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    Pasture Poultry Coop for Rainy Seasons

    Very true. I would just have to muster up the moxie to write "The Godfather".
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    PVC and Metal Fencing round-tractor

    Has anyone used these round pens and figured out the advantages/disadvantages in a pasture system. Going through some simple math it seems as if making your tractors/pens using the circular method, out of PVC, would be a lot cheaper than making roughly the same size square pen. It seems the...
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    Pasture Poultry Coop for Rainy Seasons

    Yeah, he did suggest spreading hay in his book. Which seems like it would work in Virginia. However, in VA's rainiest month of the year they average about 4 inches during that month. I'm probably going to be dealing with a lot more rain at times. I guess what I'm saying is I would like to find a...
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    Pasture Poultry Coop for Rainy Seasons

    Hello, I am new to BYC and learning a lot. I am moving to Caribbean island in 6 months with my wife and would like to produce our own broilers using Salatin's method. Fortunately, the temps in the Caribbean (besides being slightly hot some days) will be perfect. No snow. Unfortunately...
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    Anyone have a source for ROSS COBB eggs/chicks?

    This might sound a little crazy, but there are several very large world-wide trade websites that importers/exporters use on a daily basis (ex. Tradekey.com). I have been looking on a lot of these sites and have found a lot of companies out of Egypt, Brazil, Jordan, that not only have hatching...
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    Viability of Salatin's Book Today?

    I just purchased his book as well. It's funny, it is suppose to arrive today, which made me the title of this post stick out! I read the same review on how it does not touch on marketing through the internet. I thought about it, and even if his book was written in 2005, it probably wouldn't...
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    Do I really need to supplement?

    gritsar, thanks, that makes sense.
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    Do I really need to supplement?

    Quote: If chickens are in the pasture, do you still need to supplement with oyster shell or do they pick that up on their own?
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