We’ve had chooks for many years – in the heart of the city and on remote cattle properties on the Queensland/NT border – and we’ve kept them in every possible type of enclosure. Over the last few years we have had chook tractors. We’ve found this to be the best of all possible ways to keep chicken – and we’ve had them in the country and the city too.

Having made quite a few for friends who have all loved having fresh eggs, and after a bit of a nudge from my family, I’ve started making them for sale.

Here you'll find info about the chook tractors, eggs, recipes, looking after your chooks and so on.

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Food

Obviously your local produce store can supply you with grain or laying mash, but your chooks will also appreciate some of your kitchen scraps.

But chooks are fussier than you night think - they love veges, and grains like left over rice.  But they are not at all keen on citrus or meat and they don't do a great job with very liquid scraps.

Here's an interesting site with info on feeding chickens using grains and store bought pellets etc.

Of course the best part of having a chook tractor is that your chooks will have plenty of green pick and bugs to eat which are their natural diet anyway.
Posted by Roger at 4:13 PM

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