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G'day Free,That looks like a permanent structure that they "live'' in...With all your snow I thought you want would something that could be packed away "flat " for the winter,my idea was a light weight structure they could "graze" under safely.................Hope the rain has stopped to make...

G'day G/L,are you in a "big" snow area?..If so what will you feed the bee's in winter?....If not don't to forget to look for some "winter flowering plants"' as well..................Bees will travel a fair distance to find pollen ,so wherever you buy have a look around the "district" for a food...

G'day Free,hope you are well and not "too" exhausted.....You sure gave me a laugh,"free to a good home" sounds like its pretty dangerous for one's health to me( LOL.)............... So back to the chickens:That sounds very sensible to me (letting them in with the "goats "in the winter.Do you...

G'day gang ,We awoke to 5c this morning (its only Fall yet)and yes they had a light dusting on the peaks(now I know this is "not "cold compared to you guys,)................Put in a "bush gate " to next doors Alfalfa and ran in 180 head for 1 hour,after lunch I added another 45 head and they...

G'day Free,A question:Is it more cost effective to buy "day old"and grow them out OR buy P O Lay Pullets?...Taking account of % of roosters,cost of feed and labor(I know your labor is free,but you could be doing something else which produces "income")............Do the roosters produce more...

G'day Gang,OK, we will star with this farms history(no wait a minute)I'll tell you how we got here first. About 40 years ago(in the dim distant past,lucky it was not last week or I would have forgotten,OLD TIMERS Desease. LOL)we sold our house in the burbs and moved onto 5acs and built a...

G'day Gang, I thought it might be "fun" and of interest to some of you The memories of the last 10 years of drought are starting to fade now(lucky I have the photo's to remind me )and we are hoping to get a couple of "good seasons" before we slide back into tougher times.. Well this morning we...

Hey Free ,saw you were on so,we will move on to the next step. 1.What is your production system now?EG: do you start each spring with POL pullets,sell them in the fall and set eggs over winter to start with pol the next spring. 2.What do you see as the terminal size of the flock? 3.Are you...

G'day Free,so lets put on our thinking caps. 1.what sort of "snow" do you get?THIS OR THIS 2.Is it to be "fixed or towable"(skids sounds like you want to be able to move it around the paddock)? So lets establish these two points first.(this could become quite a "saga"...