Making a chicken tractor is a lot easier when you have a good set of chicken tractor designs for guidance. Most people out of sheer desperation end up purchasing ready-made chicken tractor which cost anywhere between 500 to 1000 dollars and which require them to be assembled anyways. A tractor is a fairly easy to make construction and can be stood up in the space a few hours and all the materials that you will require is some lumber and chicken wire.

If you are not aware of what a chicken tractor is then it is a small mobile chicken coop (or chicken house) which can be moved around a backyard with great ease. It is named a “tractor” because since it has no floor the chicken can easily reach the ground and eat the weed and pests. So all you need to do is keep the chicken in the tractor for some time and you will easily have them rid your backyard of the pests and weed, after a while you only need to pull the tractor to another spot in your backyard so that your chicken can “work” on it.

The advantage of having chicken tractor designs is that it can make it very easy for you to make it. This is especially true if you have no woodworking experience to back you up. Chicken tractors are great for you if you are starting out into poultry farming; they are designed to keep 2 to 4 chickens and can keep them safe from predators and to a degree the weather while getting some constructive work done by them.

Did you know that most people end up spending hundreds of dollars on a chicken tractor while they could have easily done that in around 50? A little before hand learning and good ol’ planing can go a long way into making your experience more worthwhile. On my page on Chicken Tractor Plans I have discussed various things that you need to keep in mind when you are making making your chicken tractor. You need to be careful about what size you make your tractor, what you equip it with, and finally how to keep those pesky predators out. If you are interested in knowing more about raising chicken then go to my chicken tractor plans page!

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