Portable Forage Yard

[kcsunshine]

I have a song for them to the tune of Hi Ho Hi Ho, it's off to work we go:



Hi ho, Hi ho, It’s off to work we go.
To our chicken tractor, where we go to mow,
Eat bugs and so

Hi ho, Hi ho, We love bugs and worms so.
We do our best to get rid of pests,
Eat grass, make poo,

And on we go, Hi ho, Our eggs Gary loves so.
We’ll pop them out with a little shout,
Then go, scratch, eat

And poo some mo. Hi Ho!

 

[dianaross77]

I think the plastic totes are great. They keep the critters dry. I built a 3 season rabbit tractor for my daughter's bunny a month ago. I used a big hot pink tote inside (used to be toy box). I cut a hole about a foot square on the left side of the long side about 4 inches from the bottom. Then I drilled a bunch of ventilation holes on the back side near the top. I filled it with 4-6 inches of grass hay. He could eat it and snuggle in it, too.

 

[Cargo]

I think the plastic totes are great. They keep the critters dry. I built a 3 season rabbit tractor for my daughter's bunny a month ago. I used a big hot pink tote inside (used to be toy box). I cut a hole about a foot square on the left side of the long side about 4 inches from the bottom. Then I drilled a bunch of ventilation holes on the back side near the top. I filled it with 4-6 inches of grass hay. He could eat it and snuggle in it, too.

Any Pics?
I have rabbits as well.​

 

[dianaross77]

Quote:
I'll go and get some now. I already brought him in for the winter but he sure enjoyed it and I did all by myself. Yay for girls!


ETA: I used roofing nails to hold the hardware cloth on and osb for the back cuz I ran out of hardware cloth. oops.

 

[wolftracks]

Boy if I don't fall asleep tonight I'm going to go hit Walmart for more totes.

Awesome ideas and a big help to me right now.

I went to the auction today. Was a good girl. I bought a trio of Favs las week, and they had two more trios and a quad today and I sat on my hands.

But I got 5 nesting boxes for 5 bucks a piece. Prices were good today. Maybe not where my hen came in though. Took one of my games and got $6.75, but that's one less mouth to feed that I'm not using in a breeding program. Starting to do some culling. Boy this is hard too, but I started with a lot of space and now I need more. Someone's gotta go. LOL She did pay for a box though! Tryed to get on of those covered litter boxes, but that thing went for almost brand new price. I can do better than that.

I wish I still had the coops my husband had made me at our last house. We had only been here 4 months before he died and I had started bringing home more birds. He was trying to keep up, but he wasn't feeling well and was tired a lot. Wish we had known how bad it really was and he could still be here with me telling him what I want. He had made some really nice ones for me with my last flock. Most of what I have now started out as temperary and now I'm trying to at least get them done enough to protect my babies better.

I have some 5 gallon buckets I bought for waterers, but I messed up 2. Don't know why I couldn't get them right, but I'm thinking I can make some kind of shelter for some of my d'Uccle roos. Can't get a hen to save my life. They're tiny little guys and I know they could at least have a place to roost at night. Try to get an idea of how to do it. I may turn them upside down and seal the top on so no moisture gets in. Drill some holes in the top for ventilation" Not sure yet. But I think they would work in a pinch.

Now if I can rehome 2 silkie roos I won't have to worry about a new shelter for them.

I hope someone comes up with some more ideas here. It's fun to see what people can come up with when they need to.