They have another smaller pen that is made of wood—too heavy as well– that is for the newly-out-of-the-brooder-box chicks.

This week they are going to town to gather supplies to build another chicken tractor for the pasture for the layers that are ready to move out of the smaller tractor. So they are still working on it…

we will post pictures of the different tractors they have built with what is good and bad about them….

What do you use, and do you have any good ideas?

We like the Rhode Island Red hens—(we dislike the roosters very much as they are very aggressive!) The hens have a very high egg production (brown eggs), do well in cold and heat and are decent around people . We also have some buffs that my son is very fond of and some mix breed chickens.

We use the bantam chickens for pasture sanitation–they are great scratchers and will clear cow patties in seconds flat. Roosters are annoying though so you can use them for meat!

For one of our sons restaurant egg sales—he is going to be starting up the White Leghorns. (large white egg producer but flighty)

You might be able to find a supplier in your area—the last chicks we bought were already 4 to 8 weeks old and they bought them from a man who sells his poultry up at the Tractor Supply / Farm Co-op type stores on Sat. mornings.

I would call the Co-op type stores and ask.

I will ask my oldest which books he likes—I know one of them will be Poultry Profits by Salatin.

Thank you for the inspiration.
Debra