building a chicken tractor....

[Jack]

Kinda think I should have ran out to lumberyard and bought lumber, instead... I guess recuting is a from of recycling...
OH, I built the coop, am working on the run, and just need to get the geometry for the wheels


I dug out the chicken wire....
anyways, I have to get the run framed and the wheels on so I can get it out my front yard...

 

[Cottie]

I'm building a chicken tractor as well. It's sitting in pieces in my yard. 3 8x8 frames. The supports. Nothing really put together. Hmmm...

Best of luck finishing the project.

 

[Ivory]

Pictures?

 

[Jack]

Oh, well, I'll have to work on those, right now I'm having trouble with the wheels popping out when they aren't supposed to
so... I have to decide if I'm going to try to find a fix, or just tie them down when I move it, really leaning to the tie down, saves alot of hassle...

Anywho, off to reinforce it and cover it in wire, and then the 5 cheeks are going OUTSIDE

 

[Gone]

If the ground is fairly flat, you might try putting it on skis instead of wheels.

 

[Jack]

Huh... hadn't thought of it... well, the tires are now a bolt on/off operation will be posting pics, not right nows<br /><br />__________ Sat May 25, 2013 8:51 pm __________<br /><br />pics added

 

[AnnClaire]

Umm, Jack, I hate to mention this, but those are DUCKS not CHICKS inside the tractor (purple tote, in the hair) ... :cheesysmile:

 

[Gone]

They're ridiculously cute ducks though.

 

[Marinea]

Whew, so relieved that someone else noticed the ducks. I was thinking I had lost it

 

[Jack]

And to think, my wife is scared to death of chickens (no, really she is... 8 years of marriage and I finally learn this, when I try to show the year old laying hens I got and she FREAKED OUT... the little ones, dislike, chicks *oh they are so cute* (until they grow up)

but ducks, and ducklings she loves???
yeah, I gots ducks too, 10 fowl all together, the tractor isn't large enough for them all
but, if I can figure out the wheels issue (right now tied on)

I need to get the ducks to imprint me want to get them to the point where they will follow me