Does it need a floor?

[yakmama]

My chicken tractor is going to look similar to this:

http://www.poshchicks.co.uk/chicken-houses/the-luxury-arc-house

We have skunks, raccoons, dogs and cats roaming around this area and I'm afraid they'll just dig under the tractor or tip it over to get underneath. Does that happen? Does this design need some kind of flooring?

 

[tedabug]

In my short experience with chickens, they seem fine in a tractor as long as they are put away at night. If you have a fenced in yard or family dog protecting them, that helps too. I have a chicken tractor too and dutifully put them to bed every night at sun-down. So far nothing has bothered them or dug under.

 

[elmo]

I just built a new A frame chicken tractor and to deal with this issue, I attached a wire skirt all around the perimeter to lie flat on the ground. I used Loxit clips to attach the skirt to the frame of the tractor so the skirt panels can be flipped up when I move the tractor and won't get in the way too much. I weigh down the edge of the skirt with a brick, but you could also use a couple of landscaping staples at the corner and then just pull them up when you want to move the tractor.

I took some pictures today but haven't yet had the time to download them. I haven't used this tractor yet because all of my hens are broody right now. This is a tractor for daytime use only, though. My chickens have very secure coops/runs to go into at night.