Free chapter from Homestead Builds
Walls and a roof, sitting right on the ground, so the birds till, fertilize, and clean up whatever you park them on. Complete cut list and drawings. Free.
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The complete chicken tractor build, printable, with the cut list and drawings.
Up to four if you keep them in as a tractor, and up to twelve if you let them out during the day. Or up to 15 meat birds moved daily.
54 inches wide, 8 feet long and 28 inches high. A pull cable attaches to either end, and decking on the bottom lets it slide over any terrain.
Removable milk crate nest boxes you reach from outside. The roof opens for feed and water, and the middle perch hinges up to become the roof prop.
Sized to sit on top of the DIY raised beds. Three or four birds will till a new garden spot in about two weeks.
Who is handing you these plans
I am Justin Rhodes. We raise our food on our farm in western North Carolina. The first time I heard the words chicken tractor I was intrigued, and the first time I saw one I was through the roof. It is a coop that puts the birds to work. We have used this one to till new gardens, flip spent raised beds, fertilize the yard and grow out meat birds, and our kids have moved it for years.
Homestead Builds is the book this chapter came out of. Twelve essential structures for an abundant homestead, written with Chris Slattery. Practical designs with no fluff, the most affordable option for each structure, and a video class on how to actually use the plans.
Digital plans download immediately at $39. The open-flat physical book is $79.
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Before you ask
The complete chicken tractor chapter as a printable PDF.
Four hens as a tractor, twelve as a coop, or up to 15 meat birds.
54 inches by 8 feet by 28 inches, and 130 pounds.
Cedar, which is naturally rot-resistant and non-toxic.
Not as a tractor. If you let them out, the chapter recommends poultry netting.
No.
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