Chicken Tractor Question
"Could you post a picture of your
chicken tractor?"
Jackie
Here is the smallest of our two tractors. I added the carpet towards
the bottom to keep
the small chicks from escaping through the holes.
The skeletal frame is made of a material called remesh.
It comes in a medium sized roll and is usually used to reinforce
concrete structures and floors. We used an old metal milk crate turned
on its side to function as a nest box. Most of the wooden frame is made
from small trees and pieces of scrap.
The total weight is a big factor in making it easy to
move. I recommend practice movements during construction. Check
back in the near future for a more detailed post on chicken tractors with construction tips, pictures, and short video clips.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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