rusticbynature.com In this video I am putting together Lightweight Chicken Tractor coop with an attached run. This tractor is 6’x10′ and 2′ tall, the run is 6’x6′ and the roost is 6’x4′ it weighs a little over #50 without the water and feed buckets. I designed this tractor to be easily put together and taken apart. I built the 8 panel in the house and assemble them outside. The watering system and feeders are made out of 5 gallon buckets. I am using 3 to 4 nipples on the bottom of the bucket for water, in the winter I put a 250 watt stock tank heater in the watering container to keep it from freezing. I use 3 bucket feeders and one 5 gallon bucket water contaner in the tractor, this last 9 big chickens 7+ days before I needed to refill them. In this tractor I have one Light Sussex rooster, 3 light Sussex hens and 4 Blue Ameraucana x Orpington hens. I have made 3 of these Lightweight Chicken Tractor.
yea but chicken tractors are dumb in general at least big ones are they like coops better its like would u want to be in trailer or 3 story chicken condo
Then it would not be Lightweight or portable.
you should put the whole thing on cement or cinder blocks and then used masonry screws and screw it down then add some dirt and some grass. that way nothing can scqueeze under the coop
Ta da. I do, the video is called “Closer look at my Chicken Watering system using Nipples” /watch?v=SQdiUiDU2Yk
Thank you for watching. I have had turkey and geese drink form nipples, I would think duck should have no problem.
Where did you get your nipples for the 5 gallon watering system. You should make a video of how you made it. Im a newbie i have 4 hens and 1 rooster but, last week i was given 6 mascovy duck chicks and a momma and ive never been happier.
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yo thats sick nice
Thanks for watching. Out of the 4 one lays a very nicely colored large blue egg, 2 are an average sized egg (one is green other is brown) the last one lays a small brown egg. I like how friendly they are and how they are not flighty. I have one that is thinking about going broody.
At 5:10 you mentioned that your hens were a cross between a blue Americana and a black orpington and that you were hoping they’d lay a larger blue egg. Did it work out? What color eggs did they end up laying?
Very nice build, btw. I’m going to use the nipple waters as well because I want to conserve floor space and not give them a way to make a huge mess with the water inside their winter coop.
I cut down 2x4s to make the frame. I did think about rot and sealing and/or pressure treated wood. The pressure treated wood is to heavy. I guess I could put a sealer on them but I am not sure how safe it would be for the chickens. The panels are so easy to build and I used screws so if I need to I can replace any parts that are rotting. Thanks you for viewing and commenting.
good looking design. a lot of labor. but…wood appears to be fir, or some kind of soft wood. if so, i fear it will rot quickly if you dont seal it.
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looks good!
Looks like its working pretty well. Good idea with the frozen water bottles.
Now you just need rabbits:-}
Good job….