affect of chicken tractor on pasture

[crperdue]

Now that we actually have had some rain, you can really see how pasture reacts to the chicken tractor.

Here you can see how the chicken tractor got its name. Even these small birds really tear up
the ground. These are 5 week old white rock cockerels(soon to be capons) and my daughter's
EE pullets.

Now look at this:

You can see where the tractor was last week. You can see a nice dark green streak of grass.
When your lying in bed at 3 in the morning and everything is all quiet and you hear a soft
squeaking sound, don't worry it's just the grass growing.

 

[hydroswiftrob]

Do you move it daily?

 

[crperdue]

daily, sometimes twice daily depending on whats in there.

 

[Nikkumz]

Wow! i should have built a tractor instead of a stationary coop! Our grass is horrible this year for some reason!

 

[A.T. Hagan]

Mine does the same thing. The last of the bare places in the pasture and yard are finally filling in.