Building A Chicken Tractor
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- čas přidán 5. 07. 2024
- Building a movable chicken coop to raise my meat birds in.
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This is the perfect project for Sanders to build a motorized unit to help you move your chicken tractor. When it comes to motorized things he has a great imagination!
Good job Rhonda. You deserve a Master Builder Award for that. 🏆👍
It looks like a "5 Stars"... environment for Happy chickens!
Amazing !
Thank you, AoCH !
good idea chicken tractor!.... just use a strip of wood lath over the chicken wire where you think animals can push chicken wire in...thanks 4 video. be kind.👍👍👍👍
You did an awesome job on the tractor. God Bless.
Good job on the chicken tractor Ronda, you are an amazing lady and not afraid to tackle any project!!!!!!!!
After dragging that around for a summer, you'll be in perfect condition to start a Uber rickshaw ride service for Art Prize in Grand Rapids.
Cool collaboration.
Hey Arces of Clay Family!👋 Great ideal! Hope ya'll are having a great weekend or Friday! Be safe and blessed!
Rohnda I am so impressed with you and Mckenzy. You both do anything the men can do. Nothing stops you. Your husband and your boys will atempt anything. If any of you want to come to New Jersey you all have jobs waiting. (:
Hi, Rhonda and Happy Friday!😊😊😊😊😊😎☀. The new chicken coop is so exciting to build it with a new roof and new doors.💙💙💙💙💙💙👍. Also, Happy Pride Month Day!💙💙💙🌈💖💖💖👍
Don't forget to put a string on that latch so if it lock when your inside you can getvout lots of people get locked in with those latches
I think Sanders needs to hook his rider up and pull that thing around. Great looking coop. You guys are creative .
very good - you have to get all the strong men in your family to help you move the Chicken Tractor.
use riding lawn tractor to pull from rear hitch....apply rope to drilled holes threw front 2x4's hang roap over rear hitch on riding tractor....
Put a little trailer hitch at the front where door is and use Sanders lawn mower to move it. Or add two more wheel at front and then use mower to move it. Just make the wheels so you can take them out so you can lay it flat.
very nice Ronda now I know where your daughter gets her skills from and dad 😁👍🙏
Good weekend to all family !
You all doing a great job, God bless you every one, have a blessed day👍
Since it has rear wheels, add some large screw eyes on the front, bottom member. Then you can use rope or chains to enable the tractor to lift the front end and drag the whole shebang to the next location. OR attach large screw eyes to the ridgepole and use those with ropes or chains to lift it wholesale with the tractor. It is just too heavy for one or two people to mive by hand.
HI Rhonda! Pete on Just a Few Acres Farm uses a hand truck to pick up the end and pull the building forward. He IS a big guy though, and you might have a heavier building than theirs. So some help will probably be needed. Nice setup, though!!
Great job Ronda and Kevin, that is a lovely home for the chicks:):)
Sanders probably has a riding law mover he'd let you use to pull it with.
But First, I'd double up on the front 2x4 so when it's being pulled the board won't snap as easy.
Kevin and your boys could definitely build you something that will work great.
A real builder . . . can't give any advice someone who can build that. Cheers.
Great project
Two eye bolts and a chain and Sanders lawn tractor that might work. Some how all of us subscribers need to get together an get you that
chicken Plucker you so heartily deserve . Don't know nothing about these tractors but that looks solid to me!
If I can't figure out how to move it myself, without a tractor...then I will probably use your kind of idea. 😊
Just when John Deere and Others thought they were the Industry Leaders and here you create a Chicken 🐔 Tractor. You Rock! 👍
To make something to move the chicken tractor you can take pipe and bend it as a cart like a wheel dolly and put wheels on it and everytime you want to move it just put this little 2 wheeled dolly in under the frame in front by the door and pull back on the handle and it lifts up the tractor jus a little bit and you can pull pretty easy unless the ground is to uneven.
You could probably nail some lath boards on the backside of the door to help hold down the chicken wire. You could probably use lath boards on the outside also. A hungry predator will dig and and pull at the wire also. As far as moving the tractor,.....that's why you have those strong strappin' young sons. If nothing else,.....you could rig up ways to use the loader bucket, forks, or 3-pt hitch to move it around. Just for info,.....I do not know if Kevin looks at the "Farming Fixing & Fabricating" channel, but Andy has a video coming up about his chopper catching on fire.
nice wooden chicks house #👍❤️ but metal sheet absorb & radiate high heat , instead use wood sheets # awesome Broiler chicks #
Never heard of a chicken tractor, is that because it's mobile? Didn't surprise me you too, were skilled and talented. Nice job.
Yes, I guess it's called "tractor" since it's movable, without a floor and the chickens can scratch the soil.
A rope handle below the door connected to the bottom rail will make it possible to move by hand.
Rhonda you just totally amaze me at all the things that you can do, you are definitely an all-in-one woman.
You can wait for it to stop raining, but you can't wait for it to start.
Rhonda- if you haven’t already, you need to put a piece of wire above the door. Something could fly in to get chicks or something could climb up wire and get inside.
Got to make it 100% critter proof.
Yes, I didn't have that finished in the video...
I bet a hitch arrangement for the lawn tractor would help for moving it.
Hi that's amazing well done,what I would is the latch has hole in it I would put a carabineer in it as extra security stops the latch being lifted by predators,I guess you have raccoons there I'm from the uk ,too move it attach 2eye bolts a short length of rope then you could use the tractor too move it or a side by side or atv
i know it's been a while since you put out this video, but you ask about ideas of making the chicken tractor easier. you could put on a 2nd set of wheels on the front. may not turn well but pulling would be much easier. hope this helps.
Nice work chicken 🐔 are so adorable 😍
great team work!
Wow! Look who else is crafty on the Acres of Clay homestead! Awesome work Rhonda on this latest farm project. I'm thoroughly impressed!!
Use a dolly when u want to move it .. then put the doly back in the garage or where ever you store it ...
Great job Ronda! When were ready to build our barn will give you a call !! 😁
You could use a little hand dolly on the end with no wheels
maybe a couple more wheels. would make it more mobile. its very nice looking chicken tractor.
Great prodject. It looks great.
❤ you and your family and videos is there a way to put a little hitch on it to maybe move with a lawn mower God bless you and your family stay safe from Virginia
Great project. When you need to move it you could use a hand truck or dolly to lift up the end with the door and push or pull the hand truck or dolly.
A dolly might be the best bet.
@@acresofclayhomestead Harbor Freight sells them starting around $15. Careful though, they have high shipping charges if you do not have a store close by.
Thanks!!
couple skids on front move with with your sons lawn tractor
Looks great- food job Rhonda
Ronda…you are AMAZING! We soooo appreciate how you are willing to try anything!! LOVE the chicken tractor! We may have to try this!🤗 Blessings to you and your family from your fellow CZcams friends from Kansas!
Awe, thanks for your kind words!!
@@acresofclayhomestead Ronda You slaughter a chickens?
On your door you could put 3 foot piece chicken wire tack it down that way prevent wild animals.
Pretty good.
I made a 16’ x 12’ and I have 45 birds with lots of room to spare. You can get close to 100, I imagine. I installed two eye bolts and connect a chain to the quad to move it. I have wheels on all four corners.
I wondered about having 4 wheels. Thanks!!
That came out really good!. I think all you need a slightly bigger tires and Sanders with one of his many little tractors to hook on
Bigger tires is what I'm thinking too. Thanks!
Very nice and like
You are one great farm wife truly blessed thank you Rhonda.
It looks awesome! A boar Coon in Virginia can tear that chicken wire though.
you did great job ronda
The boss has taught the whole family great value on building things. Great job👍👍
Love it..
You could use some wood slats like the size of a yard stick and screw them down over your chicken wire to keep the staples from pulling out. Also just find a scrap board as a backer and put a screw in the roofing metal holes, it will stiffen the metal and fill the holes.
You did a great job!!!!
Great Job enjoyed the video 👍
Good job
awesome id make a hitch and hook it up to Sanders lawn mower
Nice job..
Awsome job
Have Kevin weld a swivel wheel to an old jack a mount on front of tractor
Nice build by the way...
Hand staplers are problematic because they can pull out easy after the wood shrinks. Maybe a few longer hammered staples at a little wider intervals would help secure the chicken wire and keep as you pointed out, the wire from detaching. This chicken tractor from the start was going to be too heavy, the operative word here is tractor. You will need to use a lawn tractor or larger and move it from place to place. Looks solid and will service a long time. God Bless.
it's a nice chicken mobile home
That's fantastic, really came out well, well built Rhonda!, I was surprised that you had to buy tires, with all Sanders' projects and Kevin's too, maybe you can rig something so you can pick it up and haul it around with the skid steer or another loader, with an offset hitch, Sanders' tractor could move it, great job!, thanks for sharing
Awesome
Nothing better than home raised meat! The chicken 🐔 coop looked great.
Coolness
ALSOME JOB ON THAT CHICKEN TRACTOR
super construction
Thanks!
Good move on making that door, the other one would warp and fall apart in a year. You could rig up a piece of pipe on the front that the arms of a 3 pt hitch would slide over long enough to move it with a small tractor or loader. Looks good, they finish so quickly that they won't be in it very long.
Would recommend putting 2 more tires on,given you a total of 4 tires. Have one of your boys to make a short trailer hitch to put on chicken tractor. At Harbor freight you can purchase a utility trailer dolly to move your chicken tractor as needed. If is still too hard to move, I am sure Sanders can mount you a electric golf cart motor to it,since he comes up with awesome projects. Sanders Movable Chicken Tractor INC.😊
That looks great. One tiny suggestion is that you could screw on some top braces at the peak. That gives the "rafters" quite a bit more strength especially when it is going to be moved. The chicken droppings are good for the soil. One summer task was to take apart an old chicken coup. I will never forget the strong odour of chicken manure. 😊 . . . birds excrete uric acid as well as the digestive waste together.
Thanks!!!
I still say what a blessing its been, that the guy that brought your Mom and Dad's farm, didn't want there barns and your Parents let you have the materials. You have really made good use of the material. You are All Very talented, it is Amazing.
A couple of idea's........maybe cut ✂️ a short 2x4 and put it at the bottom of your door, for more surface area to staple to from back side to hold the wire better. And the other is about moving it. Use the same tractor and come in under your door with the forks and move it that way!
Rhonda, I want you to know what a Blessing You and Your Family are to others ❤ You are the True Meaning of Family 👪 ❤ God Bless You All
Thanks for your kind words!!!
Great job Ronda it looks good😁😁
Thanks!!
Your welcome
Hi Rronda look at just a few acers farm he has chicken cage moving, so watch as he moves his cage
Very well done Rhonda! Your a hard worker!!
I have one that's still in the box and very heavy. I've been thinking about putting wheels at both ends. That way the whole thing will be raised and hopefully move easier. I bought some no-flat 10" wheels on Ebay for about $56 for four of them.
Your tractor looks really nice. Good job. 👍
That's a good deal on wheels!
Hi 👋 Ronda and Kevin what beautiful chicken coop you have build Ronda awesome job no worries Kevin never to busy help you as always you an your families be safe 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Great video Rhonda. The chicken tractor looks great. If you want to just take your tractor with the forks and pick it up a little bit and move it. Take care and have a blessed weekend and I'll see you on your next video.
Ronda -- Very nice job. I would like to suggest the following refinements. If you put wheels on all four corners, as some have suggested, you might want to either put some type of "ski" or "skid plate" on the corners of the ends you will be dragging it from so that the base does not dig into the dirt as you drag it. Also you could make the wheels on the end you will be dragging it from to be adjustable so you can raise that end slightly so that it does not dig into the dirt as you drag it. Also you might want to install a couple hooks on the bottom of the base on the end you will be dragging it from so you have them to attach your chain or straps to when you use the riding mower or quad to drag it. I am impressed though with your ability. You are a woman of many talents!
have your son move it by connecting his lawn tractor to it :)))
Maybe get 2 d-rings then you can move with the loader tractor.
Use a 2 wheel cart on the front at the door move it
Very good job on the build you did mostly by yourself
Looks great! To move it you can try using an puting an eye bolt on each of the lower front corners and attaching the ends of a chain to the eye bolts. Then you can hitch the chain to a tractor or truck and pull it. You may also want to add some wheels to the front if you are going to pull it as it may snag on the ground, unless you hitch it to a 3-point.
Ronda;
What more can I say that hasn’t already been said
You are truly a fabulous woman with many talents and energy
You really are a Super Woman 😇☺️🙂
Nice job Rhonda 👍. If you move those wheels further toward the front the front won't be quite so heavy. BUT the tradeoff will be you can't raise the front much without the back dragging the ground. So maybe wheels also for the front? They would have to swivel though in order to "drive" it.
🇺🇸 one of your tractors will should make short work of it 😅. I know that's not the plan but there's a lot of weight there! Take my word for it, save your back for later you'll never know how much you'll appreciate it. 😉🤣👍🙏
That wasn't my plan, but it's exactly what Kevin says. 😅
Great work!!!!!!! from the amazing Acres of Clay ladies again . You could put 50+ meat birds in that big tractor. 1.5- 2 Sq. Ft. per bird is recommended. What kind of feeder will you use. many homesteaders use PVC cut in half.
Make sure you cover the peak above the door. Nail slats inside the door to strengthen the wire.
put I-bolts and a cable or chain to pull it with the skid steer. You will need to add wood where you place
the bolts as 2x4 will be strong enough.
Cut an angle at the bottom boards so they don't dig in while moving.
Thanks!!!
Awesome job on the tractor. Use to raise meat birds. I miss it.
You can always begin again...🤷♀️
you will like the see threw door they will tumble out of a solid one cause ya cant see what they are doing in there dont ask how i know this, how bout two more tires on front or put fills on it like a one horse cart lol
What do you do if you are inside and the door closes and latches, Can you open it from inside?
I can fit my fingers between the wire and unlatch it. 😊
You have tractors hock on front use them