Meat chicken pen

What do chickens have to do with jewelry? Absolutely nothing. I just love my chickens. I mean common, they're adorable! Their names are Applesauce (left) and Puddin' (right) and we are going to be getting 2 more ladies to add to our family this Tuesday! They live in a cute little coop with a marigold garden and they LOVE to eat fresh grass. Grass and bugs are SUPER important to a chicken's diet. Every time I see egg cartons that say, vegetarian or grain fed, I want to roll my eyes in…

I found a design I really liked (curtesy of Rurally Screwed, don't want to annoy anyone!) I think it would work great for us, with the addition of a raised...

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

TODAY I WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO BUILD A SIMPLE CHICKEN TRACTOR WITH 2X4'S AND PLYWOOD THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO KEEP YOUR CHICKS SAFELY OUT ON GRASS.

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

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...

Myke Russel and Kathryn Cody, owners of November’s Harvest Farm in Limington, preparing for a chicken processing workshop at the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association’s eighth annual Farm and Homestead Day in Unity. | Photo by Sam Schipani If you want to raise birds for meat, backyard chicken

Well (finally) here are some pictures of my hoop house! Several folks have asked me for plans but this build was done ad-hoc so I didn't really have any plans to share. So, here are some links to a few different plans for building a similar hoop house/coop: Rain Creek Pottery Hoop Coop Chicken Tractor Backyard Chickens Hoop House Whole View Farm Hoop Coop The basic idea behind pastured poultry is to move the chickens to fresh grass each day. So the pen needs to be light enough to pull with a…

I won't say that I particularly love raising meat chickens. Fine. I'll say it. Meat chickens, even raised in the best of conditions, are still pretty gross. They're all fat... and feathery... and poopy and stuff.

Raising meat chickens is very simple and a great way to put meat in your freezer. Learn the easy way on how to raise chickens for meat!