An increasing number of small-flock keepers are choosing to raise meat birds for personal consumption, for profit or both. If you’re mulling over adding meat birds to your agricultural endeavors, include these factors in your deliberation.
A pasture poultry ark is a combination A-frame and chicken tractor. This floorless, movable coop is great for a few meat birds.
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NO NEED FOR A COOP: Due to the way birds bred to provide meat develop — accelerated muscle and flesh gain paired with slow-growing bones — a coop is not the optimal type of housing.