Yoker's Chicken Coop Tractor

BROILER TRACTOR

This is a chicken tractor I built for my broilers.

I wanted a pen that I could easily move and that would hold my 60 broilers that were growing up fast.

I had looked at a bunch of different pens that people had made.

This pen holds 60 broilers and is 12'x8' and must be moved everyday.

List of supplies and prices (canadian):

everything was bought at Home Depot except the tarp clips they were bought from lee valley.

1-4'x8' plywood-$13.97

2-2"x4"x8' spruce-$5.18

3-2"x4"x12' spruce-$10.47

1-12'x15' Cotten Drop cloth-$38.97

1-hook for the door-$1.49

2-3"hinges-$3.58

1-50' Pex pipe 3/4"-$28.98

4-Reinforcers-$10.36

1-50' 2"x4" fencing-$67.87

1-100 solid copper 3/4" clips-$21.89

2-17 wood/metal screws-$4.98

1-100 6x1 wood/metal screws-unknown

1-100 8x3 construction screws-$4.69

1-bag fencing staples -unknown

20-tarp clips-$9.90

Odds and ends screws, wood and haywire that we already had.

you will have some extra supplies.

Total: $222.33 without GST and unknown stuff.

This is some of the supplies:

The drop cloth and pex pipe: I chose the drop cloth over a tarp because it won't scare the chickens as bad and it will last longer and looks nicer.

The fence and 2"x4"s:

fence staples:

First we screwed the 2"x4"'s together:

We made a little indent in the ends of the 12 footers just big enough to fit in the reinforcers:

This is the corner with the pex pipe going up and the fence stapled on, later we screwed the reinforcer on:

Here is the fence streched over the pex pipe the 2"x4" is just there while we are building:

The fence and pipe are 12 1/2' long, so the pen is 4' high at the tallest part.

We used 3 pieces of fence across the pen and 4 pipes.

Here the cloth is over top the fencing. a 8' piece of fencing is on the end:

another angle:

We used hay wire to attach the pex pipe and fencing together you might be able to use cable ties to:

Here is the other end with the door:

The dark wood across the top is a handle for moving it.

Close up on the door:

Open door:

From the inside:

brace in the middle 2"x4"x12' cut in to a 4' and 8' piece, stapled to the top and screwed to the sides:

Top:

Finished view:

Another view:

Side view:

So far I really like it and wouldn't change anything except making the plywood end lighter.

I would like to build a little plat form with wheels to move it but I haven't yet, If I do I will post a picture.