Recent content by Frottoir

Heat tape well installed. I shut it down from its source when it is really cold and then open the line long enough to fill watering tanks, then shut it off and drain it down again overnight. If I can get inline nipples running, I will just heat tape the whole line. If properly installed I...

I have been in one, and from my perspective it was pretty sad. It was kept above freezing. What struck me was the silence. 100,000 hens and barely a peep or squawk. Silence of the birds. My escort was a middle aged hispanic man whom the owner referred to as "the boy". His job was to "walk...

Glad to be here! I hope I can give as well as I take. I rotate biannually, then I sell or give away older hens, which means I need to replace old hens of one color with new ones of another color so catchers can take the right birds. With an underground water supply coming up in my coop floor...

After 40 years of keeping layers, I now have come to realize that in order for me to attract more customers to my certified organic produce farm, I need to constantly have eggs for sale. In the past my flock has ranged from a dozen to 75 birds. Now I have increased that to 150-200. I have a...