Meat chicken pen

Thank you! Do you have any exterior photos? And also, that picture is so awesome 🤣 Oddly, , I don’t have much for photos of the exterior. But here’s what...

Im wanting to order some meat birds, Im thinking of getting 25. I havent built anything to keep them in yet. I just dropped 500 in my first coop for my...

We just butchered our first ever group of meat chickens, the process overall went pretty good, but there are definitely things that we will change next time. Here are some common mistakes with meat chickens. This year we had 37 cornish crosses that we raised in a chicken tractor for 10 weeks. We ended up...Read More

I built a simple Chicken Tractor to house my chicks until they are large enough to safely free range. This portable coop provides protection from predators and the elements while allowing the birds to graze on fresh grass and bugs daily. And they leave behind mowed grass and plenty of fertilizer! I use the two-wheeler to lift the front end slightly and roll the coop forward to fresh fodder daily.

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Would you like a chicken run or pen that you can ‘store’ when you don’t need it? Why not build a collapsible chicken run!

Today I am showing you how to build this hoop house, chicken coop, chicken tractor, heck it can even be a small greenhouse! I use wood from around the homestead as well as hog panels, bird netting and old plastic film. I plan to use pastured poultry to free range my Cornish Cross for our very first heavy meat chicken harvest.

Discover the rewarding journey of raising meat chickens for the first time. Learn about the breed, care, and challenges of novice farmers.

Are you nuts? Efficient farming depends on your circumstances. I live on only 3/4 of an acre in a very suburban area and raised 50 Freedom Rangers in...

We are starting a small chicken farm and will be raising layers. I took this raised garden bed idea a little further and developed a chicken pen especially to capture the chicken fertilizer. This idea is awesome because the chicken manure is captured in the 55 gallon drums underneath the pen. When you wash out the pens it is all captured then at each end i have a spigot (Not shown) to open up and drain it into 5 gallon buckets then use it for liquid fertilizer on all the fruit trees, plants…

Allowing your chickens to graze on fresh grass is a good thing — not just for them, but for you as well. The nutrients in green vegetation enhances the quality of their eggs and meat. And since fre…

Interested in raising meat chickens? Learn about chicken tractor set-ups and raising meat chickens in a chicken tractor.

Raising chickens for meat is a great way to increase your food independence. These meat chicken breeds are great for the small backyard homestead.

Chain link dog kennel converted to a chicken coop.

Raising meat chickens at home, by yourself, is not an easy endeavor but it is so worth it! We raised 60 cornish cross meat chickens this year and learned many things along the way. Here are all the mistakes we made raising meat chickens for the first time and everything we are going to do differently the next time. It is so satisfying raising our own chicken to eat throughout the year and we do highly recommend it! #meatchickens #cornishcross #chicken #meatsufficient #selfsufficient…