chicken tractor

So I needed to add a small chicken tractor to the group. I’ve looked around and didn’t want to buy any plans to do such a simple job. I did decided to do a 8ftx31-1/2in because metal is 36in wide and I wanted to give myself 1in over hang on each side. I will be using exterior paint with this...

Hey y’all! I currently have a flock of 13 mature layers that I keep in an A frame tractor and a chickshaw, both in a large electric netting “run” that I move weekly. I am getting 8 more layers in a couple weeks and am trying to figure out a temporary situation to keep them in while they grow to...

I have a few questions. I have built this cattle panel chicken tractor for the meat chickens and will be the layers run when meat is done. Finishing up on it today. It’s 3 cattle panels, 2x4 (6 and 12foot long, so decently heavy). The front 2/3 is 1/4 hardwire and the back portion (which will...

I have tried searching the site but couldn’t find what I was looking for. We are making a big metal dog cage/run into a mobile chicken run just for the day when we choose to pet them get some fresh bugs and such in the grass area. I know I can get waterer to hang on the wire but any ideas on...

Unfortunately, the day after Christmas a dog (German Shepherd/Belgian Malinois) jumped over our pasture fence and "got" 23 of our chickens. (BTW: We raised the fence!). Now we are trying to get chickens ASAP, so they can hopefully start laying early spring/summer. We have a commercial size...

We converted our kids playground swing and fort structure into a chicken coop by chopping the fort section down and now its a cute little playhouse looking chicken coop. We had this coop sitting in our yard and got hit with a citation for not having the proper permit for an "accessory...

Hi! I've been working on making Justin Rhodes' chickshaw and was worried about racoons being able to reach through the 1 inch wire mesh on the bottom and pulling a chicken out (we had a racoon attack earlier this year). I was thinking of foregoing the 26" Marathon wheels entirely and putting...

Hello friends, I want to know if there are any problems or potential downsides to raising layers in a similar-to-broiler setting. For example, Richard Perkins raises his 75 broilers in a Salatin-Style chicken tractor which has 12m2 of space, and explains that this intensity was calculated by...

I'm looking to make a PVC chicken tractor so that my girls can spend some time out of their coop. While my town is strangely extremely lenient for the number of backyard chickens we can have (I live a minute from the courthouse but there is no limit, I could legally have 200 chickens if I...

Hi there, So we have three barn cats. One of them doesn't care about the chickens at all, the other is interested in them but doesn't seem to want to hurt them (just curious), and the other definitely wants to eat them. 😂😭 With that being said, I would love to let my chickens free range when...

Hey y’all! Thanks for clicking. 😁 i was hoping I could get you guys help- here is the situation: (NOTE, if you don’t wanna spend five minutes reading through my post, than pleas scroll down to the bottom to get a short version. Thank you!) LONG VERSION We got chickens for tick control. Right...

Hello everyone, My wife and I have been visiting this forum for the past 6 months, since we began our journey of incubating and hatching eggs. We have benefitted tremendously from all the great ideas and vast experience found here. So, I would just like to share how we are doing now, posting...

What could possibly go wrong? We currently have eleven fast-growing chicks! Plus, a charming old ramshackle 5x6 coop waiting for them outside that we need to rehab, with no attached run or anything like that, just a basic coop. DH said he wants to reinforce the coop for night-time and let...

Started the construction on a 12'x 4' Chicken Tractor with a 4'x4' coop this weekend. I'm building it as two modules, the run frame and the coop. I have detailed photos of the build process but will only post a few for now. There will be more as the siding, wire, and roof panels are added...

Hi All, I just built a chicken tractor out of electrical metal tubing (light weight and will last better in my climate). I didn't think about the perches. They are metal also. Any idea what I can wrap them with to help keep the girls warm in the winter time? Thanks, Valerie

I put together a chicken tractor to put the chickens to work on the garden bed area and documented the process. There are bookmarks in the video and the video description if you want to see the process and jump around. I used just scrap wood I had at the house and pvc along with the fencing...