Subscribe for new episodes:www.youtube.com Allen talks about how important it is to make sure that certain aspects of your property, like your poultry pens, are ready for a potentially harsh winter. Have a question for Allen? He’ll be checking in regularly, so be sure to leave your comments and questions below. A farm wouldn’t be a farm without animals. From sheep to chickens to donkeys, there are a lot of helping paws, claws and hooves at P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home Retreat. In 2009, inspired by a childhood spent on the farm raising and showing livestock and poultry, Allen Smith founded the Heritage Poultry Conservancy, an organization dedicated to the preservation and support of all threatened breeds of domestic poultry. P. Allen Smith is an award-winning designer and lifestyle expert and host of two public television programs, P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home, P. Allen Smith’s Garden to Table and the syndicated 30-minute show P. Allen Smith Gardens. More from Allen:www.youtube.com
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Mar 12
Chicken Coop Tear-down: Finished ~ 15 Mar 2012
The roof and sides of the old open-air, covered chicken coop/pen is down. The building of the new hen house outside the pen has since begun!
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Mar 12
Polyface Pen Dolly Construction Plans
This pen dolly is used to move Polyface style chicken pens (tractors). The width is 4 feet. The tires are 7 1/2″ and the axle is a 1/2″ bolt. The length of the handle should be not more than 6′. The one in the video is 7′ and it was too tall so the wooden board was added. The kink in the handle should be at about 4′ and could be kinked a bit more than is shown in the video. The material used is 1/2″ black iron pipe (used for some gas and fire sprinkler applications) available at most all plumbing supply stores.
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Mar 12
Polyface style Chicken Pen Construction
This is a walk around of the construction of a Polyface Chicken Pen. The complete cut list and a picture of the various parts can be found at www.henselfamilyfarms
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Mar 12
First Chicken Pens in Use
Polyface style chicken pens for Pastured Poultry at Hense Family Farms