Spring has sprung around Amazing Grasses and not a moment too soon. The chickens have been needing more and more fresh grass and only now has Mother Nature provided enough to keep up with these hungry ladies.
They've been in the hoop-house since late fall and I think they'll be glad to get back on to pasture. Plenty of fresh water, sunshine, and available greens, worms, and bugs make the hens happy and our customers happier!
If you look closely at the pictures above you may notice that some of our hens sport stylish red anklets. These plastic bands tell us that the hens wearing them are nearing two-years-old and theoretically their laying will begin to slow. We haven't seen it yet but it will happen. When it does, we'll sell these hens to folks who just want to have chickens or a few eggs now and then.
This morning the boys moved the eggmobile within the confines of the electric poultry netting and began preparing it for the season.
The eggmobile is a mobile chicken coop that allows us to move our hens to fresh grass every 7-10 days. This is good for the hens since they get a fresh area to pick, find bugs, and play. It is good for the ground since it won't be picked bare and won't be overloaded with nitrogen from their manure.
Over the next day or so they will allow the hens to get accustomed to the eggmobile again. Once they are roosting in there rather than the hoop-house, we'll move them out into the lush green field and they'll forget all about that plastic winter home.
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| Hoop-house B.C. (Before Chickens) |
Once the chickens are out of the hoop-house, we'll start seed beds in there for the summer garden. The hoop-house and the area to the left of it in the picture will all be garden filled with tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, and more.
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| Hershey at 6 months. |
That's all for now, enjoy the weather and stay tuned to more great stuff from Amazing Grasses including some Pastured Pigs this year!
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