Comments on: Chickens: Housing and Management http://sustainablesmallholding.org Permaculture, and Sustainable practices on a Lincolnshire Smallholding Sun, 05 Feb 2017 15:17:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.8 By: Deano Martin http://sustainablesmallholding.org/chickens-housing-and-management/#comment-280471 Sun, 05 Feb 2017 15:17:11 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?page_id=3677#comment-280471 No Bret
I’m at university at the moment so no poultry. I was happy with the way that all of the elements performed but the chicken forage area was too far away from the house. I will tweak the system a bit when I’ve finished studying.

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By: Bret http://sustainablesmallholding.org/chickens-housing-and-management/#comment-280429 Sat, 04 Feb 2017 18:40:37 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?page_id=3677#comment-280429 Hi,

Curious to ask if you have made any improvements from observations (feedback loop) to your chicken system?

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By: Deano Martin http://sustainablesmallholding.org/chickens-housing-and-management/#comment-24134 Thu, 15 May 2014 16:32:08 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?page_id=3677#comment-24134 Not particulalry Frode, but rats eat eggs, at least ours do.
it’sjust nice to keep it secure.
Deano

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By: Frode Haugsgjerd http://sustainablesmallholding.org/chickens-housing-and-management/#comment-23148 Sat, 10 May 2014 16:58:47 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?page_id=3677#comment-23148 Are rodents burrowing in the bedding a potential problem? I don’t have experience with chickens, but grew up on a smal sheep farm. There bedding usually got too compacted and moist for rodents to thrive, the drawback is that it also hurts the composting process, so my father leaves the manure for at least a year before it is spread on the fields.

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By: Deano Martin http://sustainablesmallholding.org/chickens-housing-and-management/#comment-5765 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 11:58:02 +0000 http://sustainablesmallholding.org/?page_id=3677#comment-5765 Hi Veronica
If you want to utilise a concrete floor, just keep adding some earth to the beeding pack as it builds up. I use mole hill soil, and anything that I take out of the veg beds.
Deano

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