I'm currently building 2 tractors, both 3ft tall, 5ft wide, and 10ft long. I need enough fencing to go around and over the top, leaving the bottom open. I don't want to use chicken wire, as I know it's not predator proof, but I also don't have a ton of money to throw into fencing. I've seen so...
So, I made a homemade feeder that contains a 5 gallon bucket worth of food. However, there's just not enough room for all the chickens to eat. They fight and pick over it. This is in a tractor so it needs to be easy to fill, but I need to be sure everyone can get to the food. Any suggestions? I...
I'm considering building a modified version of this: http://www.pvcplans.com/PoultryPen.pdf 3 feet tall for turkeys. The interior space is 100 sqft, as it's 10x10. How many turkeys would reasonably, ethically fit in that space, with enough room to forage?
We've always done free access to dry feed for the chickens, but we've now switched to using fermented feed. I feed them in the morning when I let them out, but I'm not sure how much I should be feeding them. They're free range all day, but they're also lazy and will stay in the coop all day if I...
So, my colony is currently a dog run from the previous owners of the house. It's HUGE and it makes me very happy. But for the moment the rabbits are all locked into their cages at night until I get up in the morning, and there's a piece of plywood I put over the top if I think it might rain. I...