Plans for Salatin style dolly?

[Buster52]

Fairly obvious you don't use tractors, Bossroo, by your comments in this thread. Aside from the fact you have said you don't. You raise in confinement.

See? I do pay attention to your posts.

 

[Bossroo]

The operative word is " IF " !!!

CAN'T use any type of outdoor recreation for the chicks!!!

Just too many PREDATORS and HEAT and DRY grass to operate a chicken tractor on my piece of land.

One can only dream !

So, inside the horse barn it is and I use a scoop shovel and wheelbarrow to spread the fertilizer onto the barren pasture ground in the hopes of getting some green grass for the mares and foals when the next December raindrops come.

 

[NotAFarm]

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Because CXs can be lazy and if you roll the pen over the back of one it can kill it. With the dolly the bird just pops out the back and you can pick it up.

I built a little chicken-prod on the back so they want to walk forward.

Would you mind telling us about this "chicken-prod"? What is it? How does it work?

To OP, I bought a small "dolley" at a garage sale that I use, I don't know what it's original use was. I will try and get pics and post them.

Bossroo and Buster..............play nice

 

[Buster52]

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I always play nice, at least on this board. I don't know about Boss, but my posts to him are sprinkled with a heavy dash of friendly ribbing. I can't get too worked up over anything he says, since I don't much take it personally.

Or seriously, for that matter.

 

[NotAFarm]

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I always play nice, at least on this board. I don't know about Boss, but my posts to him are sprinkled with a heavy dash of friendly ribbing. I can't get too worked up over anything he says, since I don't much take it personally.

Or seriously, for that matter.

Glad to hear that!

Here are some pics of the small "dolley" I got at a garage sale for $2. I don't know it's original use but I knew what I was going to do with it the minute I saw it. Here it is on top of my tractor so you can see the shape and angle of the handle.

This is my tractor 5 ft wide by 8 ft long and a pic of the rear wheels ( .25 at a different garage sale). The rear is barely above the ground as most of our place relatively flat (unless the moles are busy).]

Here is the dolley in place. The bottom frame is a 2 x 4 ripped in half so an almost 2x2 and you can see the small size of the wheel in comparison to it. I have a rope tied to the bottom, front corner that I pulled the tractor with before I got the dolley. Now I use the dolley in front so I don't have to lift and pull.

When I had my cornish x last year it was difficult to move the pen with them in it because they wouldn't want to move along. I'm using it as a grow out pen for some young birds right now and move the pen when I let them out to free range. Would love to see scuba's chicken prod or anyone else's ideas for moving without trapping birds. I know the higher versions allow for birds to just go through but I'd like to avoid catching and replacing them if possible.

 

[patimekiller]

This moves my 8 x14 pens that weigh over 350 lbs

one person can move them

 

[eKo_birdies]

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that is an awesome pen. beautiful work!!! so the wheels are just up (2x4s vertical) when moving and down (2x4s angled) when stationary?

 

[patimekiller]

Yes they pin in the up right position for trans port and then you lay em down and the pen sits on the ground.

 

[crperdue]

I never had luck with wheels. The ground is a bit rough in places and soft in others.
I found it was easier and cheaper to use curved runners. I can just pick up the front
a bit and pull it. It glides easily over varied terrain.

This way I dont have the expense of wheels or worrying with a dolly.

 

[Bossroo]

Building better mousetraps ... priceless !