We’ve been collecting eggs
for this year’s first round of incubation.
It’s important to choose
clean eggs, but don’t wash them clean. This would damage the invisible
bloom that surrounds the shell.
One thing we learned the hard
way was egg
storage for incubation. When storing for more than 4 days remember
to rotate each egg once a day with the large end up. This helps to
prevent the embryo from sticking to the shell.
Is there room for a chicken
tractor in a system of rotating poultry pastures?
A rotating
pasture system needs to
be chicken free during Winter months to give the plants time to bounce
back after all the poultry pounding they received during the Summer.
We have a forest pasture that most of the flock can forage
through during our cold season, but recently we discovered that a pair
of chickens in a tractor can get a lot of raised bed fertilizing done
moving it to a new spot each day.
Winter can be some slim
pickings for chickens looking for fresh bugs.
Cut a coconut in half, drill
a hole in the top, and suspend it above the ground at chicken height
for a healthy treat that provides entertainment to you and your flock.