So cool to see someone at the beginning of they’re TH-cam Journey! All the power to you guys! I Love what your doing. I can’t wait to be in your shoes one day Brother! Being in the Bay Area CA. I want to make a move somewhere with my daughters and start a better life. I look forward to seeing more videos and being inspired.🙏🏽🤠
We have uneven ground and were losing chickens to predators reaching or even digging under. I bolted hardware cloth to 4 sides as a skirt. The sides are lifted temporarily during moving. This has cut our losses to zero. We only move by hand.
Nice! I’ve also made a modification but haven’t but it out yet. My field is not perfectly flat so I get sick about every 4 inches. But I hate it anyway because chickens get run over almost every day
This is a good idea. My stupid birds keep getting their feet stuck while im pulling and i have to stop and go around back to free them. Luckily im pulling mine by hand so I don't injure any. One got a scrape on its leg once but didn't even bleed.
Needless modification, and waste of resources. Joel uses something like a box truck. It lifts the cage up slightly when he uses that to move his tractors. No chickens get caught underneath.
Why not just move it slowly by hand, instead of super fast with a four wheeler? Chickens are dumb but if you just go slowly you wouldn't run them over.
Too easy for predators to get in. You need a stationary coop with a concrete barrier going down several feet and also probably a foot up from the ground.
The whole purpose is a mobile coop. Some folks use electrified netting around the chicken tractor area to thwart predators, but also the daily moves help keep chicken stink from attracting predators. The chicken's feed is supplemented by bugs and forage on the ground, and the fresh grass reduces fecal contamination.
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Nice modification! I love the spirit of ingenuity in any form
So cool to see someone at the beginning of they’re TH-cam Journey! All the power to you guys! I Love what your doing. I can’t wait to be in your shoes one day Brother!
Being in the Bay Area CA. I want to make a move somewhere with my daughters and start a better life. I look forward to seeing more videos and being inspired.🙏🏽🤠
We have uneven ground and were losing chickens to predators reaching or even digging under. I bolted hardware cloth to 4 sides as a skirt. The sides are lifted temporarily during moving. This has cut our losses to zero. We only move by hand.
You can use a crank and wheel system, its lifted when mobile, otherwise resting on the ground.
That's a great idea.
Nice job!!
Sweet brother!! Thanks for the idea!!
Haha. Nice.
Oh wow! This is cool! We're building an A-Frame chicken tractor soon. One I can walk in. Ima keep this mod in mind though!
Look into the Suscovich style tractor.
Nice! I’ve also made a modification but haven’t but it out yet. My field is not perfectly flat so I get sick about every 4 inches. But I hate it anyway because chickens get run over almost every day
This is a good idea. My stupid birds keep getting their feet stuck while im pulling and i have to stop and go around back to free them. Luckily im pulling mine by hand so I don't injure any. One got a scrape on its leg once but didn't even bleed.
Great idea!
Is this guy off the hay day advert
This is a great upgrade! I've broke too many legs.
Good job!
That's pretty cool
Joel walks it to new spot no trackter moving too fast.
Yes sir get after it
How many bird per tractor do you run also that rubber is awesome why dont they try to get away is it the downward pressure or something?
Have you had any problems with predators getting in this way?
I was gonna ask the same question ⁉️
It would help keep predators from just going under it too
I thought you were suppose to move those by hand, for the good healthy exercise. Also, the engine scares the chickens...
That’s amazing! But can a fox , possum or raccoon get under there and eat the chickens?
I like that
Predator buffet
I dig it
Genius
Makes sense. That thing must be heavy though
To much shit to deal just to move it.. do u have the wire running across like Joel’s?.. maybe slow down.. great way to get raccoons inside
thats because you didn't make a perch for them. that is not being-honoring.
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You ran over the chicks bc you move it to fast, the rubber mat just allows predators in and out.
Needless modification, and waste of resources. Joel uses something like a box truck. It lifts the cage up slightly when he uses that to move his tractors. No chickens get caught underneath.
Why not just move it slowly by hand, instead of super fast with a four wheeler? Chickens are dumb but if you just go slowly you wouldn't run them over.
Will that work for meat rabbits?
There are some tractor ideas out there for meat rabbits.
Too easy for predators to get in. You need a stationary coop with a concrete barrier going down several feet and also probably a foot up from the ground.
Yes and no, predators won't get in if the rubber was just extended fencing and he didn't raise it up 3inches lol
The whole purpose is a mobile coop. Some folks use electrified netting around the chicken tractor area to thwart predators, but also the daily moves help keep chicken stink from attracting predators. The chicken's feed is supplemented by bugs and forage on the ground, and the fresh grass reduces fecal contamination.
DUDE!!! I WAS JUST COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM!!! DONE, IM DOI IT TOMORROW. AWESOME
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