ok this is genius!!! i am about to build a tractor for my girls and have been wondering how to handle the apron part for digging predators. i never would have thought of hinging it. the video you posted is so helpful!!!
My favorite little hen we noticed today has chipped some of the tip of her beak and the chipped part is still attached, like a hangnail. She seems to be eating and drinking fine, is not bleeding, and will still let us hold her but I can’t help but think it might be painful for her to try to eat...