

 

[drumstick diva]

does the silkie really survive your winters?

 

[sourland]

G'day, and welcome to BYC.

 

[CANADIANGAMES]

Yup silkies do fine, I have lower ground pens as I found they don't need a tall pen , as they seem to roost on the ground, old wooden boxes from the liquer store work great, 5-6" of straw and a lil roof, they all huddle up in there, (2H/1R)

I picked them up and then found out how to build those coolabators. So the silkies are at my neighbours now. Living with his flock.

He just has a mini box full of straw in a larger coop. As the rest of his like to roost way up high.

 

[tinalupan]

Good looking roundheads you got there...I've got Canadian Clarets and a few white leg battlecross roundheads with hatch blood in them.

 

[CANADIANGAMES]

What side of the border are you tinalupan? Canadian side? I'm trying to find 5-10 hens for my roosters,

Currently at (1 asil rooster, 2 BRH roosters, 1 game hen, and 2 crossed RIR/BRH FARM HENS , my BRH GOT MY RIR HEN LAST YEAR.)

so like I was saying my boys need some girls lol

 

[CANADIANGAMES]

Tinalupan can't thank you enough!! I'll map quest and take a drive out, I'm not picky , just seems a shame to have gone threw the trouble of gettin the boys threw winter to have one poor hen inbetween the 3 of the roosters, I have them all separated so they don't harrass her to death lol

Thanks again!