Discover how to construct a chicken tractor, a portable coop for your feathered friends. Create a safe and mobile space for your chickens to roam and forage while keeping them protected from predators.
I’ve heard it said that the eggs that come from the chickens when using one of these chicken tractors are just a side benefit. Given how much our family, and many of our neighbors, have…
This post is long and long overdue. I built a chicken tractor over the spring. What's a chicken tractor you ask? Well that depends on if you ask a green tractor chicken or a red tractor chicken... Most people look at me funny when I say I have a chicken tractor. I think they imagine a dozen chickens tethered to a plow or something. A select few probably imagine an actual chicken driving a tractor. If you fall into the latter camp, I would love to know what you think a cock fight is. Leave a…
I didn't want a chicken tractor, buuuuuut. . . . Well, you see, it's like this: Mr. LB was grumbling and grumbling about runny store-bought eggs. Once upon a time I had chickens, but a mink got into the coop. Let's just say I really don't like mink. Gloves and stoles are justified. I wasn't going to have more chickens until I could build the fort clucks of chicken coops. So a couple weeks ago I came home with 4 wee little fluff balls that made cute little peeping noises. (as opposed to the…