It was about a two week training process. My plan was to butt one end of the tractor/pen right up to their run, cutting corresponding holes for them to walk in and out.
I knew they would be afraid of the pen at first, so after I built it I slid it up to their run and let it sit there for a...
In reference to my earlier post, here is a picture of a section of the row before the chickens worked it for 40 mins, and a picture after. I did lightly run a rake over the top to clear the weeds they uprooted.
I've done the opposite of SueT, instead of enclosing my plants I have enclosed my chickens! I made this portable chicken pen not only to keep my chickens safe while grazing (I live on 19 acres of wooded river bottom; you can imagine my predator load!) and so I can put them to work exactly where...