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Who are your heroes? Another 59 seconds of a Day in the Life at Featherman... https://youtu.be/AAq3xpccop0

A month ago we were wondering if the Covid Crises would create - https://mailchi.mp/feathermanequipment.com/may2020news

Here’s a snippet from the new Schooner Construction video by Brian Hilbert. This video clearly explains each step in your Schooner construction from tools you will need to a home made spacing jig. The video will be available to all Schooner owners. Here’s Brian with Step 6 - Erecting Hoops https://youtu.be/zq6HSLzmOHA

Baby Chicks are the New Toilet Paper! - https://mailchi.mp/fea/baby-chicks-are-the-new-toilet-paper

How many Broilers per Acre do you grow? Using a 1/4 mile section (40 Acres) and assuming we have 40’ shelters moved once daily, 1/4 mile = 5280/4 = 1320’ on a side... 1320/40=33 moves if they go end to end which is about perfect for a batch of broilers 1320/20 = 66 lanes If a grower puts 1000 broilers out per batch (2 shelters of 500 each) and puts a new batch out every week she could run 33 weeks or almost 8 months, eg., April 15 to Nov 1, and raise 33,000 broilers. 33,000/40= 825 broilers per acre. This may be a reasonable system for most farms between 35-45* latitude. What is your latitude and broiler season length? Below 35* latitude growers can grow 10 months of the year in moveable shelters. In south Texas and Florida 11 months with a summer break for the extreme heat. In Florida the sandy soils drain quickly and thrive with two broiler passes per year, giving Florida producers a large advantage in land and resource utilization. So...how many broilers per acre do you grow? How has this changed with shelter design? With your net per bird, how many dollars does your broiler enterprise contribute per acre?

Move planning. Assembling. Brooding. Wind mitigation. Catch techniques. Turning. Winterizing. Transporting between farms. Tarping. Nest boxes. Watering. Misting. Feeding strategies. We have had interest in a LARGE SHELTER FOCUSED discussion group here. Anyone interested in a Schooner/MRC/Hoop Coop non-type discriminating forum focused specifically on large movable shelter management issues? MOVE PLANNING EXAMPLE: With two or more units, what are the best movement, staggering, turning at the end row strategies?

Heifer Project using Prairie Schooners Titanic, Intrepid, Black Pearl, and Flying Dutchman 14:15 Schooners 25:18 Schooner tools they carry 31:50 Ingenious turning protection... 33:30 Turning strategy 36:20 Ingenious catch https://youtu.be/oPUhpFREdTg

CAFO/NO CAFO? The Farm System Reform Act of 2019 calls for an immediate and permanent moratorium on the construction and expansion of all large CAFOs. Which do you support? https://newfoodeconomy.org/two-new-bills-booker-cafo-facto/

Check out the awesome pasture shelters.

https://www.porkbusiness.com//chipotle-raises-its-animal-w Food leader Chipotle to adopt highest European welfare standards for poultry. Does 1 square foot of space bird inside a house sound like welfare to you?

Schooner Mounted Best Net Boxes. Really nice set up! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6O-IWwJz0Y&t=287s

Prairie Schooners made the front page of today’s NY Times!

Brian Christopher Hilbert of Rocky Mountain Pastures scores a perfect 10!