New owner with tractor questions.

[dink74]

I built a tractor for my chickens and was wondering with 8 hens and 1 rooster how often should I move the tractor. I have 3 parking spots for it and know I need to move it just not sure how often.

My tractor is house (4 x 6) run (6 x 8) both have mesh floors so no internal poop clean up except for the nests which I have 6 of sticking out of the back wall of the house.

I have 1 Jersey Giant Roo, 3 Speckled Susicks, 1 silver lace, 1 bard rock?, 2 easter egg, and 1 yellow something? They are all between 7 and 12 weeks old. The Roo is the oldest at 12 weeks the rest are 7 to 9.

The yard is will stay in has pasture mix growing in it so they have lots of good food growing into the run area.

Thanks
Donovan

 

[Den in Penn]

No more than two days in one place. The grass doesn't do well in the shade of the tractor. The chickens will have it well matted as well. In bad growing conditions the grass will take longer to recover. I've been moving my grow out coop every day and it be taking about a week to recover. And this is spring.