Chicken Tractor Good Design Practices, Tips & Tricks For Building, Ideas

[@JL-by4xu]

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[@davephantom4295]

The bug zapper protein supplementer is absolutely hilarious! Thanks for so many great ideas!

[@graciousvalley9978]

I am designing a chicken tractor now, I will definitely be incorporating some of these tips into the design, love it. thanks for the video.

[@nomadsadventures]

Your feed bowl ideas is great!

[@JL-by4xu]

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[@Ostara616]

This is by far the best collection of great ideas for chicken tractors I've seen in one place. I'm all steady to go out and make some of my own. Thanks!

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Ostara616 Thank you

[@GPRESDO]

What element of security do you out in place for nights...racoons, opossums, etc?

[@GPRESDO]

...around the edge.

[@candidethirtythree4324]

Did you ever get around to making your chicken tractors and if so,how did it go?

[@GPRESDO]

I have not....questions unanswered. We get strong storms here in the mid-west and I am trying to answer that control. Me think we must tie down at each move. With a closed end, which is needed, the wind would take it across the field. I want one...just haven't found a satisfactory answer...yet.

Good idea for feeding chickens, wow!! We have to do this on our homestead!!!

[@dvfreelancer]

Can't believe I haven't thought of putting a push bar in my tractor. Great idea.

[@Yangar03]

Thanks for sharing, that bug light was icing on the cake!

[@atrueamerican648]

wow I am new to this but your chicken tractor is the clenest I have seen most look like they got it from a dump any way nice job thank you.

[@seankraus5246]

Video was as well done as those chicken tractor s. Thank you.

[@a1930ford]

I don't even have chicks, but after watching this video I fell very well informed about a chicken tractor use. Well thought out and well explained. Thanks for sharing.

[@JL-by4xu]

Thank you.

[@jeremysmith3506]

chickens prefer wooden roosting bars over pvc because they are easier to hold, and perhaps more of them than you have in your designs dust boxes are also good, having said that, great video, very helpful and informative, great design and love the bug zapper idea, cannot wait to try it out, well done

[@JL-by4xu]

+Jeremy smithThanks and I agree. My birds usually free range so they make there own dust baths no need to do the work. I use pvc for perches because it is more sanitary and easier to incorporate into a pvc tractor.

[@charlesmartin7347]

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[@marleyeve51]

Best summary of design features for incorporation into our design.

[@jiwbink]

SAFETY BAR,EXCELLENT IDEA! ONE OF MANY!

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[@dpakk8988]

You are are genius 👍. Like your design

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[@banditquest4756]

Man, this concept is Great! A Moveable Chicken Coop solves many problems associated with raising chickens. I thank you for your insight with your Chicken Tractor Designs!

[@JL-by4xu]

We have used them for over a decade with great success. Thanks

[@ergbudster3333]

I know totally nothing about such stuff.. but having said that, I found this video is to be very well done and very interesting. I stayed interested right to the end. Good job, Mr Lewis. Thank you.

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[@donhill1825]

The feeder idea is a great one.

[@buynsell365]

the bug zapper is a great idea....never thought of that. Thanks

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[@bb.w7450]

Has concrete floor with drainage so easy washout when nessary...otherwise I use hay and the hay help in garden and growing potatoes..thanks to another idea on utube ..Thank you all for great ideas ...

[@jpresas3082]

Thanks for sharing. Great information.

[@rebeccadees2300]

Just found your KZbin video. Thank you for sharing.

[@balqeesfatima2168]

Very good and informative video thanku so much

[@iwantosavemoney]

I really like the buckets and the roosting area in the bigger chicken tractor. thanks for sharing sir I just got my first batch of chickens. know am putting my research into action.

[@JL-by4xu]

No problem, the buckets have worked well and are easy to clean. I wish it were my idea but I got it somewhere else just modified it with the back door being the backside of the nest bucket.

[@modernmom2005]

Thank you so much for this video. Hubby and I had no clue how to make one of these with pvc. the wood was too heavy for us to move as we are both seniors and arthritic. this is so doable and will be much lighter. thank you!

[@JL-by4xu]

Catherine McGuire Good, pvc is light weight, durable and easy to work with. Good luck on your build

[@wingsandbeaksbirder2312]

I’m in the same boat, needing lightweight and easy to move. Great place to start.

[@johnwinchell1029]

Great job with lots of interesting and practical steps for constructing the tractor.

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[@harmonysalem9377]

Merci from Montreal, Canada.

[@ellentowns6869]

Best most useful chicken Tractor Video. Thank you!

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[@JustusRambaldi]

Very good designs inovations,, congratulations Mr. Lewis, that's a good reason to admire more the American People.

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Justus Rambaldi Thanks

[@Drakkanna69]

Awesome video with lots of great tips and ideas. thanks for your time and effort.

[@wingsandbeaksbirder2312]

Wow! Great amenities with easy access. I would need a parts list and dimensions before I could start this project. I could adjust dimensions to fit my needs, but would need something to go by. Thank you for this video. I’ll go bug Lowe’s.

[@charlesmartin7347]

New subscriber just because your smart and made my life better. Blessings and more Blessings

[@mthompson2793]

Thanks so much for your pointer on the food area.

[@JL-by4xu]

No problem

[@rationalrand]

Very informative thanks. I found your youtube video on building the ultimate chicken tractor about 3 to 4 years ago. The tractor is quite resilient to the strong winds that we have here in central NC, USA. I am trying to incorporate wheels onto the tractor because it is rather heavy and expect it to be heavier after I install solar panels, batteries, electric fence charger, light and bugzapper :). I have found that rolling CT on a piece of 4" PVC helps get it to the next spot down the line though. Thanks again.

[@Michael19283]

Excellent! THANKS

[@lkhfun6575]

Very good ideas and details! I would center the feed shelf on the wall and make it wider with a wide/narrow trough so more chickens can get to food across the front and on the sides. While there head can fit through a 2 inch wire, their bodies still need 6 inches to stand next to each other. It will be less stress and pushing to get food.

[@JL-by4xu]

+LKH Fun Thanks, yes adapt however works best for you.

[@jacquelyn1400]

@@JL-by4xu Yes, I could see one chicken being stood on on the right side of the feed room. There needs to be more room so no one has to be pushed down. Food time should not be laborious. It should be free. So it is not however it works best for you. Its however it works best for all the chickens... thanks for all the ideas :)

[@Hituk056]

This is an excellent chicken tractor! You have thought of everything. Thanks!

[@JL-by4xu]

Thanks, I have come close but I have added a few tweaks since this video.

[@liza0q237]

Very gooddddd tips.. tq.

[@mejaydu]

This is too cool! Great ideas. I dream of having chickens one day.

[@popeed378]

Chicken tractors are great in the city. Would not get a rooster if in town. Most cities we habe lived in allow chickens if the neighbors do not complain. Live your dream. Blessings

[@fareedullahkhankakar1615]

Very nice idea...

[@jacobbrizammito7187]

Nice design. On covering food, have had whole scratch grains get rained on, and get moldy at bottom of food bowl, and also get moldy after dumping on ground and day or two later young birds ate it and got sick. So now I encourage keeping food dry, no matter if it is whole grain or cracked or milled. Never thought about buckets for nest boxes. I would put boxes below roost so the girls don’t sleep in the straw. Pvc is good for ground contact. I would use 2” wood roost.

[@TheNightwalker247]

I especially love the feed idea from the outside so simple yet so ingenious

[@JL-by4xu]

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[@RealJasmineLove]

Sorry i got distracted by the cat before i finished my comment. I also wanted to say thank u for making the video i learned alot!

[@terryp12345]

I really liked the nest box buckets. I may incorporate that design into mine.

[@josephl1962]

+Terry Pearson I have been very happy with them.

[@ziamrbutt1555]

Nice video!!

[@arefaenergy]

Brilliant, I am sooooooo going to build this

[@Michael-vo3tk]

best collection of tips, I haven't heard of many of these. Really good fixes to many problems I see discussed elsewhere.

[@JL-by4xu]

Thank you

[@rickmorrissey5528]

This is a fantastic video! I wish that I had found it BEFORE I built my current coop. This video is a general overview of things that work. Every suggestion looks like it will give max return on effort expended.

[@JL-by4xu]

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[@rexfrost5246]

Like the bug zapper. You have some good ideas.

[@tineschmedes2906]

Thanks for inspiration about caring for the precious animals.

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Thanks

[@allychumley]

Some great ideas you have here. I particularly like the night light that attracts bugs for extra protein. Although my set up is far different from a mobile set up, your ideas have inspired me to make some major changes. Thanks for the tips.

[@JL-by4xu]

Ally Chumley Thanks, Yes a lot of the ideas can be used on a stationary coop and run setup as well.

[@healthawareness388]

@@JL-by4xu Great video, excellent suggestion and loads of experience, please excuse my ignorance. night light will provide protien but isnt that disturb chickens to sleep? i mean when night falls naturally we should sleep. this is my question. Thank you again for a such a nice video.

[@camilojdl]

Do they catch flying bugs?

[@ai4px]

Lots of great ideas! thanks!

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[@teachatami45]

Best one yet

[@joedasilva38]

Great ideas. Feed box idea is awesome!

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[@1CTS442]

excellent idea for the feed bowl access

[@mmangla5575]

very nice

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[@kato695]

Joseph Lewis, all round well thought out and executed, nice work!

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[@debsylvania]

Thank you for taking the time and trouble to make this video. I am trying to learn all I can before I get my first chickens next year. I live in town and a small chicken tractor sounds like a great idea for the reasons you describe in this video. I am afraid I am not all that handy, but i think I will be able to find someone to build for me and want to provide a smart design. I learned a lot watching your video. I'm on my way to see if you have more! Best to you from Kansas!

[@JL-by4xu]

+Dahlia Bristow Thank you, I hope you have good luck getting your flock started.

[@damyatt7676]

lots of great tips in this video. i use an old little tikes playhouse for my coop.

[@JL-by4xu]

+DA Myatt Thanks, I use a camper shell for a chick brooder. Whatever works I am a fan of.

[@qumronisabeggam7268]

outstanding idea

[@christdriven8790]

Wow awesome, best I've seen yet. Thank you for sharing.

[@jeffcameron3192]

Great tips mate, I am building a tractor at the moment and will incorporate quite a few of those ideas

[@JL-by4xu]

Thank You

[@Oxfire95965]

by far on point thanks a lot

[@alcatelidol2878]

Awesome ideas ... I like the solar powered bug zappers

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[@suemcfarlane4199]

Thanks for the great ideas and tips

[@JL-by4xu]

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[@kanedrake3725]

That's fantastic

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[@anonymousprepper1463]

I like this food box idea I'm using it haha great idea...

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[@koalazul2406]

IT'S FABULOUS, FULLY INCREDIBLE, THANK YOU!!!!!

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[@qamarmalik8179]

Good effort

[@stevesoutdoorworld2248]

nice rigs thanks for sharing.

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[@amykinnell2837]

Great idea with the solar walkway lights!

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[@heidigibbons1207]

Great ideas, thanks

[@richardlove4287]

Lots of good ideas ,thanks.

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+Richard Love Thanks

[@MichaelVandeburg]

awesome job on your design.

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[@rodolfopadilla413]

thanks for sharing the video is great i really like it and im going to make one tomorrow for my chikens

[@JL-by4xu]

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[@sweetheartsmom]

These are great idea!

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[@dorothealowe2291]

Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful ideas! Excellent video!

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Dorothea Lowe Thank you

[@karshangoyar]

That's great idea sir...

[@cadfael4598]

Great video thanks…..did you publish a set of plans for the construction yet?

[@JL-by4xu]

On my farm website there is a rough list

[@bb.w7450]

I took a old shead and built a outdoor pen or run on both sides ..inside I put up little chicken egg boxes and plaining to put in pvc.tubes for feed but I having trouble finding nipples for water can you suggest were I can find..

[@JL-by4xu]

Ebay is your best bet for the chicken water nipples.

[@contreeman]

GREAT INFORMATION BROTHER. GOD BLESS

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[@iwantosavemoney]

Sweet ideas brother i like it

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[@durganbuilt5703]

Great tips, thank you

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DURGANBUILT Thanks

[@bonjell6100]

Nice job! Very informative. One of the best I have watched. God Bless!

[@ASarcasticDuck]

Awesome looking tractor. The only thing I would suggest is not using a slipper pipe for the roosting bar and use a flat piece of wood. Love the food dish idea :)

[@JL-by4xu]

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[@mrsgbee]

Eggselent thank you for sharing.

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[@EdwardTyndall]

you are badass my friend i love all of your designs thanks for getting me off the couch lol

[@JL-by4xu]

+Edward Tyndall Thank you

[@johnmcnally322]

Great information! thank you very much for sharing!!

[@JL-by4xu]

john mcnally Thanks

[@mamaduck6845]

Do you have a supply list?

[@JL-by4xu]

I do for some designs on my website, www.jlmissouri.com

[@shecatch22]

Thanks for all the great information. Very helpful!

[@JL-by4xu]

+shecatch22 Thanks

[@valleyinthebluffs9960]

Eggselent ideas!

[@Jeremy-hp3yg]

Just wondering if you keep the chickens in chicken tractor in the winter? If so how do you keep them warm?

[@JL-by4xu]

Jeremy Yes, I live in Missouri it doesn't get that cold compared to many areas. They need a dry draft free place to go.

[@Growmap]

Joseph Lewis What do you do for water in the winter? Would the nipples and pipe freeze?

[@JL-by4xu]

GrowMap Yes they will freeze, the bucket waterers I use don't break when frozen, the PVC water pipes will break when frozen. I have used small heater in the bucket waterers, but they seem to burn out frequently, so most of the time I switch to using the rubber bowls to water in winter.

[@Growmap]

Joseph Lewis Thanks for taking the time to respond, Joseph. Do you fill one rubber bowl with water and the other with feed on the shelf or do you put the water somewhere else?

[@JL-by4xu]

GrowMap In summer both bowls are for feed, in winter it depends, sometimes one is water one food, other times both are water. It depends on what I am doing. In winter my chickens are often fed a lot of produce from grocery stores and that is dumped on the ground to be picked through.

[@RenaD787]

What is used for roofing on the rounded hutch tractor. I see you used tin roofing for the square hutch.

[@JL-by4xu]

It is bathroom wall paneling that can be purchased at Lowes and Menards, Costs about $18 for a 4x8 sheet and is pretty durable. I have some that is 11 years old.

[@SoutheastBluesMan]

That was fantastic, thanks

[@JL-by4xu]

+SoutheastBluesMan Thanks

[@Trevor_Senn]

Holy shit! I just learned so much in this one video🤯

[@missdaisy8737]

Thank you, we sure have so much to learn if we make this dream come true!

[@JL-by4xu]

Thank You

[@dominicbara4116]

Good ideas, though I work in tropical conditions where growing grass in dry months is quite problematic. Thanks,

[@JL-by4xu]

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[@BonitasBounty]

I'm really excited, but also new, and a lot of the terminology here is also new to me. Could anyone point me in a direction where I might understand building basics?

[@marthareed6699]

Can you use the enclosed feeder system with ducks if you put water alongside?

[@JL-by4xu]

If your talking about the feed tubes I wouldn't. If water is right by the food the ducks will go back and forth and have the feed tube gummed up quickly.

[@faithsfarmlife1424]

Great coop good ideas new sub hear