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FARM & POULTRY MANAGER – Cornwall A fabulous opportunity to live and work on our home farm nestled in the heart of Cornwall. We are looking for an experienced and energetic Farm Manager to join our home farm team to manage our 70-acre farm and laying poultry flock. The Role You will be...

Hi all, we are free range turkey farmers and have some sheds on light sandy land and our only other land is heavy clay. I’m wondering if anyone has some advice on if there is anything I can do to help the drainage around the shed if we were to put a shed on our heavier clay land. The turkeys...

has anyone designed and built some sort of scraper to scrape out under the system, we don't have scrapers under our system and I was thinking of building a telescopic boom that sits on our merlo at 90 degrees to the headstock and booms out under the system with a 2-3ft blade on and pulls the...

What are the best chickens to keep for free range eggs, thanks

We have the opportunity to get into free range egg production. (Yes another one!) We are still working out the returns, but there seems to be a large disparity between the technical performance of the hens. Would anyone mind sharing their figures (actual or budget) for the following: Eggs/bird...

We've just had our first flock go out of a multi-tier free range system and the washing company managed to do over £1200 worth of damage to motors and circuit boards, they claim they have no liability for any damage caused by water. They didn't cover up any motors or electrics, has anyone else...

After the success of the "chicken shed build" thread, I thought you might like to see the new Poultry House video. Hopefully it will give you all an insight into the design and manufacturing process. All feedback is welcome. Hope you enjoy.

De Lacy Executive has been retained to recruit a Farm Manager to take responsibility for a 32,000 bird, Free Range Egg facility in North Scotland. The farm is situated in the stunning surroundings of Scotland, overlooking the coast. This is an exciting opportunity to join a business with a...

Anyone using Hyline birds on multi teir systems? Are they having problems with floor eggs, thinking of having Hylines next flock and would like people's option over Bovans. thanks in advance.