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I've been working on our new (larger) mobile chicken coop. As we expand our pasture raised egg operation we need a larger coop. The design of this coop is based off of the Chickshaw, but it is 8'x10', will be moved with my lawn mower instead of by hand, has a roll away nest box and will accommodate around 80 birds. I'll post more about this as it gets finished. We still need a name for it since it really isn't a Chickshaw anymore.

Third-generation farmer Stanley Hughes’s barn-cured sweet potatoes are sought-after and his collards have earned national press, but at Pine Knot Farms — the state’s first African-American-owned farm to be certified organic — Hughes stays firmly down to earth. Link to full story in bio. : @anagramphoto

#farmlife #chickens

At Lavender Oaks Farm in Chapel Hill, one couple shares the scent of southern France with those in search of a little peace and relaxation. Read more about this lavender farm that'll soothe the soul via the link in bio. :@staceyvanberkelphoto

A trained engineer with a love of farming, V. Mac Baldwin found his calling in a herd of Charolais cows. Read more about "The Cowman of Caswell County" via the link in bio. :@akornylak :@jmarkovich

Watch these chickens work that compost pile. They help break it down and spread it out. Putting our chickens to work! Larry always seems to find the camera.

This is North Carolina. : Old Orchard Creek Farm, Ashe County, NC : Jim McGuire

I've been getting a lot of questions about our mobile chicken coop. It's called the Chickshaw (rickshaw for chickens, get it?). We use this in combination with the electric 48" Poultrynet Plus from @premier1supplies BIG SHOUT OUT to Justin Rhodes! @thejustinrhodesshow @rebekah.rhodes He designed the Chickshaw and now even has a second version of it. He is super amazing for sharing these plans with everyone. If you are interested in finding the plans, please check out his YouTube channel. Actually, check out his YouTube even if you don't need Chickshaw plans. THANK YOU JUSTIN for all of your ideas and inspiration. Shortly after getting our first flock of chickens we got some birds infected with MG. We were such noobs. The flock got infected and the only way to get rid of MG was to get rid of our flock and start over. I needed to find a better and healthier way of keeping chickens that would provide the benefits of free ranging with more protection from predators. Seeing Justin's mobile coop and rotationally grazing I knew that this made so much more sense for the health of the birds and gave us the additional benefit of having chickens do work for us here on our farm. I will never use a static chicken coop again. Pretty much all of the ground got chewed up with the tree clearing so we don't have much for our chickens to forage right now. The chickens are helping us prepare our new garden beds and will get to rotationally graze our pasture as soon as we can get it established. Chickens and the mobile coop can do so much more than produce eggs for our farm. We love this setup!

This how we turn over beds in our biointensive market garden. We are no-till (or you could say minimal-till) to preserve the soil biology. The little machine you see is called a Tilther and it only disturbs the top inch or so of soil to incorporate any amendments and create a nice tilth to plant in to. We grow a lot of high rotation crops so most of our beds get turned over 4-6 times per year.