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  1. shadowmane

    Free range alternatives to broiler pens, tractors, and coops

    I'm getting more and more sold on a tractor and netting. I can cordon off portions of my yard and let them roam in there, then move them every week or so. That'll keep them from tearing up the whole yard.
  2. shadowmane

    Free range alternatives to broiler pens, tractors, and coops

    LOL... crows are evil birds. I love it when I see one flying by with two or three little birds chasing him. But then again, I hear crows are your best predator alarm as far as chickens go. They'll harass a hawk like the little birds harass them.
  3. shadowmane

    Free range alternatives to broiler pens, tractors, and coops

    I just wish I had that kind of acreage. I have 2 1/4 acres. Anything I do will have to be on the micro scale in comparison.
  4. shadowmane

    Free range alternatives to broiler pens, tractors, and coops

    I thought this was interesting.
  5. shadowmane

    Free range alternatives to broiler pens, tractors, and coops

    Have you checked into the Poulet Rouge commercial method? I know there is a company in Winston-Salem, NC that raises nakked necked broilers by that method. It'd be a niche market, but you can charge a better price for your birds. From what I read, you still have the poultry houses, but you...
  6. shadowmane

    Free range alternatives to broiler pens, tractors, and coops

    That's doable with about 10 pens if you do the pastured poultry. Also, I have seen the electric poultry fencing used with a central roosting place. They simply roam as far as they like, and come back as the sun goes down. I just visited a neighbor who runs Wild Turkey Farms in China Grove...
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