New chicken tractor!

gumpsgirl

Crowing
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11 Years
Mar 25, 2008
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I have felt so badly for my broody/mama hen and her babies, because they have had such a limited amount of space that didn't include any outdoors. I found a dog house that was being given away on freecycle. It was built 20 years ago, so it needed repainting and had to have a new floor put in due to rotting. I wish I would have thought to take a picture of it before we did our renovating, but failed to think enough to take any!

Anyhow, my husband cut the house down about 3 inches, put a new floor in, and then added a run. The boys and I painted (I actually need to do a few touch-ups around the bottom, thanks to all my extra help
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)and then moved mama and her babies in today. They love it! It still needs some wheels and a handle to pull it with, but it was good enough to move mama and her chicks in. Poor mama (Sunshine) was so excited to see the green grass, she just kept clucking away to her babies as if to say, "Look! Look! Green grass! Green grass!"
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So without anymore ado, here is our broody/chick new tractor.
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The top of the house lifts off, which is actually on backwards here in this picture.
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And the happy occupants.
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I like it! Very nice! Quick question, is there netting on the bottom? How do you keep predators out with this kind of design, I've always wondered... I like it though, esp the heart
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I may have to do something like this if I choose to do any breeding. It will be the a...bow-chicka-wow-wow tractor...
 

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