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  1. davidchickens

    Pasture Model

     At 50 hens per acre, the pasture thrives except right around the houses  At 200 hens per acre, pasture will be destroyed http://www.plamondon.com/sare.pdf [/quote So it thrives at 50, dies at 200. What's your estimate for 100 to 125?
  2. davidchickens

    Pasture Model

    No, I've been working on this plan for a future project. The grass back their doesn't dry out. It's really good grass. Maybe starting with fewer would be a good idea...
  3. davidchickens

    Pasture Model

    By "wet" I mean after a rain for (several days) there are areas that, if I step on them (I'm 280), I'll make an inch or two imprint into the ground. This is mostly in the winter months (late December to February). During the summer it's fairly firm (it is soft soil, never very dry, but dry...
  4. davidchickens

    Pasture Model

    Alright, I asked a question similar to this a while back, but I didn't have as much information and I have a slightly better plan now (I think!). I've measured out an area about 160 by 120 feet (I measured in such a way so the margin of error is greater than 160 by 120, not less, so I'm safe!)...
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    Comment by 'davidchickens' in article 'Cream Legbars - from chick to adult'

    I love this. I hope little frodo is coming along well lol! Lord of the Rings names ehe? Cool beans!
  6. davidchickens

    Comment by 'davidchickens' in album 'My Swedish Flower Hens'

    Beautiful!
  7. davidchickens

    Chicken Space Consequences

    Oh, I certainly intend to feed them! I was just hoping the feed costs would fall, not disappear lol! I should have made myself more clear sorry!
  8. davidchickens

    Chicken Space Consequences

    No, I havent put the fence up. I'm making plans for next year. As for electronet, I have considered it. The only thing holding me back was that the price of electronet always seemed a bit high. Regular fencing, while more labor intensive, always seemed the better deal financially. Still, if I'm...
  9. davidchickens

    Chicken Space Consequences

    I hope this is the right place for this question: Say you have 45 square foot per chicken. The land soaks up a little bit more rain that most places (the ground is very low). It usually has thick grass in the spring and fair grass in the summer. There are about 8 young trees (3-4 years old...
  10. davidchickens

    Official BYC Poll - How Many Square Feet Per Chicken?

    I got 11+, but only because I have so few chickens at the moment. At present my three chickens are sharing some 160 square feet. Usually, I'd have something like a dozen.
  11. davidchickens

    Best Type of Pasture Pen For Large Laying Flock

    Hi. It has been a long while since I've posted anything on here. We have been very busy. On planning for chickens for next year, I was wondering: who keeps a relatively large flock (25-50) of hens in some sort of pasture pen or chicken tractor. Has anyone doen this? The closest thing I've seen...
  12. davidchickens

    Poem Dedicated to Chickens Everywhere (Or, The Marching/Foraging Anthem of Fowls)

    Thank You!
  13. davidchickens

    Poem Dedicated to Chickens Everywhere (Or, The Marching/Foraging Anthem of Fowls)

    Hope I posted this in the right spot. I think you'll like it. "Oh, cheer up my chooks, Tis' to Glory you Scratch! With beaks bearing high, You shall prepare the hatch! To honor we call you, as free birds not slaves! For who are as free, as the fowls of the plain!" "Hearts of yolk...
  14. davidchickens

    Injured bird during pecking order "debate"

    Alright. The two that are left are still in their cage. I'm considering trying to release them today. Any more advice?
  15. davidchickens

    Injured bird during pecking order "debate"

    Thanks for the advice! Also love that pen! Ours is much more "makeshift" lol! The pullets are getting bigger but are still slightly smaller than the rest, so release day will probably be NEXT Saturday! Thanks guys for the support!
  16. davidchickens

    Injured bird during pecking order "debate"

    UPDATE: I'm sorry to say that pullet died in the night. Now only two of the original four are left. I have them in a very secure wire cage inside the coop. It's floorless so the poop goes right down, but it's kinda small, about two by three feet. I hope it doesn't take more than a week for the...
  17. davidchickens

    Injured bird during pecking order "debate"

    I introduced some new pullets. Of course, they are bullied day and night in the regular fashion, but two of them are okay, for the most part. However one of them lost some feathers. I didn't worry at first because I'd had hens lose some feathers before from Cocks and had always been alright. I...
  18. davidchickens

    Three Week old Chicks with pullets

    Okay, thus far no one is getting hurt, but the little one's avoid the big ones like the plague. Seriously, the pullets on one side, the chicks will go to another. Somehow three got outside this morning. They stayed near the heat lamp, so there okay. Still concerned with how they got out.
  19. davidchickens

    Three Week old Chicks with pullets

    BYC members. Last month I bought 11 easter egger chicks from first monday, as well as four BR pullets (4 months but still kinda small). One of the pullets died but the other three are okay. The chicks outgrew their box brooder in a week, so I split them between two boxes. Now they where...
  20. davidchickens

    New Chicks!

    Good!
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