Largish Chicken Tractor

[Slow Belly Farm]

Here's how it started out...a simple 8 x 12 outdoor shed that was on our property when we bought it:

Some progress! It's now mounted on a Hay Wagon for easy relocation around the farm:

Here is a photo album showing the "mounting" process:
http://picasaweb.google.com/slowbellyfarm/ChickenTractor?feat=directlink

I will build out and mount up some nesting boxes today...pics later.

 

[wyandotte freak]

Pretty cool. very good use of an old shed. Bet it was fun getting it up on that wagon. We have one that has a 4 x 8 coop built on top of a 8 x 8 run. The run ia 2 ft. tall. I mounted it on a 9 ft. trailer axle and pull it around with the three point hitch on my 57 ford tractor. sometime I will post pics.

 

[joebryant]

Quote:
I want that, and I want it NOW!
Dang! What a setup!

 

[codymax2]

Very cool!! Great idea!!

 

[Slow Belly Farm]

That was about an hour of careful work getting the shed on top of the wagon.

Keep your eyes peeled on Craigslist...they go quick. I lucked into that one pretty cheap.

 

[brounii]

That is so awesome! I love the little light you added for the chickens

You did a great job getting that shed up on the platform. I would have been a nervous wreck, lol. I also love where you hung the feeder and waterer. What a perfect place. I'm sure the chickens love to go underneath out of the sun or rain. I'm jealous!

By the way:

 

[Mtn Cur]

You love your chickens a lot more than I do mine!

 

[Slow Belly Farm]

I'm not so sure that I love them that much...as I want to make caring for them as simple and to take as little time as possible out of my farm life.