I made this video in real time because whenever I make a sped up video (in the interest of time) so many of you were concerned about the chickens well being.
So, as you can clearly see, the hens are totally fine, walking at a totally doable pace, and none of them are getting squished (why would be smoosh our chickens? So counter-productive?!)
We wrote a manual so you can have this system on your farm and move your birds everyday without it being a huge time and energy consuming chore.
You will save so much time and money you will make up the cost of the manual and materials so quickly.
Get the manual on our site 3brothersfarmwi.com
And keep the flock moving
You can buy the manual for our sliding fence system
on our website —-> 3brothersfarmwi.com
Never handle your fencing again!
We designed this sliding fence system and it’s saved us hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars.
We never handle our poultry netting/fence and the whole system can be moved in minutes.
We wrote a manual for it so you can too!
It’s available as a downloadable PDF on our website.
https://www.3brothersfarmwi.com/manuals
Our farm is under two feet of snow and the temps are below zero. Our chickens are cozy in their greenhouses for the winter.
Now is the time for planning for next grazing seasons and assessing which systems need to be refined.
One system we’re not changing is our sliding fence system. We’ve worked on it for years then wrote a manual so you can build one on your farm!
It is attached to our mobile coops and we can move the whole system in minutes.
Best part ——> We NEVER handle our electric poultry netting.
That saves us several hours each week. And hundreds of dollars in labor each year.
Do the math for your own operation.
How long does it take to move your poultry fencing?
How often do you do it?
How often would you like to be doing it?
Lean up your pastured poultry operation this season.
Get the manual and keep the flock moving.
Thanks to @farm_show_magazine for the nice write-up on our Sliding Fence System!
“With 2,800 laying hens on pasture, Michael Gutschenritter had better things to do with his time than moving electric fence. His HenPen sliding fence saves time and energy.
Best of all, it leaves more time to spend with b his growing family and for other work on the family’s Three Brothers Farm. In addition to selling eggs direct to consumers and through a a network of local stores, he and his wife market lamb and wool produced on their 100-acre farm.
“I built the first one when our first daughter was born 4 years ago,” says Gutschenritter. “It worked so well that I added three more.”
Cost savings were immediately apparent. Gutschenritter realized he needed only a third as much electric netting. Time savings were apparent as well. He can move the entire 3,000-sq. ft. unit in less than 5 mins. Just hook on a tractor and go versus spending about 75 mins. per day moving fences by hand. Installing a guy wire at corners with each move is the only manual labor needed.”
