chicken tractor

  1. Billylynn

    Too many chicks for my tractors

    My 8 x 4 chicken tractors worked well for 5-6 chicks. How do I know? A big indication seemed to be the condition of the grass and that the chickens always were able to stay clean. My grass was a beautiful, deep green with no holes a couple of weeks after the tractor had been moved and the...
  2. Billylynn

    Have chicken tractors....now have bad back

    The back issue did not result from hauling around the tractors but rather from excited grandchild..ouch. However, I'd hate to give up my meat birds that I raise in my tractors. On my hoop tractor I never got around to putting wheels on and had just dragged it everyday another 8ft. My "box"...
  3. M

    Heritage Farm Chicken

    Hello all, I have recently moved to a family farm of 125 years. It has been furloughed for a few years since the last real "farmer" in the family died a few decades ago. I have taken it upon myself to restore an old hip-roofed barn of 1500 ft2, but larger animals are not for me so I will be...
  4. The Dangers of a Tractor-style Coop

    The Dangers of a Tractor-style Coop

    This was my flock before yesterday. Now I've got three dead chickens and two injured. If it had been predators, I could understand. If it had been my own mistake, I'd be upset but it would make sense. No, my chickens were killed by something simple and that we never saw coming. My...
    • alexisrambles
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  5. J

    Bringing birds to the beach

    I'm wondering if there are any laws against bringing some of my Quail to the beach I'm going to bring a small chicken tractor made for quails to the beach and let them dust bathe in the sand. I live in Jupiter Florida and it would be greatly appreciated if someone had a source on any rules...
  6. R

    New to the “brood!

    Hello all you hens and roosters! I recently relocated from a non chicken friendly place...(How dare them!) to a perfect chicken raising roost! I want to get started and starting my chicken tractor so’s they can run and roost! How do I get started... chicken or egg? The proverbial questioni!
  7. Nibarlan

    Scrapwood Tractor- Total cost $20

    I've been working on getting a coop/run built that is nearly complete(been documenting most of it and will make a whole article on the process once it's finished), but all but one of my chicks are nearly all feathered out and have been wanting to get out of the brooder....or they think they...
  8. LunaMarieWolf

    Chicken tractor, pen, or coop?

    I am going to be moving in a few months and I need help on what to fix up for my chickens to live in. I have been doing research on chicken coop and pens, free range, and chicken tractors. I am going to be moving my chickens from free range and a coop to a sturdy metal wire dog pen. I have...
  9. thecreekhouse

    Show us/tell us about your coop & run

    Just showing off my coop & run now that it’s coming together the way I want. The whole set-up is actually a (very heavy but still moveable) chicken tractor. 14 feet long by 3 feet wide. The barn-style coop sits on top of the run and is made of extremely durable, insulated, barn-thick siding...
  10. K

    Chicken Tractor, first build, suggestions

    I’ve just mostly finished my first chicken tractor build it’s 6x12’ with a 3x6’ roosting area. Looking for suggestions for my next one. 3/4” hardware cloth on the run, it will be roofed with a tarp over the run portion, solid roofing (metal or plywood) on the roost box. 1” hardware cloth under...
  11. thecreekhouse

    My Christmas present coop!!

    I’m so excited! I’m getting an awesome new coop and run for Christmas! Here’s a photo of it (only mine won’t be painted orange; it’s being painted traditional barn red and white. This is my new coop! 6 foot coop and a 14 foot run. All on wheels to move to fresh grass daily. Hardware cloth...
  12. ShellyBlanco

    Clucking Around with the Chickens

    Just so I can keep up with my antics with my chickens, I'm going to document all of the fun, crazy, frantic, tear jerking and sometimes embarrassing things (other than trying to spell embarrassing correctly) that happen as I am trying to establish a flock of laying hens, grow some "chicken soup"...
  13. ShellyBlanco

    Our DIY Coop and Tractors

    (NE North Carolina) We are new at chickens. Our first flock was purchased in March 2018. It was pretty cold when we purchased our first 10 RIRs, so they were living in an ever expanding cardboard box "condo" in my office and we hadn't built our coop yet. When I noticed their dust baths were...
  14. PennysHennys

    Chicken Tractor Conversion

    After purchasing a wonderful chicken tractor made by a local craftsman, I was bothered by the fact that the thing sat on the ground. Due to options that I asked for it was too heavy for me and DH to move without using a (real) tractor. Even though it is made of treated wood I couldn't stand...
  15. A

    chicken tractor - wheels?

    I have built a chicken tractor very similar to the garden ark, and am debating putting wheels on it... wondering if someone could share some insight about how to attach wheels? I've heard some people make them retractable - what does that look like exactly? what kind should I get, how do I...
  16. kathlynr8

    Rototilling Chicken Service

    Hi, I am creating a new veggie garden from scratch on my land in Vermont. This land has not had anything built on it - so my staked veggie garden area is grassy, mossy, anty. I am wondering if chickens set loose on the area in a chicken tractor would tear up the grass and aerate the soil or...
  17. Windy mountain tractor

    Windy mountain tractor

    I started building the base for a chicken tractor back in August 2017 while my wife was on maternity leave.... needless to say it was a busy time so it was delayed until November. My original plan was to put it on wheels but I decided skids would be easier and less expensive. The base is cedar...
  18. Zoe_tx

    Chick Chalet!

    Hello Everyone! Just sharing a few pictures of the chicken tractor that we built for our bantams. We will be adding nesting boxes on the back in the future. It its 8' x 4', and it needs two people to move it easily around the yard. We made one of the roof panels removable for easy access to the...
  19. C

    Chicken Tractors for sale

    Coop with 3'x8'x2' lot underneath a 6'x3' house. Coop is built with hardware wire NOT chicken wire making it predator proof. It has 4 nests, 2 roosts, and a cleanout tray. Roof cap color may vary. Call or text me at (931) 273-0647.
  20. Ms Biddy's Cattle Panel Hoop Coop

    Ms Biddy's Cattle Panel Hoop Coop

    Our cattle panel coop was inspired by multiple designs, including several here on BYC. Thank you to everyone who has shared their photos and experience. It's been a big help. Since we combined ideas from several coops, we worked things out as we went and didn't have formal plans. Some of the...
    • Ms Biddy
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    • 6 min read
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    • Comments: 43
    • Category: Medium Coops
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