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Wheelchair chicken tractor PVC run

Chicken run out of PVC.

The new PVC chicken run for the wheelchair chicken tractor is 10 feet long and 3 feet wide.



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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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I read somewhere that normal PVC only lasts a year before it shatters from UV rays. What do you think of wrapping it in twine or ribbons to protect from the sun (this could also be used to tie the wire on)? Or maybe painting it?
Comment by Erin Holland Thu Apr 1 05:41:26 2021
Are instructions for building this available?
Comment by Vanessa Tue May 2 08:51:51 2023





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