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  1. Eggronomic

    Our New Tractor!

    Chicken Tractor Build Video!
  2. Eggronomic

    Our New Tractor!

    Been raining here pretty much nonstop! I usually don't ware shoes unless I'm at work, chicks will stay in there brooder untill there 8 weeks old and I don't know much about there bread"Dixie rainbows" but there growing like weeds! Snakes do exist around these parts though and that's a issue that...
  3. Eggronomic

    Our New Tractor!

    A few more pics of the birds and the build. will update some more as time goes on and i get the wheels roosts and nesting boxes installed!
  4. Eggronomic

    Our New Tractor!

    Only time will tell, baby"our only current hen pictured above" is the soul survivor from or first six pullets purchased last year we lost one to what I could figure out was just natural causes while still in the brooder. And four to a stray right before she started laying! She has been 100% free...
  5. Eggronomic

    Our New Tractor!

    A little under 200 bones and no they will live here permanently! I will move the tractor and check on them In The mornings before work and when i get home from work.
  6. Eggronomic

    Our New Tractor!

    Still need to add the wheels and roosts, I installed the feeder and water both galvanized from tractor supply also need to build the nesting boxes as well. Will update!
  7. Eggronomic

    Committed Now! any Pointers welcome?

    Recycled old playhouse for chicks to have some place to hide if they fill threatened while free ranging in backyard
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    Committed Now! any Pointers welcome?

    Rain let up enough i could let my girls out to act like normal chickens for a bit, wile i cleaned there brooding area replaced there bedding washed there roost, feeder, and waterer !
  9. Eggronomic

    First A frame Tractor Build "Suggestions Welcome"

    Quck question do you guys think i can get away with eliminating half the floor space on upper level splitting that into half to make two nesting boxes and then running a roost down the through the remanding length of the aframe thus eliminating the stair case . just allowing birds to hop up on...
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    First A frame Tractor Build "Suggestions Welcome"

    BTW after a quick ruff calc, the square foot of run space is 50sqft, with a living/nesting space of ruff 12sqft is this to little? and my math is probably off? , anybody with a better understanding of area is more than welcome to chime in?
  11. Eggronomic

    First A frame Tractor Build "Suggestions Welcome"

    ideally yes this will be there predominate home and free range during the evenings while I'm home , the reason i want to start wit a simple design is so i can replicate it if i decide the hens need more space!
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    First A frame Tractor Build "Suggestions Welcome"

    Dually noted and good Points thank you
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    First A frame Tractor Build "Suggestions Welcome"

    I was intending of building it slightly different by making two nesting boxes and two roosts in the top covered section its roughly five feet long, maybe even a long roost down the front of the open section!
  14. Eggronomic

    First A frame Tractor Build "Suggestions Welcome"

    So I've decided to go with a simple design, that i should be able to modify and replicate quickly if i decide to expand our flock or feel that our birds need more room i intend to make a few simple modifications to the design from the get go to lighten it up a bit as well as make birds a little...
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    Committed Now! any Pointers welcome?

    I hadn't started them on grit, but i had sprinkled some sand over the area i let them play in outside, as well as leaving a little pile in the play are, but there was none in there brooding are , they all seam heathy now , just want to keep them that way!
  16. Eggronomic

    Committed Now! any Pointers welcome?

    Lost One Today Don't know for sure the exact cause , but it caused me to rebuild/redesign there brooder, they are no longer in the pond i feel it may have been to small, they now have plenty of room to move around The two variables that were different today, was i gave them a little...
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    Committed Now! any Pointers welcome?

    Well we've made it through the first two nights well, it is supposed to get a little cooler tonight but my confidence in there set up is stronger and ill continue to keep an eye on them as I'm part insomniac ! let them out to play for about an hour today wile i cleaned there brooder out! i...
  18. Eggronomic

    Committed Now! any Pointers welcome?

    250w phillips from home depot , tractor supply had the chicks, but no bulbs
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    Committed Now! any Pointers welcome?

    thats what i figured i set and alarm to wake me when temps are supposed to hit there lowest tonight ill check then if they seem fine ill sleep till work in the am! if cold I'm going to give them a nalgene bottle full of boiling water in a whool sock to snuggle up beside
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    Committed Now! any Pointers welcome?

    its a completely sealed front porch top half metal screen, bottom half hardy board with a latching front door! a lot safer than my lean to of a shed next to the woods that has no power. i just put the lid on to keep little buggars from popping out and dog noses wandering in .
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