Chicken tractors--pictorial of different backyard styles

[FarmerChick]

cool little site that gives a persons attempts at different backyard versions.

thought it might help someone get some ideas if needed. Edited to say---be sure to go into the Photo Gallery.



http://thecitychicken.com/pictorialhistory.html

 

[Marianne]

Those are pretty slick! I'd like to have a couple of them.

I have to admit that chicken math is getting to be a problem for me. I have 7 hens which really is enough to keep me in eggs, but I wouldn't mind getting another batch of chicks next spring. Of course, then I'd need another coop or chicken tractor!

 

[BarredBuff]

Thanks for posting! That gave me some ideas for our much needed Rabbit tractor.....

 

[FarmerChick]

utoh Marianne...you got the chicken fever


yea Barred, while for chickens, these types of tractors surely can do rabbits and other small critters. very versitale and tons of pics on this site.

 

[BarredBuff]

Yeah I could also raise meat chicks in there as well or broody hens......hmmmmm. Thatd be very useful.

 

[moxies_chickennuggets]

Here is our chicken tractor DH built this past summer. We have 6 pullets and a cockeral. We have a 2nd one half finished, without the top. It takes alot of work, for the whole thing. DH recycled some shipping crates from his work...pine crates shipped from France, for copper. It was all free for him to take home..the wood. We just had t figure out the design, and how to put it together.

 

[FarmerChick]

very cool pic and nicely built.

on the site there is that design also

 

[moxies_chickennuggets]

very cool pic and nicely built.

on the site there is that design also

I looked at the site too. I saw one picture of hers...looked like ours with the top sitting on the ground next to it.

 

[ki4got]

if you're looking for other cool chicken coop/tractor ideas, check out backyardchickens.com (sister site to this) if you're not already there. LOL

I practically LIVE on byc... then again i suffer from "chicken math". for those unfamiliar with chicken math, it goes like this...

when you have 11 bantams, 3 dorkings, but 2 of the bantams were broody so really that's only 9. and since they're broody you can't count the eggs under them either. oh and those 24 shipped eggs are now 13, and the 12 original doring eggs are now 3, oh and i added... 5 more but only 3 of them were good, and the last 7 are still going but i had to add another 5 to make up for the first 9 that were infertile. oh and i've got 4 ee chicks, 7 mutt bantams, and 2 more dorking chicks. oh and 9 more babies from the eggs that were under one broody... that makes... hm. i count 12 in the yard. oh make that 13. one of the broodies stopped broody-ing. (fortunately all the eggs went under the other girl who's turned into a fantastic momma).



edit: just put the 13 cochin and 2 of the dorking eggs in the hatcher tonight... 1 more goes in tomorrow, and more next week. 8) and 6 more eggs possibly going into the 'bator soon...

 

[BarredBuff]

Im thinking that maybe for my rabbit tractor I may modify it to more of a moveable pasture with a house in it because I have permanent hutches for them to live in. Would the does be able to cooperate together if they werent pregnant?