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These broilers amaze me! Never have seen anything grow this fast. Every day when I open their pop door and the race to the feeder, they look like different birds!!!

Run is 8'x5'x30". Coop is 4'x4' footprint and 30" high in front x 20" high in back.

Thank you. I'm sorry I don't have plans for it. I just got an idea in my head of what I wanted and started slapping it together. If I had it to do over, I wouldn't have 2 seperate sections. I should have used all 2x2 lumber instead of 2x4 and 2x3 studs and it would have probably been light...

Well they all survived the night. Checked on them around midnight and all were sleeping. The biggest ones were huddled together away from the lamp but the rest were all under the lamp so I think I'll leave it with them a little while until they feather a little more and get a little bigger...

Everything seems to be running along smoothly. Hopefully the move outside will continue down the same path! We added 6 barred rocks and 6 buff orpingtons to the flock this afternoon! We have chicken fever in this house!

Well they are out for their first night outside! Finished the tractor coop today. They were having a blast all afternoon in the grass. As it cooled down they all jumped right into the coop but right around dark I noticed they were really tightly huddled in a corner and appeared to be...

It's my first tractor so I don't have much to compare it to. It seems light. I can pick-up on the handle and move it around pretty easily myself. I wanted to do coop and run together but was afraid of too much weight. My tractor wheels are made from an old wire spool and I worried with the...

Another view of run Kids loving learning where food comes from! They are already talking about eating our own chickens.

This is the tractor run. My first attempt. Top is two seperate panels hinged in center for access. Currently building the small "doghouse" coop tractor to butt against the run. I may tarp one of the top panels of the run for extra shade/rain protection.

Thanks for the welcome. I've been reading a lurking a while. The wealth of information here is as good if not better than any book or magazine! My family is having a blast raising the broilers and we have 12 layers coming soon.

Thank you all. I'm going to coop them outside in a smallish coop with heat lamp a little while before completely cutting them loose in the chicken tractor. I'll keep an eye on them.

I have 14 CX chicks in my basement brooder. They are almost 3 wks old and growing quickly and really feathering in. Our days are in 60s-70s but our nights are chilly in the 30s. I would like to get them out into their chicken tractor ASAP but am worried the nights are too cold! Please...