Backyard Chicken Tractor

My plan is to build a chicken tractor to house up to maybe a dozen chickens initially and rotate a half a dozen at a time through an as yet undetermined cycle.

Backyard chicken tractor. Naturally raising a sustainable flock which was a best seller in it s amazon category. She is also the author of chickens. Since i won t be home most days to supervise free ranging birds in my urban backyard i was thinking a chicken tractor would be a great way to keep the birds on fresh ground. Why you need a chicken tractor for your backyard flock.

The backyard is 1 84m long 0 92m wide and and a full 0 92m tall. Our backyard chicken tractor is our base model and you get all the features and insights that go into our more expensive models. It s really just a mobile chicken coop that can be easily positioned in different parts of your yard. I m planning to have a fixed coop and run 4 8 run attached to 4 4 coop for 3 4 hens.

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I have an idea of how the exterior will look and the measurements come out to be 5 3 wide by 17 6 long. See more ideas about chicken tractors chickens backyard chicken coop. By my calculations i can house about 24 chickens at a time with this size. The backyard model is made from the highest quality galvanised steel tube galah grade aviary mesh and 0 6mm thick colorbond sheets.

The best thing about a chicken tractor is that it allows backyard chickens to eat up the tender tips of grass and weeds as well as any small bugs and snails which they totally relish. Helping control pest population in its own way.