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  1. Hideaway Farm

    okay to not have feed and water overnight?

    My meaties are in a makeshift coop and having food and water in there is a pain in the neck (it was put together fast and on the cheap, thus not very efficient). It gets dark around 7:30 right now, and I open their coop at around 7:30 am, so that is 12 hours with no food or water. It occurred to...
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    Mixing birds of different ages: the intro

    I posted this in the Meaties forum but didn't get any replies so here I am... I have a batch of 21Cornish X broilers that are 4 weeks old and have been outside in a coop and run system for two weeks now. I have another batch of 26 broilers that are two weeks old and it is time to move them...
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    Raising meaties of mixed ages: problem with introducing them?

    Hi. I have 21 three week old Cornish Rock Giants and next week I will be adding another 26 birds to their coop and run when they graduate from their brooder ( so they will be two weeks old and the first batch will be four weeks old). I have never raised birds of mixed ages and was just wondering...
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    Raising Meaties without a tractor (free range...sort of)

    Last year we raised Cornish Rock Giants in a chicken tractor. It was 5x10 (2 ft tall) and held 25 birds at a time. I was not pleased with how much they dirtied the ground in the latter weeks, and the tractor could have been moved two or three times a day but it was a big job - it was heavy and I...
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