My four pullets have just started laying (5 eggs in the last 7 days). This morning around 9AM I heard a terrible cackling noise from the tractor, THREE chickens howling "bokbokbrGAWK!" at the top of their lungs. It was so loud, the dogs got freaked out and started barking! Quite a ruckus, let...
I feel SO TERRIBLE right now. I accidentally locked my chickens out of the coop (where their feeder is) ALL DAY. I left at 9AM, and came back at 915PM (right at dusk) to find a sad pile of chickens asleep on the ramp to the coop.
They are in a tractor, so they had access to grass all day. And...
Yep, about a month ago I broke my wrist while moving my chicken tractor. I had attached the tow rope to eye bolts, which I sank into the ends of the skids. When I was moving it one night, one of the eye bolts popped out, I spun clockwise and landed ON my right wrist.
Lesson #1: While dragging...
Hi all! I'm posting this for my friend, who has a coop sitting unused in her yard. Now that it's chicken season, she'd like the yard space back!
Free coop. Kinda funky, needs a little work (a rainproof cover for roof, last two were temporary) but free. Was attached to a run, would be easy to...