HOW TO Build a SIMPLE chicken tractor with the IMPROVED Hoop House 2.0! Time stamps in description
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- čas přidán 29. 06. 2024
- New and improved, this most recent iteration of our mobile chicken tractor is a real winner. This unit is easy to build, light enough to maneuver with wheels on one end. Its utilizes sturdy materials, thoughtful design features and most importantly, security for you birds or rabbits.
0:00 intro and tool list
0:52 exterior frame
3:45 cattle panel roof installation
4:50 securing your cattle panel roof
5:35 framing your end walls
7:20 build your doorway
11:05 securing and fitting your hardware cloth
12:45 installing your roof tarp
13:45 back end wall walk through
15:10 Inside the chicken tractor - Jak na to + styl
Thank you so much for making a how to video that is straight to the point instead of 30 minutes of talking and explaining things repeatedly before doing them. REALLY appreciate that. Very nice hoop coop - looking forward to trying it.
Hey thanks for the feedback. You are most welcome! Happy building
Always that one guy. Anyway,you are aware Chickens have hierarchical Societies and one of those ways of displaying dominance is "who can get highest?" Well by putting your nesting boxes as the highest bar so to speak,they'll fight over who gets in and where each lay. Actually it could & probably has interfered in egg laying. If I was you I'd put the next roost bar higher then the nesting boxes and away. Just my theory as a Chicken Keeper.
Best hoop coop built video on CZcams! Thank you!
Was definitely I nice one!
Finally found what I was envisioning, thank y’all for putting this out there!!
Thank-you! Really enjoyed this!
We need to introduce you guys to bailing wire...everyone of you I've seen uses ties on the panels. Ties will bake and in the sun and break in no time. Bailing wire is cheaper, and will last for years...
If i build another, i thought about going for hog clips, but not sure if its cheaper than bailing wire. Im always up for tweaking my approach for a better outcomr
@@GritandGrace Hey...the hog clips would work great also. Yes, they're more costly, but more heavy duty then bailing wire is. I love your idea and have saved your video to build one just like it.
Hog clips work but just so you know, the zip ties are way faster. Bailing twine would be good but the wire is always going to leave sharp points. That makes holes in the tarp
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Thanks for sharing the video. Love the simplicity of the design.
Good to see someone else use corded tools.
My makita hammer drill batteries are toast so I went with the backup. Can’t beat the old skill worm drive skill saws though
Very cool man thank you. Looking forward to making this one!
excellent video. Thanks for making!
Thanx so much. Im pleased it was helpful to you
Just a suggestion, use hog rings to secure the cattle panels together.
yes in the future I would use hog clips
Yep the this is for me going to be great for my rams bachelor pad. Thanks for sharing sir
Love the build.
This is the best I've seen. Easy instructions
Great explained!! Greetings from Spain!
Great design love it thanks!
My pleasure
You have made this video friendly making, thanks.
Like the design, good video, straight and to the point! Thanks for putting this out for us to see! God bless you and your family!👍
Best hoop house design I've seen!!
Wow, thank you!
This is just what a was looking for!
Great video. A few upgrades I am going to do on the one I am building is - 1. Roll away chicken nest box so I don't have to disturb the chickens. I can access the eggs from outside the cage and nest box. 2. Put wheels on it so I can move it around with no issues. 3. Extend this exact build to 16' long x 10' wide. 4. Use billboard vinyl to cover the coop 5. To keep coop from blowing over in gust of wind when it rains.....fill 4 five gallen buckets with concrete and put eye bolt in concrete then put one on each corner and tie coop down. Easy to disconnect and move when you move coop and only has to be done when storm is approaching. ........ Keep up the great work. Enjoyed the video.
Nice ideas. Billboard vinyl is a great idea. Can you get old signs for free from Lamar and other outdoor companies? I like the concrete I bolt idea
Enjoyed your comments and tips.t y
Excellent presentation! I'm not a great DIYer, but with a little help, I think I can do this, and then alone, after getting into the "hoop" of things!! Ha!
Nice job !
Really I’ve, and simple. Thanks.
Best ever! Thank you!
Your welcome!
Great build!
Thanks so much. Are you building something similar now?
@@GritandGrace I love chickens but I have a hard time justifying the math with trying to keep them from getting frostbite in Iowa over the winters
Thank you. This gives me a great idea for our old Harbor Freight trailer! It's either genius or a nomination for a Darwin award.
Building mobile chicken coop’s and a trailer base is actually a great idea. If you haven’t heard of a guy named Joel Salatin You should check him out he deploys some massive trailer coops on his farm
Awesome setup
Thank you. It’s certainly working for us
@@GritandGrace I have a 24 foot long run made of cattle panels with 30 chickens but this looks a lot better especially with the nesting boxes
The nice thing is when you also hang their water and feeder, you can move it without ground obstructions
Awesome . . .Thank you for you vid, it's going to help us in a big way
You’re welcome and I sure hope that it does. I’ll be putting out a video very soon about how I did the wheels as it’s been requested over and over again. You can also see how the house is holding up 1.5 seasons later
Great job 👍
Thank you so much for the encouragement
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That's a beautiful design and so well described. You ought to produce a good drawing an exact material list with written instructions on assembly and sell them for $10. I'd definitely buy one.
I love it! I have been intimidated by chickens. But i really need to pull the trigger and get some. A hoop house like this will give me confidence, thanks!
Hey, you've got this! As someone that raises chickens as well, I wish you luck.
If it's not prying too much, may I ask why they intimidate you? Chickens can make for wonderfully sweet and goofy pets
@@jamestomlin5525 im a city girl. Trying to be a country girl and i dont like animals. 😆 i am trying to get used to nature ‼️
@@kimvanhorn1013 won't lie, that it the cutest thing ;) haha, don't worry, as a bloke from the country, you'll get the hang of it before you know it. You may even grow to love said animals too.
Exactly what I have been searching for. i wanted to incorporate cattle panels BUT I wanted a layer coop area inside. Here in Maine it gets extremely cold in the winter. I will probably put a front wall (1 x 12 pine as well) in front of the nesting box area. Thanks for uploading your project.
Glad it helped! Happy chickens, plentiful eggs
@@GritandGrace - Building my coop now (after back surgery) and i have a question about the canvas tarp. Have you had any issues with raccoons shredding the tarp? I have heard some "horror stories" about that.
Hey fellow maineiac Also trying to figure out how to keep chickens toast and protected from fox raccoons owls and have seen a couple bobcats and Fischers recently
Very well made video. 10/10
Thanks so much. Appreciate your engagement
Good video. Easy to understand. I was thinking of doing a hoop house made with pvc and cattle panels, looking at your designs maybe the pvc is not necessary. I like your design better😁. Thanks for taking the time.
good on the hoop chicken coop hey when you use hog panels for putting the half in weld wire you can use rabbit cage j clips use can get the at you home depot of Trator supply store
Taught, like a tiger. It's Taught.
I really like this build. I use cattle panels when making my hoop houses (green houses) so I have some panels already. I just need to know where to get a good quality and strong tarp. Those cheap blue ones sure won't last. Thanks for sharing your build.
One thing worth mentioning is that you should buy the UV resistant zip ties whenever using them in outdoor applications. Regular zip ties will degrade in sunlight and fail very quickly. UV resistant zip ties can last for years.
Or buy hog ring pliers and they will last forever
Nice build. I've been looking for something like this to make as a tractor. I have a large chicken coop but want to use a tractor on my orchard for new roosters and hen team.
Good job! I like it. Believe it or not, they make a plastic film that's UV stable. That would make a good outer coating to replace the tarp. It would have an extra benefit - if you wrap it around the 4' dimension of the cattle panel, it would form an insulating layer with the trapped air between the layers. They also make it in clear and black.
Thanks for the encouragement. Glad it reached you and was helpful
I was actually rethinking the design yesterday and how using clear visqueen would allow sunlight on the birds in the winter, trap heat and make these useful as greenhouses in the winter
An excellent build! I got a lot out of it. It has been my experience that hens like to be as height as possible on their roost, so if you were to either have your nest boxes lower or make your perch higher than the top of your nest boxes, you would eliminate birds handing to sleep on top of the nest boxes. I think you have made very well though out improvement to the traditional hoop house.
Thanks for the response. You are definitely right about the perches being higher than the nest box. These are some of those things you learn overtime. Our birds are very peculiar As they all prefer to lay in an old milk crate with hay, and they all pretty much share the same box. My brother-in-law built a rollaway Egg box in his coupe, and the birds are much more consistent and predictable. We might have incorrectly trained ours by not knowing some of the rules lol
@@GritandGrace it is just a part of the learning process! As long as we learn new stuff. That way there are no mistakes. I like the name of you channel.
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Nice use of safety glasses will using grinder
Best tractor I've seen
what a compliment. Two years and my designs are holding up great
nice job from italy! :)
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I have to have it taller
I was thinking put a Wood brace across and use 4 cattle panels 2 on each side
Like a half circle. That way it can be used for anything
molto interessante ,grazie
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Funky, kool
Good video
Well thank you very much
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Good job
Lots of respect and love.
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Uh we're on here for chicken coop build, not history, wrong, lesson
@@margiehill7251 what history
This only me and my geographic location
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That idea about cutting the cattle panel on the end so they fit over the wood. I would of use also metal hog connectors to connect the cattle panels along with the plastic connectors. Since in time those plastic will break.
Thanks for sharing this. It's almost exactly what I've been looking for. I would just want to make it a little taller.
You certainly could. Just use the entire 16’ cattlepanels. Of course a larger tarp will be required. So glad it added value for you
@@GritandGrace How many chickens do you keep in it?
Last round we had 26 in there. We move them onto a fresh patch of grass each day, twice a day once you get to the last week. We of course let them roam and range during the day.
Rule of thumb I have followed is providing 1.5 or more square feet per bird for their health and wellness
I know this is an older video but that is a great looking hoop coop! I am looking to do something similar, mainly for my ducks to start, than build others. Any feedback on how well it has held up? I heard the wind in the video and was wondering if that is normal for your area? I am in West Central, OK, always wind here. Also, with the panels trimmed, how tall is it overall? I'm 5'4, but I want a little headroom 😊
Will this type of shelter keep chickens through the winter? I'm in Northern Kentucky and the winter's here are not brutal at all but do sometimes drop below zero.
I just made a similar hoop coop and had some cattle panel overlap, no big deal really. I'm having trouble with your math. 96 inch 2x4's 50 inch cattle panels? Did you cut the height of one of the cattle panels?
U can do The same using hog wire
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So you use this as your coop year round or just as a tractor to move from place to place. Then they go into a main coop at night?
This is awesome. Thank you for this video. Can you tell me where you got the canvas?
Canvas was purchased at menards. It cost approximately 50.00. You couls get a heavy duty tarp for half that price
@@GritandGrace thank you
is it easy to move it? and do you plan to make a run to it si they can have more room? or do you free range? looked pretty simple to build, my building skills leave much to be desired, lol
Yes with wheels on it's pretty easy to move. Pro tip:. Use a two wheel dolly to push or pull it with ease.
Very good bit you need to wear a mic, there were many times it was difficult to hear you clearly.
Nice Build! To keep digging predators out, do you think putting rocks around the perimeter would work? Or building the coop on a base of gravel that extends beyond the coop frame? I’m thinking about areas with mt lions, bobcats, raccoons.
I good livestock guardian dog will keep away predators if you're able to have one.
The easier and cheaper option you can go for is just laying some chicken wire on the ground around your pen. A digging predator will try to dig as close to the fence as they can, the wire will prevent them from breaking ground and getting through which will cause said predator to give up.
I actually ended up putting down a perimeter of gravel and put the skids top. this made it easier to get everything level. Afterwards I spread more gravel around the base. That has kept all predators out and helped with drainage.
Would the tarp cover be able to be swapped out for corrugated plastic or metal roofing? To give it a more permanent solution?
I suppose you could. May have to alter the design to leave a vertical mounting face to acre each end of the corrugation to. The canvas tarp is proving to be very nice other than sun fade. It’s dries quickly, is more durable than vinyl tarp and gives a nicer quality look to the finished product
Awesome chicken house can I make some from your idea?
Absolutely, put your own touch on yours.
Can you send me a list of the material please, thank you.
Hard to move?, how is protected from digging predators?
Where can I find the canvas? Or is it just the "heavy purpose canvas drop cloth" found on Amazon? Are those able to protect your chickens dry during rain? Thank you
The new heavy improved tarp, what kind was it and where did u get?
no problems with predators diging under to get inside?
How long before the base rots out and needs to be replaced?
How many chickens does this accommodate, and any suggestions for some tweaks to the design for 45 chickens?
chickens should be provided 1.5-2 square feet per bird.
Just double the length and use four cattle panels side by side instead of two
Want to ask, I notice you didn’t do the hardware cloth across the entire structure; you haven’t had an issue with predators tearing through the canvas?
no I have not had issues. Where we are, we do have fox, raccoon and coyote activity once in a while, but they have not tried to penetrate the canvas.
Hi. Do your birds sleep in here too? is this a coop and run? Thank you!
Yes the birds did sleep in there during the warmer months up until just recently when I switch them into an interior shed for the night. In the summer and fall we would let them free range during the day and then button them up secure them at night by putting in a perch. Just in the last few weeks we had power run out to a shed so that we could have them in there with the heat source for the winter. I can do a quick video walk-through of our winter set up if that would interest you. Otherwise you could get canvas fabric and clothes in both ends and maybe even cover the entire thing with a second tarp to provide an insulation layer if you intended on keeping the birds in there throughout the winter. If you were to go that route I would provide for them a Temporary fenced area for the daytime and adding a few bales of hay so that they can keep warm against them
What size tarp did you use?
Are those 8ft cattle panels?
How is this for being mobile. I have a small lot in town and need a lightweight tractor for moving daily. I like your design but I’m wondering if it will be mobile enough.
Yes, it is pretty mobile.. I have since upgraded the house by putting wheels on all four corners. We also no longer have the heavy layer boxes. Our birds just lay them in a ground nest in the back corner.
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Hello , i'm french . what kind of grid do you use for the start ?
MESH FOR CONCRETE SLAB !!!
is it possible to have pictures for the wheels and the mobility of the henhouse? Thank you ... GOOD WORK .
The grid mesh is called hardware cloth here in the states. I used 10” tubeless wheels from the hardware store and 1/2” carriage bolts for the axle. Just drill through the 2x4, add a washer and nut then slip the wheels on and off as needed.
The thicker metal frame/cage is actually a 50inch by 16foot cattle panel.
we do not have this kind of sign( thicker metal frame) in france. Do you have references and a price?
mesh dimensions and wire diameter
What type of climate are you in? if it snows, how do you keep them warm in the winter with everything open like that?
In the winter, I can stretch the canvas to full length. Additionally, you can secure a tarp over the front. We actually house ours in a 10x8 heated shed during the winter.
@@GritandGrace I live in Wisconsin. Do you have to heat the enclosure or is keeping them enclosed enough???
Treated 2x4s?
A little different from some. Kansas
Hello to you. Thanks for watching and interacting
Good build but your nesting boxes are to high.
U can use nails he just using Powell tulls
What kind of predator proof in place
the cage is covered in steel hardware cloth. During the summer when I regularly move the pens to new grass, I slide slimmer runs of hardware cloth under the perimeter frame to prevent predator digging.
Why did you use a 4x4 and did it screw in even to the bottom of the 2x4 at the bottom and how long of screws did you use
Can you provide the time stamp you are referring to?
@@GritandGrace I Figured it out
Did I miss the part where you said how many birds would be living in each one of these
hello, last little question. What is the size or dimensions of the mesh of the panels and the diameter of the wire (5mm)? thank you
I believe i used the 1/4 inch mesh( hardware cloth). The panels wire would be approximately 1/4 inch as well, so about 6-7mm according to the conversion chart
You could use 12 or 13 mm hardware cloth if you want, i just procured the smaller mesh for free on this project
I would of guessed they were 8 gauge wire but it could be 5. I think the squares are 6 in by 6. Then the bottom is like 2x6
Do you get snow where you live? I'm curious about snow loading...
Southeast Wisconsin. We get snow. Houses hold up fine. Ones been through two winters and perfectly sturdy.
I'll have to give it a try, TY
My hoop coop is to hot.
How many chickens fit in this coop?
You could fit 25 if you allot each bird 2sq ft. You coyul bump it up to 30 or so and still provide 1.5 sqft per bird.
@@haydenbellis3047 What does this have to do with raising chickens?????
How do you drag them
I use a two wheel hand truck. On one end is two 1/2" carriage bolts that I slip two wheels on, on the other I slip the hand truck plate under the frame, use the leverage to hoist it, and then move it.
How do you move it
I did attach 4 old lawn mower wheels by drilling a hole on each corner, pushing a 6" carriage bolt through it, slipping the wheels on and placing nuts and washers on each side. My two children can push it easily now. You can also put wheels on one end, and use a hand truck to slide under and lift the other end. Both methods work
I pretty much exactly duplicated this. It's too heavy for what it is. It will need wheels. Might as well make it 12 feet long and use the whole 16 foot cattle panel too for extra height since it's already so heavy. Also, If you make this be prepared to burn through about 400 zip ties. Ill keep it around to use as a nursery coop but I'll have to find a better design than this for a chicken tractor.
Thanks for the input. I admit it is heavier than the first version I Meade because of the chicken nest box inside. Mine has wheels as well. I purchased 10” tires from the hardware store and it moves just fine using a hand truck.
I hope your design works well for your needs.
@@GritandGrace would love to see how you installed the wheels as an update to this post. :)
I am working on new content as we speak, and that is one of them.
How much did this cost you
Well I goth the hardware cloth for free, but that would be around 50.00
12 2x4 72.00 (wood is pricey right now)
1 4x4 ac2. 12.00
Box 2.5” screws 25.00
Hog staples 3.00
Zip ties 5.00
Canvas tarp 52.00
Hinges and latches 20.00
Ac2 treated 3/4 plywood for layer box 35.00
Bungees and misc. 15.00
6” carriage bolts for wheels 6.00
8” tubeless wheels 22.00
Roughly 250.00. I initially responded with an itemized breakdown of price, but I do t see it here now.... hope the other more helpful answer made it through
@@GritandGrace you should add this to your description of the video! great video btw thank u!
@@GritandGrace what does 4x4 ac2 mean? (Specifically the ac2 part)
It is the chemically treated outdoor wood. It is soaked in a bath that prevents the lumber from rotting
Can't hear it...
What part? Time stamp where it’s occurring? I can hear it well, and I edit the audio to standard speech levels.
As a retired University prof, I find the "fluid" back-and-forth use of "foot" and Feet" distracting. Nevertheless, nice chicken coop.
I can understand how that would be something prominent in your thinking. There is definitely always room for improvement. Most of these videos are done off the cuff, rather than with a scripted Teleprompter which would be my preference. That said I will take notes and try to be more consistent and accurate in my presentation in the future. Thanks for the comment
Sub 100
Thanks my dude. Things are progressing, and I'll just keep at it
too much wood