As much as I’ve enjoyed having a pair of tractored chickens again,
I have to admit that chicken tractor season is just about over.
With the first hard frost, all of the annual grasses and weeds died
back, leaving limited offerings for our tractored duo. I’ve taken
to dropping off some greenery every day (chickweed is preferred, but
oilseed radishes will be accepted), but even so I suspect these girls
would be happier with more space to forage.
I originally put these two hens in the tractor due to excessive flock size leading to pecking order issues,
and I’m leery of throwing them back into the main coop without solving
that underlying issue. Luckily, we’ll have a spare chicken coop in
a couple of weeks when the last round of broilers are done, so maybe
that will be these girls’ winter habitat? I’ll miss having the
tractor around to fertilize the forest garden, though.
Chicken tractor season
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Anna & Mark
Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton are a pair of back-to-the-landers who have been homesteading for over a decade.
No bugs left to eat?
Daddy — Unfortunately, the bugs seem to fade fast once weather gets this cold. Even out in the woods where they can scratch through leaves, our chickens seem to be finding much less.