upside down grocery cart = instant chicken tractor??

[SheilaTheBrave]

Redneck genius or cause for concern?
Our coop is in area that is still up and coming - and I happen to have noticed a shopping cart there today when my moment of genius hit - flip the dang thing over and put a chicken or 2 in there! They have giant coop and even larger run (15x18) so they run free in there, but I'd like to institute the tractor method for a few hours each day so the girls can work the rest of the land while we're out gardening. We've got a good bit of land almost 2 acres, so there is privacy.
Love to hear your thoughts on this potentially amazing idea.

 

[beardiemom]

I'm voting redneck! Stealing shopping carts ranks up there with illegal chickens.

 

[donrae]

Isn't it pretty small under there?

 

[SheilaTheBrave]

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I didn't steal it!! We're working on land that has been underutilized for years and thus there is a good deal of 'scrap' around. BTW, it is now privately owned property. I guess I could stroll the cart down the 3.5 miles it would take to get it back to the grocery store....but somehow I don't see that happening. Seems better put to use as a tractor than hauled off to the dump, no?

 

[mississippifarmboy]

If you turn it upside down and add those plastic pinwheels to each wheel - you have a redneck tractor with an automatic hawk deterent system

 

[Desert Rooster]

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[SheilaTheBrave]

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I'd say maybe 3x4, but we'd only use it for maybe 2 of the girls at a time and just for a little while if we were going to be out there working in the yard. It's really just to offer them some fresh places to scratch around. We've got such lush grasses everywhere but I'm just trying to figure out how to get them there...

 

[naakte]

hahaha i cant stop laughing

Donna in branson

 

[Urban Chaos]

mississippifarmboy wrote:

If you turn it upside down and add those plastic pinwheels to each wheel - you have a redneck tractor with an automatic hawk deterent system

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I love the idea, can you remove the wheels and re-attach them to the bottom, then re-attach the handle to the top? It would make moving it easier.

There is some genius to redneck creations.

 

[heathersboers]

Good idea...flip it the other way and pretty soon you'll see them riding in it......mental pic of this is hilarious....