Today is the day, the meaties are going to the pasture.
The weather has warmed up enough and they grew in their white feathers. Besides, they started to out grow the space they were in.
Kaitlin and I were busy getting food and water in the chicken tractors. Skylar loaded up a few in a rabbit cage and put it in the wagon. That was much easier than trying to carry them across the pasture. We use the wagon to haul the water too.
We just didn't feel like getting out the hoses and dragging them through the pasture yet. That day will come.
Tractor 1
We put 19 birds in here.
I thought we would get a bigger reaction than this.
They just kinda stood there not sure what to do.
A few of them finally decided to eat.
Tractor 2
We put 19 in here.
As soon as they came out, they ate!
Three tractors were completely done and moved to the pasture last night.
The other one was already made last year but needed to be pulled out of "storage" and the tarp put on. Skylar and I worked on getting the tarp on. Kaitlin worked on getting the food and water.
Tractor 3
Looks the same doesn't it? We put 19 in here.
By the 3rd tractor we were getting wore out.
Repeat, Repeat and Repeat!
Half ate and the other half just hung out checking out the grass instead.
Tractor 4
This one has 20 in it.
They all went to the feeder to eat.
Don't have a picture of them as I took the top off to help Skylar put them out.
All four meat bird tractors.
I did go back and number all of them so I could keep record of the birds in each tractor.
All the birds seemed full and content after the stress of moving them.
** Update: Next day we didn't lose any overnight.
All is well with them!
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