5x10 mobile chicken coop/chicken tractor
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 เม.ย. 2023
- NOTE: Please enjoy these videos of projects I have worked on. I am not as responsive as I could be with my other business responsibilities. As I have had enough interest in these coops, I am planning on making a DIY manual soon and making it available. I will have to carve out the time and make it happen. Thank you for so much for the interest!
An upgrade to the chicken tractors we have been building for years around our farm.
We modified the back door, and removed the egg door.
We added trailer jacks for the back wheels.
Foil insulation in the ceiling of box to cut down on heat.
Lots of ventilation built into the box on each side and at the top for air movement.
Everything moves with the coop when we use the dolly.
With a vinyl floor remnant on the coop floor, scraping out the good stuff for the garden is easy.
This coop was not designed as an inexpensive chicken coop. It is very time consuming to build and the materials are rather expensive. But we do have functional ones from over 13 years ago, so they do last.
We currently do not have updated plans or parts list for this. If we build another one soon, we will create a new DIY manual.
Mobile Coop
Chicken Tractor
Free-Range Chickens
Happy Hens
Farm fresh eggs
A moveable chicken tractor is the only way to go😊
That looks great. I'm all for being cost effective, but sometimes it's worth the extra money to have a better product. And that is flat out a better product. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you!
The jacks are simple genius. Ive been thinking of how. Thanks.
Thanks!
Really nice engineering. I really like the way you can crank the tractor up and down.
Thanks 👍
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Thank you for this information!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for making this video, I like your design.
Glad you like it!
very nice love good job on the coop
Thank you!
Definitely need more info on those jacks.
I will try to do a video of the jacks, and get closer up.
good
Can you leave a link about where you got the wheels and all the accessories for the wheels all the parts??
So sorry that I haven't taken the time to respond to everyone. We are planning on taking a couple weeks off of our regular work in the next couple of months and put one together with pictures and directions. If all goes well, this summer a DIY manual should be available!
You have plans for this? I’d like to give it a try.
With all the interest, we are planning on putting together a manual in the next couple of months. We just have to carve out a couple of weeks to make it happen!
Very nice...
Thanks!
Can you make a video about how you modify the jacks? I really love your design.
I put together these videos and didn't figure on so much interest in these coops. We have plans in the next couple months to take a couple weeks off and build a coop step-by-step and put together a manual. I'm not sure about the video yet.
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Dude. This is a trailer park for chickens….😂😂😂😂
Nice job though
Thanks! Yes they are living large!
Do you ever have any issues with predators digging under the tractor? I didn't see any hardware cloth on the underside of it. I want to build something similar and have heard mixed opinions about putting hardware cloth under the chickens feet as it may injur them and they can't scratch. Any thoughts on the matter?
Where we live we don’t have an issue. I move them everyday, which doesn’t give them time to dig much. We have possums, raccoons, and coyotes.
You are onto something. Good design. But as others mentioned more ventilation is necessary and vinyl flooring will release harmful gases toxic to chickens. A weasel ccould easily get in that wire mesh as well, so I'd put a door on the opening or use tighter hardware cloth. Those to modifications and this is something I'd consider building.
what do you mean vinyl flooring will harm chickens. we have had chickens for over 8 years vinyl flooring from the start. its easier to clean.
@@zeldahyrule543 Agreed!
I knew when he said “vinyl flooring” it would have the liberals screaming “harmful blah, blah, blah.” A chicken will not be bothered by vinyl at all. We used to build coops with treated wood and liberals would say, “treated wood has harmful chemicals…..” It never bothered them at all. Aside from predators, chickens are resilient and can survive most anything. Carry on sir, good job on the wonderful design. Your vinyl flooring isn’t going to hurt any chicken. We’ve used it many times.
Very nice video and you have a beautiful pasture. Do you by chance have some sort of plans to this build or equipment list?
Thank you! You can tell I'm new to putting videos out there... I had an older version of the manuals but haven't sold them for quite a while. If we update it this summer, I might put the new version up for sale.
Needs more ventilation
The house part of the coop has been designed with lots of airflow.
Only one drawback i can see. That arm hole for lock ins is big enough to allow a Opossum to get in. Maybe some sort of spring held flap there to cover it up.
We haven't had issues with anything getting in. It could be a problem in other areas.
I need that dolly!
Looks like a legends race car dolly
It's from Harbor Freight.
I don't see a lot of ventilation, air flow is crucial to prevent ammonia buildup. Need a cut at the top walls above their heads with hardware cloth, maybe a wooden slide to adjust more/less air due to weather, that design wouldn't work in hot climates.
The raised house part was designed with plenty of ventilation at the top and bottom of the walls. If the chickens get too hot they can hang out in the shade under the house. Thanks for looking at our amazing coop!
Is there a floor to it? If not, have you had issues with predators burrowing under?
There is a floor on the elevated house, but the grass area is open. We haven't had any issues with these coops out in our field with predators. It may be different in other areas.
Which part number jacks are you using in the back?
We modified parts from Harbor Freight.
Fantastic looking coops. Im looking to build one myself very soon. I'd really appreciate it if you could give me the brand of trailer jacks you used.
We are planning on putting together a manual in the next couple of months with all of the information in it.
where do you get the steel strap on top of the trailer jack??
It is a framing strap, picked up from a lumber store
Please, Please provide plans to build and recommendation on where to purchase the wheel system!
Hopefully we can get that done this summer! We put together different components from Harbor Freight for the jacks and wheels. Everything had to be modified to work.
Nice, but needs ventilation.
The house has plenty of ventilation. I may have to do another video showing the ventilation.
Where do the chiken lay their eggs?
We put a box in the house and they generally lay in the box. Some don't get it and lay wherever they want...
Plans, part list plz 😊
Hopefully we can put that together this summer!
How many chickens can you put in that area
I may spoil my chickens, but the most I put in is 5. I'm sure you can put in a lot more, but they might start picking on each other.
Where you get your wheels? What kind are they?
We modified different parts from Harbor Freight.
@@melsfunideas that's awesome. It looks great 👍
Where on earth did you find these jack tires??
Hi, they won't answer you but I looked closer. It is a harbor freight side crank tongue jack they used two braces to mount and a joist hanger on top to keep from sliding up. The jack has a large bottom plate so they drilled out holes to attach to large cart wheels. I am going to do this to my 10 foot coop made out of 2x4s. Hope that helps. Cheers.
@@alexcoughlin7818 hey thanks! Im using boat jacks on my 12' 2x4 build. They work but a pneumatic tire would be a ton better for grass and moving around my garden area
Correct! Yes, I haven't spent the time to respond. I didn't know there would be so much interest! The plan is to put together another one in the next couple months with pictures and measurements so we can provide a manual with all the information.
Ga masuk akal banget ya 5x10 meter hitung nya gimana kelihatan kecil banget kandang ny
We are not in the Metric system unfortunately. All measurements are in feet and inches.
5x10 ??
yes