Making a Chicken Tractor
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2024
- I made a chicken tractor this spring. Haven't added the wheels yet, but I wanted to get this sequence up before it got too cold out. Hope this gives you some good ideas on how to build one. If you have any questions, please comment or message me.
Music Credits: "Thingamajig", composed and performed by Jason Shaw ( / audionautix . Link to music content can be found at: www.audionautix.... Permission to use music for this video is granted under the Creative Commons License 3.0. Release statement for music can be found at: www.audionautix....
Thanks to my daughter, / ggracesophiaa for taking the photos
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I made one just like this one without the box on the end. I use it for my ducks during the day and move them around the yard. I decided not to put any fencing on the bottom since they won't be in it over night. It helps to keep their main pen a little cleaner. Love it!!! It was very easy to make and the most expensive part was the fencing/netting to cover it. Thanks for a great idea!
Very good idea. This reminds me of a similar model in Liberia, 40 years ago. To 10 pairs of rails, 50 Meter long, with each 1 Tractor who hat about 50 chickens, which can sense the earth and produced manure . Then the worker push the tractor firwart, loosened the soil and planted lettuce. After harvest they sold to the hotels. There were also sold eggs and chicken bits. At that time a good deal.
Why would anyone hate this vid? ppl are so unappreciative. I thought it was very informative, and kudos to anyone who takes the time to be this creative
Keep it stupid simple thats the key. Totaly functional, cheap, chicken friendly and fairly aesthetic as coops go. I am going to build this one, on wheels. Thanks
I have ten 6x6 raised garden beds, so I am thinking about designing something similar to this that I can move from time to time to fertilize my garden beds. Basically, my design is a small quonset hut. I am thinking about using a more durable fabric, though, like outdoor shade fabric and making it stand taller for easier human access. Thanks for posting!!
Pretty good. The decision to use wire on the bottom is about the only issue. I think it would help keep out bigger critters.
Love this idea, I live in FL and have been looking for a chickens tractor to fit over raised beds so I could move it from one bed to another.
I worked at a company making PVC conduit for 10 years. One problem you will have is the pipe will sunburn , become brittle and break. I would suggest keeping it in the shade as much as possible. Nick job.
@3333ramirez I think so. If you have it around, it can't hurt to give it a try. I used the PVC 1/2" electrical conduit because it costs less and seemed a little bit more flexible.
@spiritartman Thanks! I had all the wood and wire mesh laying around the barn, so that was already paid for. The pvc conduits were about $1.25 each, and the tarp was $5. I spent about $5 on hardware, and about $25 for wheels and axle bolts, which I still haven't put on. If you wanted to build one new, I'd say you could spend about $100, and about 6 hours of work. I'm in NY.
@HotSauceJohnny Very innovative job. But on the wire bottom: I thought the chickens needed to scratch. I'm looking for a tractor plan, figure I could use heavier gauge wire and bend it outward in an "L," and make the ramp a drawbridge. That said, I love the ease of your use of pex-tubing and "Quonset Hut" coop.
Very nice. First one I've seen with a hoop done this way. Can't agree with the wire floor. To easy to brake a chickens feet a legs. We keep dogs and they take care of predators. Easy scratching easy safe relocating, get a good dog and you and the chicks will be happy! Great build man.
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Not to mention super frustrating for the chickens, who want to scratch around freely!
@Jefferdaughter Agreed, it is kind of big. About 5'x10'. I am beginning to put raised beds in, and would like to design something to put over the beds in the spring so my girls can do the cultivating and weeding for me!
Nice tractor Johnny. Well done
Thanks this is really helpful, although I don't think I would put wire on the bottom as I want a tractor for my chickens to dig over my veg patches on my allotment, but I guess this design can be done with or without wire borrow, it is very similar design to a poly tunnel (hoop house) for the garden. I think this is great:0)
Thanks for sharing your design. I just built one (with some help from my husband) following the steps on your video, it turned out very nice and was easy. It is also much lighter than the other one we built.
Great work
The wire on the bottom is always a problem when moving the structure
with the birds in it. It's way better to add some wire by the outside attached to the botton edge of the coop and let it rest lose on the ground. Predators can never figure out how to dig in 'cause they always stand on the wire. It confuses them.
Nice portable chicken coop, aka drag pen or pasture pen. (A bit too large to fit between the rows of a garden so the chickens can weed and cultivate the soil like a 'chicken tractor', but nice design!)
@anAHDAMofYAH To solve that, I move the tractor right in the morning before I let them out of the coop from that night (I lock them up at night for further safety) I also wanted the larger mesh on the bottom so more grass pokes through, and it doesn't hinder them as much for scratching about.
Wire on the bottom would be so foxes, rats etc don't get in underneath. I imagine it's light enough to lift one end to drag, so the chickens' feet don't get caught. Ours free range during part of the day, so our chicken tractor gets moved while they're out.
Nice video and wonderful music. very practical, easy to understand, elegant with out going expensive, nice job!
Hi Johnny
Nice design and build. Could you post the list of materials and tools needed so we can shop and build? Hopefully i can get one done before it gets too cold.
Thanks
Me gustan, creo que lo hare, pero he visto unas que tienen rueditas como para trasladarlos. Interesantes y muy practicos.
I never stole a thing!!! We had to put shade cloths over our pipe to keep it from sunburning.
I love the video, but as a not very handy dyi'er, I could use a list of what supplies you used. I agree with other comments that the commentary of why you might want something like this is superfulous, but a list of materials would help me a great deal as I am spending a lot of time looking at various projects, none of them "exactly" what I want, but yours is very close.
Very nice! Thanks for sharing with us!
Plan to make a couple this spring. Tired of hawks and possums.
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Great work, maybe you could put it on skids instead of wheels to avoid the wire??
excellent design. I'm going to try it myself. good job!!!
Loved the video, nice design on the chicken tractor.
Great work bro
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You could make it round, like a cigar, so that it would be easier to move around.
I do like your overall design tho, may I ask what your dimensions are and how long the pvc pipe lengths were? Brian
I guess I am the only one watching this 10 years later...
You are not.
@bradrulzwithironfist Started with eight in there, but it was too many. 4-6 is optimal, in my opinion. And thanks for the compliment!
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10 dislikes. Damn haters. I bet the bastards used this video to build there Chicken Tractor! Thank you for the idea. This saved me a few hundred dollars.
one of my chickens broke her leg in one those when i was moving it. she decided it would be a great idea to go in it while it was moving. i had to butcher her early by a week.
@bzell99 Hi Brian. The dimensions are 10' x 5'. The pvc pipes are 10' electrical conduit. I think it is 1/2", will check it during the daylight hours.
As for the fence on the bottom - a must where I live if you are going to let them stay in the tractor overnight. Otherwise, predators can dig under. I have not yet put the wheels on it, which will make it easier to move the tractor. So far, I have been pushing it slowly, and the chickens have figured out how to avoid the fence.
Me gustaría las instrucciones en español
would this be fine for a year around chicken coop or is this just for letting the chickens out into the garden to do their thing? I've never raised chickens before and thought that this would be great for a little back yard project with 3 chickens to start off with.
what happens to the chickens feet when the structure gets pulled across the grass. why put the wire on the bottom. ???
Wayne Carlile you get your chickens out for a bit and you move the tractor they will go back in easy?
Why？Because dogs come．
Doesn't make a lot of sense having the wire on bottom
@@scratchthatitch4812 I think dogs will dig under and get them
@@marlabenabdallah2000 and raccoons & maybe even foxes too
Excellent!!!!!
He could be worried with foxes getting in so even if they were to dig under they still wouldn't be able to get to the chickens because of the wire.
im very happy your idea exists, one day, i shall have a sleigh pulled by chickens!
I like this because it is very similar to mine.
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Ok! I have to build one of those.
@paulo1149 I haven't tried to winter any chickens in it. I have kept them all in the full size coop in the winter. I guess you could do it if you cover more of it or at least cover it at night with a tarp.
If you put wheels the birds can not reach the ground to scratch, which is the main purpose of the wire.
see the plans with wheels that pivot up and down and a bicycle frame and wheel at one end. Works nicely !
But I thought the whole idea of the tractor concept was to allow the chickens to scratch in the ground?? That's why you make them small - light - movable to give them new ground to scratch in.
I like it but I don’t like the wire on the bottom
I'm curious as to how much it cost in materials to build this? I love it! For me, it would be wonderful to have a few of these as grow out pens for my baby chicks, ducks, and geese. I'd have to modify a few things...now if I could only get the hubby to get going on them!
very good
i agree...measurements & materials list would be nice...not interested in a 1600 project ebook just to find out 😒
is there some kind of coating that can be applied, like a "paint" to protect from sunburn, or how about wrapping with some kind of insulation or other plastic?
No you will not have a problem if the wheel can make a circle so you can place it upsight down!! i paste a link with that pattern but you have delete it why ? ...
Nice breeding
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Have you ever had issues with weasels getting in at the bottom of the tractor?
i did the same ezact thing built it my self 32sq feet and it was the best thing i ever made bymyself
Be sure to put some sweaters on those chickens!
So how many birds do you keep in that thing? Looks like an awesome job.
What size pvc did you use??
Very nice indeed. Can they Winter in that thing, or is it just three season? I'm also in the Hudson Valley. Be blessed.
Thanks For The Information
so cool.
This how-to double as a how-to make a raised bed hoophouse
How often do you move the coop?
Sorry, I disagree. Chickens will easily use the spaces (looks like 3x2" at least) to scratch...they're pretty smart......critters you know, they'll soon strip the grass/weeds whatever....then it's time to move 'em along.......
I do however agree with your last comment: Chickens Need To Be Chickens.
Cheers!
I seriously wanted to see a chicken powered tractor. I thought it was a new "alternative fuel" deal.
Which type pipe metrical us it plastic or iron pipe used
exelente video amigo. exelente. gracias por la idea. ya la pongo en practica
Would it work without the wire on the bottom? I want to make one
Hi, great video! What are the measurements and how many chickens are you keeping in there?
thanks again!!
if you live in the south it might be ok
up north the cold wind would probably kill off the birds
i have 10 chickens. do u think if i made this one with two nesting boxes instead of one - that this would suffice for that number?
Buenas tardes, tengo una pregunta, y no se si en tienda el español, pero quiero saber su los arcos son tubo de pvc? Oh si es manguera para la electricidad??? Gracias que tenga lindo día
nice work man thnx for the brilliant idea
Just saw this. I thought I invented tis style of chicken tractor and was about to do my first vid on making it. You beat me by years
Any idea sheep farm
Why on a floor a grid? It will be inconvenient to hens to go
@HotSauceJohnny Thanks again. Food for thought.
@spiritartman Wish I had the time. I used to live on LI. Up in the Hudson Valley now. Check Craigs List. You might be able to pick one up at a good price.
I really enjoyed your video, and design of your Chicken Tractor! Have you posted, or listed the dimensions of your design? If you are at liberty to do so that would be much appreciated!
The music sounds partly like the intro to "Paradise City" by Guns -n- Roses ha!
I don't think the fence on the bottom is a good idea for moving the chickens.
I just want to know how you put in the food and water?
Esta muy lindo tu video lo quiero hacer así.
No fencing on floor please. Leg breaker. What say you?
Why chicken wire on the bottom?
excelent...
however chickens love to scratch , so the wire will be rough on their feet
What do you do in the winter?
👍 ok
How long are the piece of gray PVC?
what the song man and nice build man
did you have any problems with bumblefoot?
U qué medidas tiene el gallinero?
good video