Rural Gardening: Another tractor, 1 by 4xthefun

4xthefun wrote:
Hi Fran,

I used to let my chickens run around the backyard all day but since I have a regular city lot, not a ranch I was getting tired of chicken poo on everything! So now they get to run around the yard for an hour or two each day. The rest of the time they will be in their tractor. That is one of the reasons I started sprouting for them. To give them some fresh greens to play with. You should see them play chase with them.

The nest box is a kitchen cubby ;) I had it screwed to a platform in the old chicken house so it is what they are used to. I plan to make something more covered for privacy, they get grumpy when you look at them when they are laying eggs! I will not attach it to the tractor as that will add more weight. This is their first night in the new tractor so I don't know how the egg laying will go.

I will be growing veggies and fruits. I have roses in my other raised beds but I won't put the tractors on those. The girls like to take their dust baths there.

Laura