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Chicken Tractor May 28, 2012
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PYehl replied 12 months ago
wow your tractor is A LOT bigger than mine...  very nice!!!  how many girls do you have?
sabrinasgarden replied 12 months ago
All together I have almost 30 chickens. I have cochins, amercauas, and cuckoo marans. I put 13 cuckoo marans in this tractor, and they have more than enough room. I think I could get 20 to 25 chickens in this tractor.
PYehl replied 12 months ago
@sabrinasgarden:Nice!!   we just have 2 hens...  they make more than enough eggs for just the 2 of us.  =)
sabrinasgarden replied 12 months ago
My son and I are state certified to sell eggs, so we sell some of our eggs. Right now the gurls are paying for 1- 50lb bag of feed each month. Last month they laid almost 17 dz eggs, and I think we ate half of that. LOL I have 2 teenagers in the house, and when their friends come over they can eat some groceries up. I'm out there squeezing the hens for more eggs. LOL
PYehl replied 12 months ago
@sabrinasgarden:   Haaa squeezing the hens for more eggs!  =)  Good protein for them!  That would be awesome for the hens to pay for their own food - gotta love that!  We keep moving the tractor to different parts of the yard every day so the girls have new stuff to eat - weeds & bugs (and they don't kill down any certain part of the yard).  I give them some greens from the garden as treats too - its so funny to watch them eat lettuce - they love it!  Luckily a 50lb bag of Layena holds the girls for quite some time.

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