Also, make the center of gravity low or weight the bottom a bit. When I tried to reproduce barrdwing's chair, it was too tall and he kept falling/knocking the chair over.
The light weight part is the challenge. My wheel chair doesn't really work very well in dirt and gravel. He can get around on the porch and I put him in the dirt in his chair sometimes but he doesn't really move the chair when he is in the dirt. He usually throws himself out of it and takes a...
Mine was stationary. I was trying to get my chick just to put weight on the leg so by putting him in the container he would put weight on his leg trying to get out of the container. If you can find some small swivel wheels you might be able to make a smaller scale chair. What I am thinking is...
The middle piece for the legs is just a work towel with slits cut in it for his legs. It is stapled to the sides of this chair. I got that at Harbor Freight too. I had a chick with a splayed leg ailment. I used a big yogurt container, not the individual serving size. I stapled cloth to the...
Thank you for the inspiration! I was beside myself watching him flop around. Thankfully I searched the site and found your post. My husband thinks I am nuts. It is nice to have folks of like mind to share ideas :)
Barrdwing,
I was inspired by your chair as I have a special needs white leghorn rooster, Foghorn. I found a moving four wheeled cart thing at Harbor Freight for 3.99 and sort of modeled your design solving the wheel issue as the wheels on the moving dolly caster in all directions. Here are...