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Good Luck, I think the hoop house idea with low roosts is an excellent idea. Contrary to what people have said, my broilers will go in or under a shelter every night. With this heat, make sure that there is cool shade for them to get into. Here is a picture of my last batch at 5 weeks...

By simple shelters, I built what looks like short tables with some old plastic roofing, one is 16" tall and the other is 24" so I can get the waterer under it, they are both 4' by 6'. When they soil the grass under then I move the shelters to new grass. Our hens are really mean to the...

With broilers and the net, they can squeeze through when they are young if the power is off. Please don't ask how I figured this out. I have A few simple shelters and the netting works great as it reduces the amount of work associated with the birds. I do put a few laying chicks in with the...

We have a fox that is seen every day, opossum, raccoons, my lab and the occasional coyote and do not have any problems at night. My tractor is up on blocks as well. Our lab nosed the fence once and will never do it again. I would think that an owl would be a problem but we have not had any...

This is my third batch of CornishX and I got sick of moving the tractor and having the birds shut in. I ordered the new premier poultry plus netting and couldn't be happier. I have 30 birds inside of 200' of netting and they use their tractor that I set up on cinder blocks for them to get...