Last winter I went out every saturday morning and turned a years worth of goat stall debris, kitchen scraps and a couple of wagon loads of the neighbors best horse manure into a cubic yard of fantastic compost. Each weekend, my wife and daughter would hang out there and watch me work away...
I am new to all of this, and trying to research before asking questions, but I wondered - what about rock dust? I've got that in my barn stalls, and although I'm going to use a chicken tractor in all but the coldest months, I was thiking of creating a winter coop in one of the stalls. it has...
Thanks for the welcome everyone! I'm going to start digging into the forum now. I was reading about sand last night - I might end up building a winter coop in one of my barn stalls, and I'm starting to change my mind about what to use..
Thank you very much! I have been doing a TON of searches on chickens, chicken tractors, waterers... all searches led me here. I couldn't resist any longer ;)
Hello, I am Scott Cooper from Central VA. I am currently building a chicken tractor with my neighbor. We will have approximately 6 red sex-link hens, with a one week on, and one week off "visitation schedule" between our two back yards.
We are looking forward to fresh eggs, and a new...