I was just on this forum to ask if it's a problem if I "hose down" my batches of free-range broiler birds in this 105 heat. They're panting in the shade and miserable. I've showered them before with the hose and they run away from it. I wonder if it's a problem if their feathers get wet and...
I see we're not the only ones with a chicken tractor called "Coop de Grass." Hard to be original. My friend down the road has Cluckingham Palace, which I think wins the prize! Also, she has her ducks in the Quacker Box!
Our first chicken tractor is the Coupe de Poop.
Oh dear. I was so worried I'd hear that response.
We'll give her a few days longer to see if she gets more mobile... We altered her hobble...
Thank you.
--di
My husband and I raise "freedom rangers" as broilers, in small flocks of 100 at a time, free-range, with moveable shelters.
We receive shipments of baby chicks once a month.
In the last shipment, from day one, there was one chick who wasn't scooting about like the others. We isolated her, gave...