I love it. GREAT IDEA !!!!
Humm I just saw some of those down the road.
Humm I just saw some of those down the road.
Cotton Trailer Coop - Please look!
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GENIUS!!! That is a great idea. Maybe you could cover the top with a tarp or something to give them shade and protection from rain/snow.
I wish I could get a cotton trailer up here in NH it would be perfect for what I wanted to do...
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I have 37 acres and I wish I could let them free range but we have a bad coyote problem. In the past 2 weeks one neighbor has lost 4 of her sheep and another has lost all of her free-ranged chickens. Several times this week, during the day, I have caught them in my yard or heading that way. They almost got my jack russel a couple of days ago. My other problem is my border collie, Monroe. He is obsessed with the chickens.
Here he is stalking them:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/37917_watching_chickens.jpg
I have 37 acres and I wish I could let them free range but we have a bad coyote problem. In the past 2 weeks one neighbor has lost 4 of her sheep and another has lost all of her free-ranged chickens. Several times this week, during the day, I have caught them in my yard or heading that way. They almost got my jack russel a couple of days ago. My other problem is my border collie, Monroe. He is obsessed with the chickens.
Here he is stalking them:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/37917_watching_chickens.jpg
We just take the axles off ours, flip them over, take the torch and cut a door, and voila, instant coop with a roof.
That was my original intention but we are under an extreme burn ban so no welding or torches. So I went with plan B. Plus I like being able to move it.
Wow, our store is in Vernon and we live in Chillicothe. Next time your thru here stop by! I may have a lead on several more trailers.
That was my original intention but we are under an extreme burn ban so no welding or torches. So I went with plan B. Plus I like being able to move it.
where did you get the cotton trailer?
I have been looking on CraigsList for awhile and found one in Holbert, OK. I called my sister and asked her how far Holbert was (my BIL sells a lot of his polled herefords in OK) and she tells me that she saw one the other day in someone's pasture about 10 miles from her house & 30 from mine. I paid $325 for it.
FYI if you buy one - I could not drive more than 15 mph pulling it and had to take the dirt roads because it really wasn't "street legal". It took me 4 hours to drive 30 miles. I'm glad that I didn't drive to Holbert as it would have taken me 2 days - lol!
Magnet Chick - my aunt lives in Enid.
Big C - my grandma lives in Quanah. I visited her last week with my mom. I was looking for trailers as I passed through Vernon and Chillicothe cause I'm thinking that I might want another one.
I have been looking on CraigsList for awhile and found one in Holbert, OK. I called my sister and asked her how far Holbert was (my BIL sells a lot of his polled herefords in OK) and she tells me that she saw one the other day in someone's pasture about 10 miles from her house & 30 from mine. I paid $325 for it.
FYI if you buy one - I could not drive more than 15 mph pulling it and had to take the dirt roads because it really wasn't "street legal". It took me 4 hours to drive 30 miles. I'm glad that I didn't drive to Holbert as it would have taken me 2 days - lol!
Magnet Chick - my aunt lives in Enid.
Big C - my grandma lives in Quanah. I visited her last week with my mom. I was looking for trailers as I passed through Vernon and Chillicothe cause I'm thinking that I might want another one.
Wow, our store is in Vernon and we live in Chillicothe. Next time your thru here stop by! I may have a lead on several more trailers.
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Big C
There was one in a field between Chillicothe and Vernon. It was on the left side of the road (going from Chillicothe to Vernon) , set off from the road in a field of sunflowers?grass/weeds. The weeds were grown up all around it so you really have to be looking or you'll miss it. If I remember right there was also an run-down barn next to it. I made the comment to my mom that you could probably get the trailer for next to nothing if you could get through the weeds.
I've slept since then so it might have been between Quanah and Chillicothe.
I'll definitely find your store next time I'm in that area.
There was one in a field between Chillicothe and Vernon. It was on the left side of the road (going from Chillicothe to Vernon) , set off from the road in a field of sunflowers?grass/weeds. The weeds were grown up all around it so you really have to be looking or you'll miss it. If I remember right there was also an run-down barn next to it. I made the comment to my mom that you could probably get the trailer for next to nothing if you could get through the weeds.
I've slept since then so it might have been between Quanah and Chillicothe.
I'll definitely find your store next time I'm in that area.
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texaschickmamma
I think I may have talked to last week about purchasing some chickens. I had called and left a message while you were on vacation. I had already found some when I talked to you but I told you that I would give my sister your phone number. Was that you?
I think I may have talked to last week about purchasing some chickens. I had called and left a message while you were on vacation. I had already found some when I talked to you but I told you that I would give my sister your phone number. Was that you?
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2/3 of the floor is covered with landscape timbers. I had to reinforce the floor of the trailer which was made with tin and I had landscape timbers on hand. I'm pretty sure this is shop made trailer because the commercial made ones had a steel/sheet metal floor.
Under the coop I have shavings. I didn't put shavings between the coop and the sandbox because the shavings would fall out of the sides.
A rubber mat would be perfect to lay between the sandbox and shavings/coop. I saw some at Tractor Supply that you get it cut to size. I think I will do that latter this afternoon.
Thanks for the suggestion!
2/3 of the floor is covered with landscape timbers. I had to reinforce the floor of the trailer which was made with tin and I had landscape timbers on hand. I'm pretty sure this is shop made trailer because the commercial made ones had a steel/sheet metal floor.
Under the coop I have shavings. I didn't put shavings between the coop and the sandbox because the shavings would fall out of the sides.
A rubber mat would be perfect to lay between the sandbox and shavings/coop. I saw some at Tractor Supply that you get it cut to size. I think I will do that latter this afternoon.
Thanks for the suggestion!
Update: anyone else tried this method? How did it go?
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It's working great! Chickens love it. I've tweaked a couple things-I redid the roost and added another roost in the corner over the sand box which they love during the day. This weekend I am moving it to a spot with a better wind block. Right now it is parked where the shade was optimal which is a must during the hot Texas heat.
I like that. Do cotton trailers come already screened like that?
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