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Many years ago when I kept chickens we had a dreadful winter and their big yard was a mess. I made a similar tractor and rested their yard by applying some lime and lots of straw and garden waste. Years later when my chickens had all gone to chooky heaven...I had the most fantastic garden in that area that was their run.
 
I love this idea and the pics!

I was going to build a chicken tractor to let my girls explore around the yard and do some weed-abatement, but

1) We have a problem with red-tailed hawks and their love of chicken meat.
2) I didn't want to have to worry about food, water, and getting them back into the coop at night.

Well, now I'm thinking I could built something like this that could be fixed to the main run, and then moved / snaked around the yard. The girls would be safe, and also be able to go back for food, water, sleep at night as needed.

What do y'all think? Would this work? Any ideas on how to make this happen?
 
Andrew67 said:
I love this idea and the pics!

I was going to build a chicken tractor to let my girls explore around the yard and do some weed-abatement, but

1) We have a problem with red-tailed hawks and their love of chicken meat.
2) I didn't want to have to worry about food, water, and getting them back into the coop at night.

Well, now I'm thinking I could built something like this that could be fixed to the main run, and then moved / snaked around the yard. The girls would be safe, and also be able to go back for food, water, sleep at night as needed.

What do y'all think? Would this work? Any ideas on how to make this happen?
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a lot depends on how supervised they'll be in something like this. It would be a huge project to have something this large fully secured. But, if it's not a 24x7 vulnerability, you might be able to make it work.
 
Thanks!

Our hawks aren't super aggressive, but enough that if left completely open we'd lose some of our smaller girls. I want to believe that a really light-weight tunnel would be sufficient for basic protection during the day.

I'll need to think on this a bit more to consider the pros/cons.
 
Andrew67 said:
Thanks!

Our hawks aren't super aggressive, but enough that if left completely open we'd lose some of our smaller girls. I want to believe that a really light-weight tunnel would be sufficient for basic protection during the day.

I'll need to think on this a bit more to consider the pros/cons.
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I'd be mostly worried about racoons and coyotes. It would take quite a bit of work to make something like that secure from them.
 

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