My flock lives in a chicken tractor in my back yard. It gets moved every day, but they only get grass clover and the occasional bug in addition to their regular feed, kitchen scraps, and fodder. I lease a piece of land where I farm food plots for wild game. The place is covered with millet, ragweed, wheat, various grasses, sunflowers, and BUGS! Unfortunately, it is a half hour drive away.
I could build a "day tractor" (complete wire enclosure with sunshade, but no coop) on that land and take them down there on the days I go to farm. However, although I am new to chickens, I have observed that they prefer routine. Would access to the smorgasboard be worth the stress of travel and a new environment, especially if it can only happen a few dozen times a year?
I could build a "day tractor" (complete wire enclosure with sunshade, but no coop) on that land and take them down there on the days I go to farm. However, although I am new to chickens, I have observed that they prefer routine. Would access to the smorgasboard be worth the stress of travel and a new environment, especially if it can only happen a few dozen times a year?