Laying Hens

We just moved out our 64 meat birds from the chicken coop to the chicken tractors, so that we can make room for our new laying hens!

Our meat birds are 3 weeks old, and they are being moved to an outside pen, so that they can have fresh grass to roam on, while still being protected from predators and weather in the tractor. The hens will be in the coop, where they have their laying boxes and roost. We can not let them free range until they know their new home better, and until we know that the last few young ones are laying. We like to ensure that they know where to lay, so that we don't have to go looking for their eggs, and so that they don't get smashed, and eaten by the chickens, or that they don't start going broody.

Anyways, we are so0o0o excited to get farm fresh eggs again! We love hens wayyyy better then meat birds!