Well our chickens are about 7 months old now and we are currently getting five eggs a day (one per hen). Beautiful, tasty, brown eggs. I'll post a picture of a carton full shortly. The portable 'Chicken Tractor' coop is working well for the birds. They're happy as long as we move them once a day, onto a fresh patch of grass. There are a couple of issues with the chicken tractor though. I forgot that chickens love to take 'dirt baths'. When the portable coop is over a nice patch of grass with no exposed dsand or dirt, the chickens will scratch a hole down to the dirt to lay in. I ended up with little football sized holes all over the back yard. Also I'm kind of tired of moving the chicken tractor every day. Anyway, I'm halfway done with an 8ft x 16ft coop that will be there permanent home. I'll use the little portable coop to introduce new hens into the flock. We have three new Araucana chicks (about 3 weeks old) who will move into the portable coop in about 2 weeks. More pictures coming soon.
Welcome to The Yardstead!
We're Getting Eggs Already!!
