Check out my New Chicken Tractor!!

[ADozenGirlz]

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Check your Message Inbox, I sent you two PMs.

 

[wvgal61]

ohh I might want to do that for my babies

 

[buckabucka]

Excellent tractor! What did he use for the hoops? I need to know.

 

[ADozenGirlz]

Here's the link to my chicken tractor/forager page with additonal details on building it!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=43104-chicken-tractor-forager

 

[Over Easy in Adna]

Everyone giving the husband credit for this needs to take a look at the first photo again. This excellent project is clearly the result of the superior supervision of the 2 year old daughter. Without her, who knows what would have happened!

 

[ADozenGirlz]

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LOL! Exactly! And how 'bout some props for the wife (aka: instigator) who did all the research and conceptualized the thang?!

 

[henney penny]

QUESTION?DH wants to know when the chickens get in the tractor how do you move it with them in there?Do you just wheel it and they have to move with it?How many will your hold? And how long and wide is it? I know so many questions.

 

[ADozenGirlz]

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Hi. Yes, we just wheel it slowly with them in it and they move with it. Ours was built to accommodate our 14 birds, three of whom are bantams. I'm not positive about the measurements, but I think it's like 8 feet by 3 feet.
We're still going to re-work the handles so that the tractor doesn't rise so high up off the ground when I stand straight up with it to move it. With higher handles (reaching up towards my hands versus me bending down to the ground to reach the handles) I will have to raise the tractor less distance off the ground thus avoiding potential escapees! I've only had one.

 

[trilyn]

I absolutely love it! I've already sent the link to my dh!! LOL

 

[ADozenGirlz]

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Thanks! I'll tell my husband you said so! BTW: I checked out your waterer...BRILLIANT!