So weather was good and I have 25 new egg layers coming and 80 meat birds. Then after that I have 40 Naked Necked Chickens coming to try for meat birds and then 8 Turkeys.
So one tractor will be a full time home for my layers with a door that will open and they can free range inside an eletric fence in my yard. The other will be for all the others that will rotate out this summer.
These are 8 x 12 x 4. 1/2 will be enclosed in sheet metal and where the plywood is, I will create a hinged top and plan on running 4" pvc across the bottoms for the feeders. So that I can just lift and pour. This is the section that will be sheet metal all the way down. The same end with the sheet metal will have the nest boxes on the outside. And I should say it will be 1 large box only. The rest will be wrapped in hardware cloth. Thinking about putting something on to add wheels to move them as well. And then there will be a swinging door in one of these openings with the hardware cloth so that I can get in there at processing time.
You can see them here:
http://gallery.me.com/anthonyjames420/100321
So one tractor will be a full time home for my layers with a door that will open and they can free range inside an eletric fence in my yard. The other will be for all the others that will rotate out this summer.
These are 8 x 12 x 4. 1/2 will be enclosed in sheet metal and where the plywood is, I will create a hinged top and plan on running 4" pvc across the bottoms for the feeders. So that I can just lift and pour. This is the section that will be sheet metal all the way down. The same end with the sheet metal will have the nest boxes on the outside. And I should say it will be 1 large box only. The rest will be wrapped in hardware cloth. Thinking about putting something on to add wheels to move them as well. And then there will be a swinging door in one of these openings with the hardware cloth so that I can get in there at processing time.
You can see them here:
http://gallery.me.com/anthonyjames420/100321
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