Comments on: The Chicken Tractor : a new & improved version

By: egglovermummy

egglovermummy — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:36:41 +0000

Awesome ideas there, thanks. I actually took the plunge and got me some chickens last week! Now I have so many eggs like you wouldn't believe. You might like these egg recipes.

By: Gerrie

Gerrie — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:54:23 +0000

I think this would be a good portable for using to enable the chickens to let them eat in our fenced yard without having them decimate out gardens.

By: Jess

Jess — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:23:04 +0000

Friend of mine has one almost identical to this, and coyotes chewed the wire off and ate all but one of her chickens this week…that poor biddy lives with my hens now. She has a bit of post-traumatic stress disorder, but seems to be integrating well…anyway, the point is that these are not safe chicken houses in areas with particularly determined predators. But then again, my huge run was squashed by a bear this year…

By: Brad Johnson

Brad Johnson — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:54:52 +0000

This is a good design for 2 or 3 hens, but no more. The only problem I have encountered is that predators can gain access from the bottom. Dogs, raccoons, and other predators will simply dig under the edge and have lunch. Wire can be secured to the bottom, but this causes problems for chickens in foraging and dust baths.