The Ag Engineering podcast is a conversation with small scale fruit and vegetable farmers to discuss tools, tips or techniques to improve the sustainability of your farm. In this episode, we visit with Kyle Doda and Betsy Simpson of 1000 Stone Farm Farm (https://www.1000stonefarm.com/) about automated infrastructure to raise a small flock of laying hens.
Show Notes
1:41 Managing chickens for fertility
6:04 Cost for the automatic door
6:52 Reliability of the solar door
8:57 Eliminating pets with a flashing light
12:42 Fencing
15:44 Management in winter
19:21 Ordering fence online
19:37 Chickens for fertility
Roll out Nesting boxes used: From Stromburgs Chickens
Kyle’s Source for electric poultry netting & automatic chicken door & heated watering bucket: Premiere 1 Supplies
This watering bucket is heated to prevent freezing in winter 
Kyle feeding the birds 
The Automatic Poultry Door 
A solar powered light for deterring night time pests 
The chickens are housed in the mobile coop and inside the caterpillar tunnel for protection from the winter elements. The pallet wall helps to block the wind from entering the tunnel.
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