Chicken tractor construction tip
The new chicken tractor only got an hour of my
attention today, but it was a good hour.
Green plastic netting is my new favorite material for covering these
things. It's easier to cut and manage than traditional poultry wire and
I think it looks better. Small dry wall screws seem to be the perfect
choice for attaching the larger corner sections of the netting to a
wooden surface.
It's always a good feeling to see a rough design in my imagination go
from mental chalkboard to reality. I'm tossing around an idea of maybe
building another tractor after this one and offering it for sale on
Craig's list complete with hens. Of course that would depend on how
broody our new hens will be once we get a rooster. The first generation
of Golden Comet girls just refused to go down that road. Maybe it was
something last year's rooster said or did?
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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Thanks for posting this design. I have seen many but really like this one. be sure to enter me in the Spring Giveaway. I love your Website - thanks for all the helpful info!