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    Does an A-frame coop/run need a real floor or can it be open air?

    Ahh very nice trick, I’ll have to implement that as well!
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    Does an A-frame coop/run need a real floor or can it be open air?

    How many you got going in there? Are they the Tyson birds?
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    Lost a 3 week old baby chick

    I also had one die unexpectedly at about 12 days. Big healthy looking girl too. The brooder is a bit crowded but she wasn’t in a corner, just right in the middle sprawled out. She got a proper burial. Moving out to tractors this weekend.
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    15 day chicks in TN. Are they ready to pasture?

    I’m in southern middle TN, nights shouldn’t get below 60 anymore. Are these birds ready to be tractored? The only spots I don’t see full feathers are on their heads and under their wings. I figured that when they settle down at night they will have full coverage with their current condition.
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    Does an A-frame coop/run need a real floor or can it be open air?

    You could go with a chicken tractor design. Meant to be moved daily to fresh grass, it’s open bottom, there are some that have a roost/coop built into the top for them to be enclosed at night. Mostly used for broilers but they can work for layers as well.
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    Are my chickens safe if we seldom see any predators

    If you have Amazon prime you can get a pretty good deal on hardware cloth, I believe 48”x100’ 19 gauge 1/2” hardware cloth is about $140-150 and free shipping.
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    New Member out of Lewisburg, TN

    Thanks for the info. These birds are not egg-layers so they don’t need boxes, the general rule for broilers in a tractor is 2sqf per bird. The Saladin tractor calls for 75 broilers in 100 sqf space, I wouldn’t bunch them together this tight personally. I have posted on the correct forum as well...
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    Broiler Tractors

    Hello! My name is Jacob, I have been in Lewisburg for almost 5 years now. I had 6 leghorns when I got here in 2020, they were allowed to free range and were locked in a horse stable at night. A pack of coyotes took 3 at around 2pm in november or december after learning that they would not be...
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    New Member out of Lewisburg, TN

    Hello! My name is Jacob, I have been in Lewisburg for almost 5 years now. I had 6 leghorns when I got here in 2020, they were allowed to free range and were locked in a horse stable at night. A pack of coyotes took 3 at around 2pm in november or december after learning that they would not be...
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