Backyard Chicken Tractor

I have one of these which i keep all my chickens in and they are awesome things. The only con about them is sometimes one or maybe even two of my hens start freaking out.

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The backyard model is made from the highest quality galvanised steel tube galah grade aviary mesh and 06mm thick colorbond sheets.

Backyard chicken tractor. In this manner the tractor will slide easier along the grass. Our backyard chicken tractor is our base model and you get all the features and insights that go into our more expensive models. Yes theres nothing wrong with using a chicken tractor the same way but on a smaller scale in an inner city suburban block as long as the hens are actually allowed out to roam the backyard.

The backyard is 184m long 092m wide and and a full 092m tall. The first step of the chicken tractor project is to build the skids for the structure. As you can see in the diagram you should make cuts to both ends of the 24 beams using a jigsaw.

However the best way if at all practical to house chickens in suburbia is to keep them in a static pen somewhere out of the way like the back corner of the yard. Chicken tractor i built a chicken tractor and i thought that other readers might gain some ideas and motivation to build their own if they could see mine. This chicken tractor plan is an easy build for established or beginner builders.

The rest of their daylight hours would be spent outdoors free ranging in a protected fenced in pasture or backyard. With this coop the chickens would sleep here at night and lay eggs in nesting boxes during the day.