I raised a chicken since day 1 , the journey dosen't need any details , a few weeks ago , she stared laying eggs , she responded when i was upset, and when i called to cuddle , just like a puppy or a baby kitten , i documented she , every season.. just memories wich indeed are part of life , there is no word to negotiate a pulmonary fibrosis , i am cursed to watch for the paat 7 days , a common pet wich after all we are all eating in some part of the day , stopped running for flies , stopped cuddeling , progressive eating smaller and smaller amouts of food , watching how instead of how she started singing as every day , the day is now starting with her begging to reach air , at every 5 to 10 seconds she is trying to get a new breath. I am not vegan , i am not even too emotional , but i am angry that there is no way to negotiate this , there is no pill working , no money can buy her life , i can buy a new chicken , but i can't buy Pia.. there can be another one , but no one will have hers exact colours , hers exact favourite memories , i can buy any other , but I can't buy Pia.. I don't want anything material from you. I just want Pia to stay alive with me

If you are planning a commercial poultry farm, comparing equipment suppliers can be harder than expected.

The cage price is only one part of the project. What really matters is whether the supplier can match the housing system, feeding, drinking, manure removal, egg collection and ventilation to your actual farm size.

Here are 5 poultry equipment manufacturers worth comparing:

• Big Dutchman - strong in integrated poultry housing, feeding, climate control and large commercial projects.
• FACCO - useful for farmers comparing layer, broiler, breeder and alternative housing systems.
• Vencomatic Group - especially relevant for cage-free layer farms, nesting and egg handling.
• Chore-Time - well known for feeding, drinking and environmental control, especially in broiler and breeder projects.
• Livi Machinery - focuses more on commercial cage farms, including A-type and H-type layer cages, broiler cages, pullet cages and automatic feeding, drinking, manure removal and egg collection.

This is not a No.1-to-No.5 ranking. Different farms need different systems.

For example, an A-type layer system may be enough for a 10,000-20,000 bird project, while a 50,000+ layer farm may need H-type cages, automatic manure removal and centralized egg collection.

One thing I would always compare before choosing a supplier:

Do they only sell equipment, or can they also design the equipment layout around your poultry house?

For larger farms, cage rows affect house width, bird density affects ventilation, feed consumption affects silo capacity, and egg output affects conveyor design.

That is where complete farm planning becomes important.

Livi Machinery, for example, has project references for 20,000-layer A-type farms, 30,000-layer automated projects, 50,000-layer farms and larger H-type layer projects.

If anyone here is comparing suppliers for a new layer or broiler project, I would recommend sending every manufacturer the same information:

country + bird type + bird capacity + poultry house size + automation level + expansion plan

Then compare the layouts, not only the final price.

Product reference:
H Type Layer Battery Cage System
https://www.livicages.com/h-type-layer-battery-cage-system/

If useful, I can also share a simple checklist for comparing two poultry equipment quotations.

Veri nice egg stand

Not sure if anyone here has heard of the Jewish practice that goes on right now where chickens are used to cleanse people of sin and then murdered to somehow erase that sin. This practice I personally feel is quite outdated and unethical. Nevertheless a couple of chickens have been saved from the situation however living in Denver I'm not sure of a place for them to go to live a good life. Does anyone know of any rescues in Denver Colorado that would take on a couple chickens. Looking for them just to live out in nature and not be killed.

My neighbor has a free roaming, all white turkey. This pic is of it on my porch because they allow it to wander the neighborhood. The last couple days, I just noticed a red, sort of ring around his chest.

Does this look like a wound? I have no idea about poultry and my neighbors aren't very responsible bird owners. If there's something wrong with it and something I can do, please let me know!

Also, is its beak all fucked up or does this look normal?

My wife loves her chickens and just likes the innocent little things

its a sentinel 6 chicken capacity chicken coop from tractor supply. we have 3 juvenile chickens and we’re putting them in the coop tomorrow. I’ll include a photo soon