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Quote: What if you were to get some kind of livestock paneling to put between the PVC and the tarp? I know the local tractor supply sells these long cattle/livestock panels, it looks like fence but it's very sturdy. I think it may help you with the tarp problem. -Kim

See, I would have thought that wood would have lasted longer than PVC. Simply because the PVC used in these plans is only 1" in diameter and it seems pretty flimsy in the stores. I think it would warp fairly easily, but then again that's just me and my assumptions. How well does PVC hold up...

Quote: I tried to price them once, by making a list of materials and pricing them at Lowes. I think the total came out around $70-80+ I hope I was wrong, I look forward to hearing the replies as well. -Kim

Quote: Those are some large tractors, are they difficult to move? Do you move them by yourself or do you have to recruit help? Thanks! -Kim

Can I see pictures of the tractors you guys are talking of? I am looking for a good and simple tractor design that can hold a good amount of meaties or other birds. I'm sure if it can hold 50-75 meaties it can hold a pretty good amount of any other breed. I just didn't want to build a tractor...

Awesome. I may be able to raise some meaties now! I was so worried about not having enough room for them, or even having to deal with that legendary amount of poo I've heard about. LOL -Kim

Quote: Gotcha. I wasn't sure. I don't have personal experience with meaties or tractors. -Kim

Now, see that's what I thought. I've seen those meaties and they get pretty big, and fast! Just thought that seemed to be too crowded, you'd have to move it just about every hour for the tractor to be effective. LOL I don't think they are allowed to free-range, I think they are simply...

I was just googling chicken tractors out of boredom and found a farm that raises pastured poultry in tractors. On their website they say they raise 50 chickens in an 8X10 tractor. I don't know about you, but 50 birds in an 8X10 tractor seems a bit pushing it. Since these are for meat products, I...