Where did they come from???

[pennyJo1960]

La la land?

I was a kid when my uncle asked if I was going there so it has always stuck with me
he also called me nickle because I grew

 

[KettermanHillCoop]

I was a kid when my uncle asked if I was going there so it has always stuck with me
he also called me nickle because I grew

 

[pennyJo1960]

I know had to be out of Wisconsin what can I say, you have to watch cl I picked up a chicken tractor really nice free .. They had to get out of birds started loosing to many as they are building so many new homes in Olympia driving all the wildlife into the older homes area where they have acreage

 

[KettermanHillCoop]

I know had to be out of Wisconsin what can I say, you have to watch cl I picked up a chicken tractor really nice free .. They had to get out of birds started loosing to many as they are building so many new homes in Olympia driving all the wildlife into the older homes area where they have acreage
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You haul that contraption around your yard? Looks heavy. Concept is cool, though...fresh grub every move.

 

[venymae]

I tossed it back out into the "designated poop" area in hopes that they see it and say, "Oh...Mommy wants us to poo here." The bright side...they know the egg boxes exist... I've read that you can put a fake egg in the cubbies...is there a special fake egg or just a plastic toy thing? How about an egg from fridge?

I have kept wooden eggs in mine, but golf balls work just fine! (my bff and father both use them)

That logic just escapes me...lol How can rotting stuff not stink? Flies...how are the flies? I hate flies...I mean...I HATE FLIES....

Compost doesn't attract flies! That being said, compost is VERY DIFFERENT from a heap of decomposing ick. Here is an article on the science of compost if you are interested. Essentially aerobic bacteria (oxygen loving) break down compost, and don't create stinky smells. Anaerobic bacteria (nonoxygen loving) produce methane, which stinks. In the run, your chicken poop and grass clippings are your compost "greens" (see video below) and the leaves, woodchips, pineneedles, straw etc are your "browns" then because the chickens are scratching and moving the area around, it stays oxygenated so it doesn't stink. The dirt will get really rich underneath and worms will flock to it, our chooks loved it when I'd occasionally dig up a scoop of dirt up and they would scratch it apart to get the bugs! It's really awesome. No smell, no nastyness, just keep adding!
Some short good videos:

 

[pennyJo1960]

It is not heavy at all really I also have a old snapper riding mower that can haul the son has a side by side kz also

 

[pennyJo1960]

Nighttime now here

 

[apryl29]

I turned a piece of property, that used to be a junk yard, into a productive little chicken farm!
I still find a lot of broken glass, nuts and bolts, metal scrap under the dirt and sand. "actually the chickens dig up the shiny glass fragments, and I believe I lost one rooster due to the existing danger of garbage still buried, but I'm trying to fix the problem and I won't give up!!

My chickens are at my parent's place which they bought after my gma died and was my dad's childhood home. Back in the olden days before my gpa died it was a junkyard out back. They too just toss their trash out there. My birds have dug up some piece to old porcalin dishes. We put in a garden this year and found loads of random stuff. Marbles that were my dad's, a monkey from a barrel of monkeys, a purple crayon, a hair clip from my aunt, lots of glass, coal. Out in the woods I found old bathroom tiles. I keep hoping to dig up a jar full of $$. lol

 

[AllenK RGV]

My chickens are at my parent's place which they bought after my gma died and was my dad's childhood home. Back in the olden days before my gpa died it was a junkyard out back. They too just toss their trash out there. My birds have dug up some piece to old porcalin dishes. We put in a garden this year and found loads of random stuff. Marbles that were my dad's, a monkey from a barrel of monkeys, a purple crayon, a hair clip from my aunt, lots of glass, coal. Out in the woods I found old bathroom tiles. I keep hoping to dig up a jar full of $$. lol

real marbles are $$ I thought

 

[apryl29]

Interesting. It was maybe 10, they would have been from the 60's-70's though. I'm sure there's more of them out there. He probably left them in the yard and they got stepped on, or run over. Even if I found 100 of them I'd probably keep them though. I'm weird like that. I have a couple old Vietnamese coins my gpa had found in an old car in the 60's, totally worthless but he died when my dad was a kid, so it's like a memento type of thing.