Oddbean

Here’s our #chickmobile We run about 80 layers. Coop is moved each day by hand, no need for bedding (manure falls through bottom of coop), roll-away nest box for easy (and clean!) egg collection. 100’x100’ poultry net moved about once every 10 days to fresh pasture. #farmstr #grownostr #chickshaw https://image.nostr.build/5077ab1b0eeeb0f9feef83dfd27f64071eecd20671d35eb6becf6aadcc3c87af.jpg

Buff Orpington. Good year-round layers and calm temperament. They also make excellent mothers and will sit on a nest or adopt chicks very readily. We sell direct to customers here on the farm from our farmstand and at farmer’s markets, as well as to the local coop and restaurants. Eggs are a small portion of our bottom line overall, but chickens fit in so well to a farm/farmstead I consider them essential regardless.

I agree. They are worth keeping just for fertility. Everything else can be viewed as a bonus. I raised a batch of 20 freedom rangers for meat 2 years ago. I did free range and will not do that again. I now have 8 laying hens. I'm pretty new to this. I'm using deep bedding to produce compost. Every couple days I add carbon and biochar then feed them on top of this. Seems to be working well.

I started from a similar chicksaw design but wanted them to be able to express their pecking irder. Hence the triangle shape (inspired by the mobiles of Richard Perkins and Heather Hill farm etc). You have 80 chickens in that one coop? That's great though 👌. Love the farm building btw 🤩.

Yeah I think I might prefer a triangle roof for that reason. We started with 50 birds but found there was more than enough space- They tend to huddle all together no matter how much room you give. Plus keeps them warmer in winter. They don’t really spend any time in the coop and are only inside for a few hours at night. The rest of the time out on grass.