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That's really neat! We use the front end loader on our tractor to lift and push our chicken tractor. The kids push on either side to get it to move in the direction we want. They may be cheaper than a robot, but probably not!

Thanks for the information. Right now, she's bedding down under the lawn mower with the chicks. I've to the smaller pullets out of the tractor, and hubby and I cleaned and moved it today, so hopefully she gets the hint and will take them in there. If not, I may have to catch the chicks and...

The hen brought the chicks over to the roosting area and was walking around with the rest of the flock this morning. She had four little cotton balls following her around! They are identical, so I think they are all white leghorn/buff laced polish crosses. I'll take some decent pictures...

I have chicks! Several of them, by the sound of it. I've only seen one - it was white, so it's a leghorn/polish cross. I've not seen any of the others, but I'll leave the hen alone until she brings them out from under the bushes, then see about housing them in the chicken tractor. I've got...

Thanks for the advice, Mrs. K. I do know what the fertile eggs look like (bullseye) and I know some of them are definitely fertile, but I haven't checked for percentages. He has his favorites - usually the leghorns and the Wyndottes, both of which lay quite a few eggs at a time, so hopefully...

That's a great plan Mrs. K! Mine are locked up this week because my egg production is down again. The last time it happened, I found the nest and was going to clean it out so I'd know if any of the newer eggs laid there were fresh. When I went to clean it out, there was a broody sitting on...

I free range my birds, and at dusk, just before they would go to roost, I go out with mealworms and get them into the coops that way. Otherwise, about half of them would roost in the rafters of the barn and poop all over everything. As it is, I can get 95% of them into the big coop and the...