Chicken Tractor

[kirby-magoo]

I know this is gonna sound dumb, but what in the world is a chicken tractor? I know what a chicken is---had 165 of the little poop factories one time, and have a tractor, but a "chicken tractor" has me bumfuzzled.

Can someone please explain this one?

Thanks, k

[AlchemyAcres]

It's basically a bottomless(usually narrow) pen full of a few chickens that's moved around quite frequently so the chcikens can cultivate (scratch) and fertilize between the rows in a garden.

There are many variations......a larger system....Pastured poultry...broilers are raised in large btoomless pen that's dragged around a pasture, yard or whatever....

~Martin :)

[kirby-magoo]

Thanks Martin. I had an old dog pen about 8x8 that I kept chicks in and moved around. Guess I had a chicken tractor and didn't even know it. The kids would sometimes put the rabbits and guinnie-pig in the pen and let them "mow" the front yard. Bunnie tractor?

k

[Deberosa]

I posted some pictures of my latest chicken tractor down farther on this forum. When I get a chance I'll attach them here too. I have two kinds of tractors, one with a nest box that I can walk in and the smaller one for raising meat chickens, at least until they are too big for the hawks to bother.

It's amazing to see the green trail left by the tractor as you move up the field. They are great little tillers and weeders.

[Deberosa]

Here's a chicken tractor. I have two of these connected but no chickens in them for the winter.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b340/deberosa/IMG_0861.jpg