I shuddered at the thought of letting the chickens "free range" or roam freely about my lavishly green grassed back yard. Then I read about the chicken tractor and felt a little more at ease.
Why? Because with a chicken tractor, the chickens can free range while still being confined to a mobile chicken coop.
Wikipedia says: "Chicken tractors allow a kind of free ranging along with shelter, allowing chickens fresh forage such as grass, weeds and bugs (although these will quickly be stripped away if the tractor stays put for too long), which widens their diet and lowers their feed needs. Unlike fixed coops, chicken tractors do not have floors so there is no need to clean them out. They echo a natural, symbiotic cycle of foraging through which the birds eat down vegetation, deposit fertilizing manure, then go on to a new area."
CHICKEN RAISING SUPPLIES
Getting into backyard chickens? These help:
- Portable Chicken Tractor Coop — lets chickens graze fresh ground safely.
- Chicken Feeder & Waterer Set — keeps your flock fed and watered.
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