Here are the chicken tractors we use for our pastured poultry. In order to keep them safe from predators while still allowing them to be on pasture, we keep them here from ages 4-12weeks. These "tractors" are designed to be light enough to be moved by hand...in our case, twice a day to fresh pasture. The birds walk along as we move them. On the left is our original model, constructed by bending 16' hog panels over a frame of 4x4's. The tractor on the right is the newer, lighter-weight model we built this year, made from 3/4" conduit piping and 2x4's. Both have held up nicely and protected the birds from predators and bad weather.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Chicken Tractors
Here are the chicken tractors we use for our pastured poultry. In order to keep them safe from predators while still allowing them to be on pasture, we keep them here from ages 4-12weeks. These "tractors" are designed to be light enough to be moved by hand...in our case, twice a day to fresh pasture. The birds walk along as we move them. On the left is our original model, constructed by bending 16' hog panels over a frame of 4x4's. The tractor on the right is the newer, lighter-weight model we built this year, made from 3/4" conduit piping and 2x4's. Both have held up nicely and protected the birds from predators and bad weather.
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