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Inside - 3" off the ground and 3" from the end board - String a bungee cord side to side. That will coax the birds to move before their feet get trapped under the end board. It looks like you have great ventilation. 🙂 -KJ
Hello neighbor! Im in Galveston county. I ordered mine with a dome roof, going to use hardware cloth and a bigger tarp, I cant wait! Thanks for the great video!
@@rl8073 it's doing great so far. Even Bill to the little private coup in it for the chickens for additional layer of protection. I have a bigger coop that's not inside of a pin like this and it only has 15 chickens in it. This snake pin has 35 chickens in it. I put automatic doors in the coop that opens up into the pin and then I put another automatic chicken door in the wire mesh and allow the chickens out of the pin into the fenced in yard. But some wheels on it and I move it on a regular basis so that's always on fresh ground and the chickens aren't sleeping in a filthy Coop.
Another youtuber did a great job showing out of the box how to put it together. But, this vid gave me idea of stiffening it up for my purpose. Thanks for the info.
I think that if you're going to be moving this around on the farm as a chicken tractor, perhaps the smaller 6.5' x 10' unit might be a better option. Granted, it would be half the size, but much easier to move, perhaps even by hand, if needed. As I was looking at how you built this one, I was thinking about doing something similar with the smaller unit. You could easily add additional units as needed/if needed. Thanks for the great idea about putting these things on sleds. That looks like a great idea.
One would think that’s the case. Truth is we have several other smaller units that are 6x10. I built them to slide wheels off and on. 25 to 30 birds each. This larger unit takes less time to move and hold 60 to 70 birds. And the larger unit cost about the same to build. This larger unit of mine isn’t much bigger that a Salatin tractor. So far it’s held up great. Thanks for watching!
Hey brother just found your channel. I’m in NJ I breed American Bresse. If you ever need bresse birds let me know. I can send you chicks or eggs for a video. I’m thinking of getting one of these coops. Let me know how this thing works good or bad. I’m on fence about them. You pointed out interesting info. I have tractor or quad to move it. Good content
How did these do bud? I'm looking at doing some of these myself, while also incorporating a large fenced in area with an electric fence so that the chickens can roam outside of the chicken tractor as well.
@@rl8073 the lumber is what makes it ridged. The lumber will be the only thing to help it last. Make sure you get the metal off the ground too or it may rust out fast on you.
Do plan to use this as a run only or as a coop as well? We’ve been looking at these on Amazon but we’re thinking coop but couldn’t decide if we could add boxes and roosting bars also. What do you think?
We will be using this one for raising meat birds. But I do think that it could be used for layers. Like I said in the video as it stands alone it’s pretty flimsy. It stuffed up very well when I added the lumber. I think you could add two roll away boxes. One on each side. Use 2-1x4’s attached to the existing upright polls to support your boxes. You could also use some 1x4’s for frame work in the back for roost. Maybe use some 3/4” EMT pipe running side to side on the frame. I used that pipe in our egg mobile and it worked great! Hope this helps! Thanks for watching!
These units come in various sizes, and there is a smaller one that is half the size. I was thinking that would be the ideal unit if you're moving it by hand. It's only half the size of the unit shown in the video, but I think it would be a lot easier to move if you're moving it by hand. I also saw a video of one of these units where nesting boxes and a roosting bar were added.
