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  1. GiantChickensRock

    Sand or Deep Litter for Large Barn-style Coop with 70+ Chickens

    Great idea, thank you! We only have pines and cedars, so no piles of leaves here on our property, and we are rural - no subdivision - but my mom has oaks in her yard and has brought me a bag or two of leaves from time to time, the chickens love kicking them around (once they got past the fright...
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    Sand or Deep Litter for Large Barn-style Coop with 70+ Chickens

    Sorry Ted, I forgot to mention that these are all free-range chickens, even in the winter they go out and wander our three and a half acres which are mostly clover field (we also keep bees) with a band of cedars (their favorite hangout spot) and we are adding more trees and bushes this spring...
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    Sand or Deep Litter for Large Barn-style Coop with 70+ Chickens

    I live in Wisconsin and have a large 24' x 12' barn style coop with 12' x 15' run attached. Currently I have sand (over dirt) in the coop but the poop cleanup with 70+ chickens is just overwhelming. I'm wondering if deep litter method in the coop might work better, but I'm hesitant to try it...
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    Where to attach feed troughs to a Salatin-style chicken tractor

    Thanks - I may hinge BOTH sides and have a solid piece in the middle for structure/support. I'm also trying to make it somewhat easy to CATCH the birds on freezer camp day - which would require access from both ends (and maybe a muskie net). I think the pictured tractor is 10x10 so mine will...
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    Where to attach feed troughs to a Salatin-style chicken tractor

    Has anyone built a Salatin-style chicken tractor for meat birds/cornish cross, who could share photos of where/how they attached the feeders? I am planning to run the water cup system down one side fed by a 5-gallon bucket, and I'm trying to figure out where to put the feeders where they'll be...
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    Splash genetics in Jerseys and Australorps

    Thank you, I wasn't sure that the splash gene in Jerseys was the same splash gene in Australorps. For example there are blue brahmas and lavender brahmas and they look somewhat similar but they are different genes.
  7. GiantChickensRock

    Splash genetics in Jerseys and Australorps

    I have a dozen Jersey Giants that are black, blue, or splash (and one blue rooster) and I also have black and splash Australorps. I'm going to be introducing a splash Australorp rooster this spring. I'm not an SOP breeder, I just love the body style of the U-shaped hens over the round...
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    Mt. Healthy Hatchery

    I am really hoping to pick up some Jersey Giants from the 'big name in jerseys' Maria - her roosters have been known to reach 24 lbs. I am looking for BIG BIG hens that won't get squashed.
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    Mt. Healthy Hatchery

    JMac, may I ask how large these got? I have been unable to find an Australorp breeder in all of Wisconsin, and the Australorps I got from Farm & Fleet turned out disappointingly small. Like, maybe 5 lbs. I have jersey giant and brahma roosters, big fellows, and while I love australorps these...
  10. GiantChickensRock

    Deworming large free-range semi-feral flock

    Thank you, I found someone selling a smaller amount and have ordered it. Appreciate the recommendation.
  11. GiantChickensRock

    Deworming large free-range semi-feral flock

    Unfortunately we are unable to get Flubenole in the US. I am going to try Safe-Guard Aquasol per the University of Pennsylvania: https://extension.psu.edu/deworming-backyard-poultry
  12. GiantChickensRock

    Deworming large free-range semi-feral flock

    Alas, I am in Wisconsin, USA. I did spot that stuff in my online research and it is not available here.
  13. GiantChickensRock

    Deworming large free-range semi-feral flock

    I have solar lights in the barn so it's never super dark. So far what I'm hearing is that my ONLY option is to dose them individually?? What do the large scale commercial places do, I wonder?
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    Deworming large free-range semi-feral flock

    They roost in my barn. I could potentially grab exactly one and the rest would scatter and then avoid me for a few days. I am specifically looking for a hands-off deworming strategy.
  15. GiantChickensRock

    Deworming large free-range semi-feral flock

    Hello all! First time poster, long time lurker. :) I have a flock of about 60 free-range chickens and I've noticed a few of them with some symptoms of worms, and also have noticed worms after a heavy rain washed away the poop they were hiding in. Folks with larger flocks, what method do you...
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