OT/ Log Chinking (old method)

I'm interested in the old way of doing it, not back as far as sod or mud , but rather mortar type mix. Also what type of filler can we use. I have found a backer in six inch size, but the dang fools get two dollars a running foot for it. These logs have a gap of min 2" and probably 6" or 7" max. The logs have been pressure washed. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I have plastered up many rock walls with mortar. We thought perhaps chicken wire stapled in the cracks would help reinforce the joint, and maybe running in some screws part way in the log would anchor the mixture.

Thanks in advance.

I don't know how clear the cabin in the background will be, but if you shoot me an email, I can put you in contact with the gentleman that was responsible for taking down, and reconstructing this one. He is an expert, and has done three of these so far, with one of them being an addition to his own house.

Some of the chinking looked to be outside cuts from logs that were cut at a saw mill. Looked to be from the first cut when squaring the logs up. Some had the bark still on it. Then were split to fit between the logs and were almost triangle shaped.

The barns with the pegs had white dirt from one place on the farm that had that type dirt. This dirt was also used for whitewash. It would dry natural white. The white dirt was mixed with horse/mule hair and worked wet for the dobbing. The other barns we used red clay for dobbing. That had to be done almost every year but the white dirt dobbing was still in the older barns when they were taken down.

I'm sure different areas used different styles and different materials. What ever they had available in the area. Plus what part of europe they came from dictated they style they used.

Forgot to say all the loges were hand hewded/hewn (sp) The reason I know when the three barns were built is I talked to a gemtleman that help build those barns. He was born in 1900. He said the barns that had to wood pegs were already aged when he was working on the new barns.