Burbfarms Chicken Coop Tractor

The Hot Chicks Room


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Features:
- Lighter-weight 2x2 construction
- Insulated with foamboard
- Heavy-duty tractor wheels
- Sloped Roof
- Sliding door on pulley
- Fits through my gates if needed
- Fits our eight(8) chickens comfortably. Spoiled chickens.
- Plexiglass Windows
- Slightly under 6', and looks similar to a children's playhouse
Run Construction


The run dimensions are 65" x 25" x 43 1/2", built with 2x2's. The dimensions are a golden rectangle because I am a math nerd. Note the door entry. Another benefit to this design was using 24" chicken wire for the sides was really easy. All chicken wire was stapled with an Arrow stapler.

Coop Construction Photos


I heard chickens eat styrofoam, so I nailed some whiteboard over the foamboard insulation.
The coop width is 43 1/2" without the nestboxes, and 96" long. It is 65" tall in the front (with wheels), and 53" tall in the back with the wheels. Designed to be a little shorter than our 6' fence.
If I had to do it over again...

- The nest boxes could be a little higher.
- There was a gap between the nest box and the frame, not waterproof. Some chaulk and weatherstripping fixed that.
- It would be easier to clean if the 2x6 boards that hold the wheels were farther out. As it is now, the hardware cloth is over the boards and lots of bird droppings there.
- The roosts are in the best place possible(18" from the walls), but still there are droppings on the 5 gallon buckets that need cleaning every few days.

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