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I have had enough of the chicken tractors for my broilers. They are never large enough and storing them in the off season is a pain. I am going to change to the electric netting. Bigger pen, easiler set up and store in a smaller area. Here are my questions: What would be a good shelter in...

I have 50 broiler chicks less than a week old. All have been healthy until today when two of them seemed to have passed their own intestines and died. 15 yrs of raising chicks I have never seen this. Any idea what this is? Dave Schneider

I am looking for bronze turkeys to raise for Thanksgiving. If anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate it. I have never understood why all of the major hatcherys stop selling turkeys before the time you would buy them to make weight for Thanksgiving. Dave

It is 3 am and for the third night I have gone to the coop because my dogs have gone nuts. The first night I found an adult hen dead in the coop. I left it there until morning. In the morning it had been draged out of the coop, but still in the barn and eaten on. I left in again and set a...

I have a large plastic waterer from TSC. It has a slow leak in it and I can not find it. Anyone have a trick for locating the source of the leak?

Tired of broken eggs in my kids coat pockets. Need to find something to carry eggs up from the barn in. Gave them a basket and they rolled into each other and broke. What is the solution for clumsy kids and fragile eggs? Dave

I have a mixed flock of layer about 5 months old. I also have two older hens that have stopped laying. I just brought the youngins into the coop this week. I have always kept a light on my hens and played around with the hours of light in the past but can not find a source to tell me what is...