Chicken tractor question

[trx35]

the "plank" is in the up position. When looking at it from the front, its on the right side. The rope you see in the front raises and lowers the "plank"

 

[highpointfarm]

well You should theoretically move the tractor everyday... Just the length of the tractor.... If you do, You will not be able to tell where they were the next day.... If you dont with each consecutive day, it will just get worse and worse... If you go with permament coop, for 6 chickens unless it around 20x40, the grass will be gone within 3 weeks at the most.....

 

[dirtylittlefly]

Newbie here. We're building a tractor as well, and are thinking about ground clearance. We plan on 2 wheels on one side, with 2 1/2 inch feet on the opposite side so their ground is flat. Is this too much room? I'd like them to mow my yard a bit and not feel like they're walking on wire

 

[Jaxon4141]

Hello all,
First time poster, non-chicken owner with chickens in my future.

So I'm still deciding if I want a chicken tractor or a permanent coop/run setup. One thing I'm wondering is how quickly the girls will destroy the grass under their movable run? I plan on starting with 6 chicks and if I make the run size the min suggested space per chicken(don't know the numbers but have seen them somewhere), how long till the grass inside the run looks like crap?

We plan to have a "home base" for the tractor and also move it around the yard and gardens. When we park it on a nice grassy section of the yard will we have to move it in hours/days/weeks to keep the grass looking nice after moving the girls to another location? Let's assume that I throw nothing "extra"in the run with them when put on the nice grass to make it easy.

thanks

I put my chickens on grass sometimes. When I move them, sometime after a week, I just scratch up the ground with a claw or weasel and over seed with grass. The tuff old grass will come back and all the weak stuff that was taken out by the chickens will sprout with new grass. After a few weeks it will look better than it did before you put the chickens on it.