alabama":c3rgp2kr said:I would start building a chicken house but corn is almost $7. I guess I should fence my hay field and raise chickens on grass hoppers and grass seed one year and cut hay the next.
What kind of fence does it take to keep chickens in and how do yuu keep them from flying out? Also,how many chickens to the acre? Where do you get your chickens and how do you sell them?grannysoo":3n95afoe said:alabama":3n95afoe said:I would start building a chicken house but corn is almost $7. I guess I should fence my hay field and raise chickens on grass hoppers and grass seed one year and cut hay the next.
Some people may laugh about this, but it's workable. I have a small field (2.5 acres) where I finish off calves for butchering. I keep around 50 chickens in this field at all times. They love a "hot meal" from the calves and will peck every piece of grain out of it and spread it around. Between the calf manure, the chicken manure, the lack of grasshoppers, etc., this is the best looking field on my entire farm.
The chickens cost nothing to maintain most of the year and have so many benefits. Manure of all kinds is going to be our "black gold" of the future.
alabama":ikmhdl5e said:What kind of fence does it take to keep chickens in and how do yuu keep them from flying out? Also,how many chickens to the acre? Where do you get your chickens and how do you sell them?grannysoo":ikmhdl5e said:alabama":ikmhdl5e said:I would start building a chicken house but corn is almost $7. I guess I should fence my hay field and raise chickens on grass hoppers and grass seed one year and cut hay the next.
Some people may laugh about this, but it's workable. I have a small field (2.5 acres) where I finish off calves for butchering. I keep around 50 chickens in this field at all times. They love a "hot meal" from the calves and will peck every piece of grain out of it and spread it around. Between the calf manure, the chicken manure, the lack of grasshoppers, etc., this is the best looking field on my entire farm.
The chickens cost nothing to maintain most of the year and have so many benefits. Manure of all kinds is going to be our "black gold" of the future.
TNMasterBeefProducer":1owy6z96 said:Back in the winter time i think I paid about 400 a ton for triple 19. I always buy in the off season so it isnt so high