I suppose it would be possible to buy a plucker and rent it out or hire oneself out to homesteaders or small farmers for a fee or a percentage.
(I know...too much time spent with Organic Gardening or Harrowsmith or Acres reading material!)
Now, I think that the pictures at the link back is interesting! Its a covered movable chicken yard....after they get all the ticks and bugs in one area you can shoo them back into their coop and lock it, then pick up the cover and move it to a new section of yard or garden, re attach the coop to the yard, open the door and let them out in a the new area to forage!
Manual reel lawnmower—does anyone know about these? I want to get one because I will be in large of mowing a medium sized lawn and like the quiet snick-snick as opposed to the roar and smell of a regular one.
I want one with a high setting, 3” or more, as the zoysia does much better when taller than it did when it was shorter. I will probably keep it a bit shorter but it may get too tall from time to time.
Is there any particular thing one needs tok or or consider? Do you have to sharpen the blades often? One site said every 6 to 8 mowings (without specifying the size of the area mowed 🤔), another said every 2 or 3 years...
And some sites say to get one with a slight gap between the thing and the blades because otherwise it will need sharpening less often, but I thought they needed to touch to cut?
No one in my family is all that crazy about chicken skins, so I skinned mine instead of plucking. MUCH faster, easier, and it doesn’t require scalding.