Need simple "play pen" tractor plan

[SunnyAlberta]

When I clean my coop and run I like to move the three girls into a temporary space on the lawn. In the beginning I used a dog crate but they outgrew that and it didn't give them access to grass. Next I set temporary posts in the lawn to hold up orange plastic construction fencing but that was torn down by my Great Pyrenees X puppy in minutes before I could even put the chickens in there. I have no construction skills and a tight budget. Can anyone suggest an easy tractor I can use temporarily on the grass that my puppy won't tear down instantly?

 

[Just reebok]

Get one of those wire crates that you can keep dogs in and put them in with no bottom on the grass. Or find an old child's playpen at a thrift store and you can turn it upside down and create a door in it to load them in and put. They would have shade then. Maybe?

 

[7 Biddies]

This is just a pen with wheels from a child's old rusted bike (so it can be moved), and homemade wooden handles. A little cumbersome on this steep hill, but it works and the girls enjoy their outings, scratching for bugs in the grass.

 

[chitown chicks]

 

[SunnyAlberta]

Get one of those wire crates that you can keep dogs in and put them in with no bottom on the grass. Or find an old child's playpen at a thrift store and you can turn it upside down and create a door in it to load them in and put.

A wire dog crate is a good idea. I've been looking for the old, wooden playpens with no luck; maybe its illegal to sell them now?

 

[SunnyAlberta]

This is just a pen with wheels from a child's old rusted bike (so it can be moved), and homemade wooden handles.

 

[chitown chicks]

There are some plans online and youtube tutorials for small-ish tractors similar to that.

 

[SunnyAlberta]

A Youtube tutorial would be great! Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[7 Biddies]

This is awesome, but I don't know I'm capable of building it.

Maybe you can get an idea or two from it; e.g., getting wheels from a kid's bike; maybe use the handlebars to push it; any kind of wooden crate that you can leave the frame in tact and replace the wood sides with hardware cloth (which is easily applied with a staple gun).

If it's only for temporary confinement, you might be able to use one of the newer mesh type playpens, or a baby's travel bed.

Good luck.