Haven't had chickens for 30 years, but got a backyard flock of 6 ready to lay hens just 3 days ago. We have a veggie garden and I can for the winter, try to buy locally raised meat (and eat less of it) and have been buying free-run eggs for the past while but no one has them close to us, so we...
I just got my chickens (ready to lay hens) three days ago and moved them into a nice little chicken tractor...but I can't get them to leave their house. Underneath is a nice fenced area for them to scratch and run, but they won't go down the ramp so far. Today, we lifted one hen out and put...