PERFECTING The CHICKEN Tractor

[@anthonyvdv7]

Good job on the chicken coops. Thanks, Love & Light

[@margaretbedwell3211]

Like the new tarps on the chicken tractors as well as the new wheel system...that was some great engineering. Your little pigs out free ranging beside the drive are right cute. Thanks for sharing...y'all have a Blessed day.

[@laramckinley9558]

Good job Zach, so clever on the wheels! I love the chicken tractor “sunroom”! You have been busy, love you both! ❤

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

Thank you! We love you guys!

[@shellyburman6862]

I have struggled with pulling our tractor as well and looking for an inexpensive way to make it easier. This is a great method that I’m going to try. Thank you! One tip about the tarp is call a billboard company and ask to buy their old billboards. We pay $10 for ones that are 12’ x 50’.

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

That’s a great idea! Just a local company?

[@shellyburman6862]

@@ThePasturedHomestead I googled ad companies in the city and asked what they do with their old tarps and could I buy any. We use them for literally EVERYTHING on our homestead and they last for a long time.

[@TM-dp6gl]

Well done on the wheels. 👍

[@cherylbertolini3140]

we put hardware cloth along the sides of the tractor and take it up and down when we move it.

[@stanleygallman7800]

Thanks for the update about some of the things going on at the Farm I'm sure that the summer heat will be making things a bit more exciting I would the coming months will be all about productivity on yours or any other farm. Until your next video

[@benburns5995]

Hi Zach, very creative upgrade to the chicken tractor wheels and new tarps as well. Glad you explained the new chicken house. I'm sure they will make good use of it. Great choice of the piglets that you decided to keep. Love the solid Cream color, very sharp. Still can't believe how fast the piglets grew and developed.

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

They grow like weeds! Thank you Ben!

[@mariposavioleta9007]

I was just thinking a wheel system that could go up & down similar to a lawnmower then boom you did that. Maybe similar to that a flap prevents them from getting out as well like Ashlyn said.

[@oliverjackson3461]

Good video and good job on the tractors.

[@karenr67]

Good progress.

[@benburns5995]

When watching Rotational Grazing videos they always suggest having chickens in with the cows to help breakdown the cow pies. There is great benefit to both the cows and chickens.

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

We have seen the same! We hope to implement this!

[@Theweeze100]

Hey, this is absolutely great. I live in Southwest Tennessee and my wife just decided to get four hens and a rooster. The chicken tractor we have need some TLC, and I would like to make it more mobile because I’m not getting any younger!

[@jeffbostic1490]

Thanks for the walk through. I like the wheel design.

[@briangrammer898]

Thanks!

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

Thank you Brian!

[@farmhoplife]

Quite excellent! Could add a pin to the 2x4 wheel lever to ensure the wheel doesn't flip back on you because it hit a rock or something. Much appreciate you sharing!

[@kylejones2075]

Ya lots of farming thanks for sharing

[@palaminopony1]

Hello,I am new here, but getting caught up. Love what you are doing here. I am almost 70, and was raise on a ranch a lot like yours. Loved it, wished I could have raised my own2 kids like this, but not quite, we did raise few horses though. Keep up the good work, I hope you are very proud of what you are accomplishing. My oldest grandchild is getting married this month, her name is Ashlynn and she is 23, I would love for her to be able to do something like this only with flowers, she loves and knows flowers. 🐾🐈🐄🐔🐣🐂🐖

[@7kidsloveall]

You’ve become quite the farmer!! Love the moveable chicken coups! One question though!!! Could we please see your upstairs now that it’d probably completed!! You make me feel like I can do this too!! That’s why your videos are so good, you show and explain things so easily!! Good job!! Your homestead is gorgeous!!

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

Thank you! We aren’t totally finished with upstairs yet, we will get there, and once we do, we will absolutely make a video for everyone!

[@annie.a.]

great job on those wheels - you should patent the design lol those piglets are huge!!!

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

Haha they are growing so fast!

[@jklooelberg6202]

Very Smart great job always look forward to you and your wife’s video and fingers crossed 🤞 for female pigs!😊 The piglets are sooo cute!

[@charger7022]

Nice ! I like the wheel idea ! We are building 2 tractors tomorrow that will be 7x12. I might use your wheel idea. Thanks. We are using cattle panels to make hoop houses.

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

Great idea! We use cattle panels for movable shelters for pigs and chickens!

[@joenicoud5967]

Keep them coming always interesting

[@buzzwerd8093]

Get a wet cleaning rag soaked through with batter consistency Portland cement. lay that out on flat or curved plastic (cement won't stick) to harden and that alone should set you free of plastic tarps! With layers of muddied cloth and bird wire you could put curved roofs 1/4" up that your cow won't break, or a hand sledge, the composite has give and bounces back. Start with a wire frame and lay cloth on but.. at least hoop the top. Until the cement cures, more pieces or layers added. Wrapped around wood, stronger wood especially with wire in there! Overlap between pieces, inch will do and feed bags or burlap are better than old T shirts. The fiber gives bend strength to the cement. Yeah it's heavier than a tarp. It can be predator proof under 1/8" with wire fence for the outside layer. You can make free form structure with few tools and long breaks in the making.

[@randyyoder4898]

I live in northeast Kentucky. Would be interesting to see your farm sometime but don't know if you allow visitors. I like hobby farming myself. I love the movable chicken cage.

[@up2sumgd]

Awesome video! Love the content.

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

Thank you 🙏

[@3sisters634]

Very nice!

[@brendahaire8824]

Good job

[@kurtremislettmyr7108]

Imagine the chickens when Rosies head suddenly burst through the top of their world. Picaboo!

[@JotheezJO]

good job dude.....

[@barbaralewis3832]

I had a few chickens that had free range over our property and my yard looked as if I had dogs from all the dug up areas, it was the chickens dust bathing! Will your chickens do the same to the cow pasture?

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

They may, but they will be moved enough to where I don’t think it will matter too much!

[@Simple-d9i]

You’re genius! You’re living the dream. Boy if I was young again I’d be in a farm. Love your videos 💗 p.s I’m formerly simple truth

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

Thank you!

[@JamesDean-O]

Good work!

[@reneemohr4502]

Our meat birds live longer than most, about 6 months. We need nesting boxes too.

[@halilbalaban1056]

Hello, I am sending my love and greetings from Turkey. I would be very grateful if you could write me the dimensions of the length, width and height of the chicken tractor on which you have installed this new tarp, in feet.

[@TheSrphatness]

Thank you for sharing !!!. I'm going to build 4 more chicken tractors this fall / winter, and I've been thinking of how fix wheels to mine as well. I think I'm going to do something similar to what you've done, but I'd like a system where I step down on a 2x4 and it raises the chicken tractor. Basically use my body weight and avoid lifting all together. Have the wheels ever got caught in a hole or on a stick and flipped back while moving?

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

I’ve thought about building one like that as well! No, they haven’t ever flipped back the other way! I even tow it all around the farm with the mower!

[@TheSrphatness]

@@ThePasturedHomestead Excellent. Thank you !

[@champagnemommy]

Freaking brilliant! 😊

[@BlindFaith777]

7:26 you should get a patent for this. Take it to Shark Tank. 😊

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

This is a great idea… I’m not sure they have the same appreciation for farming as we do 😂

[@4labsfarm]

just did this - thanks!!!!!!!!!

[@AlbertShields-de3jg]

Did you know if you want eggs faster when you're waiting for them to start laying feed them a pound of cooked spaghetti and watch them have a blast a pound is good for about 15 chickens

[@stephengray2770]

Harbor Freight has larger wheels and they're Awesome

[@ronaldlucas5360]

Interesting video

[@alabamapatriot7353]

Why do you think the corner nesting boxes didn't work? I thought that was a good idea.

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

Well we don’t put our egg layers in these tractors anymore so we did really need them in there

[@denvernugg1151]

Hi mate how do you bend the conduit steel to the perfect angle?

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

With a conduit bender from Lowe’s!

[@glengillis7775]

Flap of rubber a good idea from your wife. Will be less damaged birds.

[@ThePasturedHomestead]

Yes, I thought that was smart!

[@briangrammer898]

❤videos ❤

[@TheComparatorX]

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