A couple weeks ago our broody hen got our hopes up that she might be in the mood for Motherhood.
Now when we check on her she she’s frequently off the nest.
Maybe a heat pad under the nest would’ve prompted more sitting or maybe it’s just too cold?
How do we transfer chickens from the tractor back to the coop?
Anna has them conditioned to respond to the sound of some feed being shaken in a cup. A handy trick to have when chickens get in an escape mood.
The training is simple. Just do a lot of shaking every morning before you feed your flock. Anna’s method involves calling our girls “chickees” in her best 3rd grade teacher voice.
Farmers have been using ducks in Asia to help grow rice for centuries.
Once the rice gets to 25 days old they start releasing ducks in small groups of 10 or 20 depending on the size of the field.
Using this method avoids costly pesticides and fertilizers and you get the duck eggs and meat as a bonus. Maybe this process could be modified to work for cranberries or some other kind of bog crop?