A little door on the top of a
chicken tractor makes it easier to add scraps.
Sometimes scraps will attract
predators like racoons. That’s why we keep this tractor close to home
where our hard working dog Lucy can stand guard.
We’re trying an idea from a
comment on a recent sunflower
seed post.
It’s simple to try. Wrap a
shopping bag around the flower, secure bag at base.
I cut some air holes at the
bottom to prevent molding.
The one downside to all the
recent chicken tractor repairs has been weight gain.
Our nest
box collapsed last week
and instead of replacing the rotted wood I cut a piece of aluminum
flashing to support a straw nest.
Make sure the sharp edges are
out of the way. A metal nest bottom is much lighter than wood and won’t
rot after it gets a little moist.