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Thanks for the suggestions. I called Premier and got an estimate on the fencing stuff. Not cheap! I also called some farm friends and they said as long as the hoop coop is free of drafts that is the most important thing and heat is not needed. They stack bales of hay around the bottom of their...

Quote: I dont have a hard time, it is easier with help, but I have done them by myself by holding them by thier feet and when thier wings spread, I clip thier feathers. I only clipped them a couple times, whenever they got to where they could fly over the fence, I got out the scissors again...

Thanks, both of you. Hmmmm, I hadn't thought of clipping the turkeys' wings again. I had done that last year and it was a huge chore -- took 2 people minimum -- one to hold, one to clip, and with so many turkey wings... ahhhh (almost 20 birds). I grew to dread it and I had to do it every 3...

Does anyone know if these hoop coops can be use all winter long?

The landlord doesn't want my birds (laying chickens and turkeys) free-ranging anymore because someone new is moving in next door on same farm. AAccckk. My birds have free-ranged for 4 years!! Landlord is helping me change things around tommorrow, but I'm freaking out because none of the...