CrealCritter
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Those chickens are mighty big already
Yup, I'm a bad chicken mommy. I follow my usual behavior pattern, get something and then figure out what to do with it. I seriously overbuilt this, it ain't a tractor, it's a full fledged coop. I'll drag it to a suitable spot and make it a coop after these go to freezer camp.Those chickens are mighty big already
Yeah, I more than over did it. I'll drag it where I want it and make it a coop. Back to the drawing board for a chicken tractor.....but the chickens are happy.Should be able to grow grass with all that fertilizer!
Your tractor is certainly a full coop! Geesh!
(My chickens must NEVER see this!!!)
Today we dragged it forward. I drilled 5/8 holes in the 4x4’s, inserted 7/16x6” bolts. We wrapped a chain around the bolts and hooked onto the tractor. DH slowly pulled it while I was on the inside “sweeping” the chickens forward with a broom to keep them from harm. They all wanted to stay in the back corners. LOL
Since I hadn’t done it yet and it’s going to rain, I caulked nail holes in the tin. DH watered in the sheet of poop left behind.
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The panel sounds like a great idea! I could probably add something like that to my fertilizer factory, lol!FEM mine look a lot like yours. Just more wood so they're heavier. One of them we sometimes brood in so it has a wooden panel we can put in to block the whole back off, then take off when they're older.