SOME OF YOU WERE RIGHT! Let's Talk Chicken Tractors

[@capitan3399]

The Chicken Tractor could be a timeout box when the kids don’t behave. Just kidding of course. Love the videos can’t wait to see more on what you think of how the stucco is performing.

[@StoneKathryn]

I think you guys came up with a really good design for a chicken tractor. Thanks for showing the old design and how you improved it. Great job! Have a great week Longneckers!

[@debracarmichael119]

Your chicken tractors keep getting better and better! Love sweet Ocho, what a good boy! Ok Ashley what kind of cake did you make and why didn’t you show us? 😁Bet it was yummy!

[@kathifischer6064]

If you haven’t already planned on it, you might want to add a dog wash area in your new home plans.

[@TinyShinyHome]

Definitely planning on it

[@ericjohnson1008]

With both hot and cold water. LOL

[@Hereandnow3]

Awesome guys!! Ocho…you did so good, 💙🐾🎊. What a good boy! Wow, your property looks so amazing with the grass clipped! That’s the best little weed whacker!🐥🐥🐥🐥💜

[@marilynlautner2454]

Very well thought out process! Great job! Can’t wait for the babies!

[@patriciacarrero7721]

Good job! I would look into bigger wheels due to your lovely terrain.

[@juanitafoster9834]

The chicken tractor is good job. Good idea to be able to open up both tops, to get to the chickens easier. God bless y'all.

[@RedandAprilOff-Grid]

Nice! Years ago, Red made a had a movable chicken house that also had a detached 8×8 covered yard. We needed the whole family to help move it, it was an ordeal! 🐔 😄

[@runsolo7418]

You could use some of your leftover rebar and make a prop rod, that fits into drilled holes, so there's less chances of the door dropping onto heads/fingers.

[@rebeccamunoz4596]

👍🤗❤ ready for meat birds! Ocho looks like he enjoyed his bath! Have a great day

[@theducklinghomesteadandgar6639]

IF you want to make the tractor a little bit more light, you could use 1" thick walled PVC and pant it so it doesn't go brittle! Just replace the 2 X 2s with the PVC. Anyway, just a thought. The one you built looks awesome and will work awesomely, so my mention is purely that a suggestion with no expectations you will use it. I tell my young adult children, I'm simply sharing information in the event you don't know about this, so you are aware of all your options. The choice of your options is 100% on you and up to you!!! Be free, Be Happy, Be Love, All of my Love, Big 'Ole Mama Bear Hugs and many, many blessings to you and yours and everyone in between, from now into infinity

[@chuckborghoff8443]

Great job on 2.0. The wheels will make your lives easier. Love the watering idea. With so much to do on your ranch, you needed a better system.

[@mariusmeyer14]

Thx for sharing. Just saw your recap on the previous year. Very sad to hear about Nine nine 😭 Lost my dog not to long ago and it's like loosing a family member. Glad to see Ojo filling some of the heartache with laughter. Best of luck with all of your projects.

[@mariusmeyer14]

If I may ask, what breed was Nine nine?

[@elainefarr3155]

The hutch should protect the birds and contain them where you want them as well. They'll love the gramma grasses as well. Do your goats supply all your milk now, and enough to make cheese? You guys are doing awesome!!

[@Grace_x68]

Awwww you made my day with the Ocho treat Love the tractor

[@ChristineKelly1000]

Ashley you make me smile baby talking Ocho. Love it.❤❤❤

[@kathythorene5873]

Good job. Ocho does well with his bath. It is so fun to watch him run around.❤

[@paulvanhouts3365]

Hi Ashley, I have a thought about how to improve the lift when wheeling the tractor. I used this for a wood lathe so you can imagine if it worked on a heavy weight it will be much easier on that light tractor. I made a metal bracket that had a hinge an also axle attached, one for each side. When the wheel is not needed it pivots to full closed position, such that the wheel is off the ground and out of the way. When locked down the tractor could be elevated a few inches, enough to clear tussocks of grass that i noticed in your mowing vid. These are Locked in either up or down by a locking pin. I can send a sketch to make it easier to understand. If not just look at workshop machine moving trolleys that bolt to the machine base and you may see the principle in those. Love your lifestyle and your work. What a great team you all are, great to watch and thanks for sharing.

[@pamboone6921]

Hi guys! I see a dog bath station in your new home 😜 Neat chicken tracker, good jobs ❤️

[@jessicabrewer8616]

A suggestion since you are doing another round of meat birds. You can easily make treats for Ocho by dehydrating thin slices of chicken, I use chicken breast and my dogs love them, but I also make their food at home so maybe I am odd. Love the 2.0 version. Great job.

[@junielaine4211]

Such a great tractor, and oh I love that Ocho! So sweet and fluffy after his bath and blow dry !❤️

[@americangrit7759]

More ideas:For quail living traditions homestead on utube has an easy build I like. Chicken tractor made out of pvc and chicken wire is easier to move. I can't remember what channel I got the idea from. For my brooder box I found a wooden dresser in the trash, used the drawers in my chicken coop, used hardware cloth/ wire on the bottom and where the drawers use to be, cut a rectangle out of the side and made a door. It's on its side and works great as a brooder box. I also use pack n play s (thrift store finds) as grow out pens for my chickens and rabbits until they are big enough to move outside. I have 1"x1" hardware cloth around the pack n play, so no critters get in or out. I have a lid out of pvc & hardware cloth easy to remove. They work great because when they aren't full, they can easily be stored away.

[@gerrierichardson7127]

Nice job what you made!" I think the chickens will like it. And it will be easier on you all.😊

[@anne-mariegoyette4240]

Beautiful job !!! congrats !!

[@nanapamdoggiedaycare7212]

Jonathan, was that you singing at the beginning of this vlog?! I imagined it was! Good job on the chicken tractor. Do you think a Justin Rhodes ChickShaw may be in your future? Ocho did wonderfully with his bath - you are training him well!!💖💖💖

[@cheryllewis-battles7664]

Awesome Chicken Tractor, Great Job as usual. ...... Wishing you many wonderful deposits for your soil! Continued Peace & Many Many Blessings

[@maryhart637]

What a good boy Ocho is!!!❤❤❤ The tractor looks 👌👌👌 See ya next time👋👋👋

[@abcvdfa]

You effectively presented the pros and cons of the two versions. Impressive, i enjoy the post but I also find it informative. Thank you for the quality of the content.

[@brendamartin7280]

Your place is looking amazing and all the animals look so happy and healthy♡

[@69dblcab]

Doggie bath trick....Water down your Dog Shampoo and Conditioner ~50% with water. Then when you apply it just be more liberal. Makes getting it spread around on the dawg very easy. Does not cause the problem of getting the thick (undiluted) shampoo worked around. Speeds up the application and sudsing up and makes getting it all rinsed out super easy, too. We have a long haired Benji mutt and a small poodle. Nice upgrade on the chicken tractor. Have a great day!!!!

[@Fulltimer]

I've always wanted to raise quail. That's a great bird tractor!!

[@mjoverocker6072]

Definitely much better, great job as always!!!!

[@PeggyStentzCasey]

The height of luxury is eating my morning bowl of grits and then settling in with my feet up, my favorite lap blanket and coffee and visiting with my favorite Arizona family as they pursue a life of sustainability and wonder.

[@tommiblanchard3404]

Ok just wow the whole beginning of this from the music to the beautiful scenery. I'm like 5 seconds in and just 👏 wow

[@jankrijnen7374]

If you make the construction of the wheels different as to lever them it would even be easier. Something like hospital beds. Push or pull some lever so your chicken traktor gets of the ground.

[@randimckinney1940]

Just had a thought, have you considered having someone paint a native mural scene on the big water tank by the tsh? love your chicken tractor

[@margaretwarren48]

Very well done 👏

[@shelbell9013]

My Rosie loves those treats

[@gailasgreatdanesandmanes1042]

Love your chicken tractor! design!

[@rudyfisher7660]

If you use pinterest it's a program on you know basic program but it shows you a lot of chicken tractors and they've got to set a wheel so you put on the air with a board and you can tilt the wheels up-and-down up-and-down and if you put wire on the bottom of there they can still eat the grass and the bugs and everything and when you lift it up you can still take the chickens with you

[@janetkoball44]

Short but informative video. I was just wondering how hot it will get under the side with the metal roof in the Az. Dessert. But a very needed little building. I know that a lot of you video a lot. Really good quality and enjoyable to watch.

[@mariusmeyer14]

Nice! Love the chicken Tractor V2.0. Suggestion for the wheels, if you move them to a small extension behind the tractor it won't be necessary to remove the wheels every time you move it.

[@buffalodeb4495]

Next time Ocho has a bath, smear peanut butter on the wall and he will spend time lacking it while the wash goes on. Love the episode and the chicken tractor, great job.

[@Amanda-jd8xs]

Just love the sappy expression dogs wear when you brush their chest 😁

[@debiogle3798]

Wow! I have never seen one of these. Awesome!

[@randybutler4772]

Grow those chicks! Thanks for sharing.🐓

[@paulas_lens]

Loved the opening song.

[@bmkg17camping]

You might want to do a KZbin look-up for "movable workbench" or "Casters for Workbench " as an add-on, to simplify moving even more.

[@darlapoulsen9767]

Love the fact you can open both ends. 👏👏👏👏👏

[@linamora9169]

It looks great Ashley and Johnathan. Poor chickies!

[@TownersMoments]

Not saying the one you guys built won’t work but if you ever need another idea, check out Justin Rhodes channel he has a chicken tractor design that is awesome and work’s amazing from what I have seen. I love the self water feature. It will make your life so much easier. Your a smart cookie Ashley. Get’em done guys!

[@davidsears5576]

Great job

[@annewendt8434]

Your music editing is so spot on! Loved the track for Ocho’s grooming, “I wonder how long it will last” lol

[@cbgb3369]

Your music choices are always en pointe! That first song put me so in mind of Daniel Johnson - the highest praise I can give a new musician

[@saintracheljarodm.holy-kay2560]

The moment he realized bath was over, everything got wet🤣🤣🤣. Count your blessings amen.

[@tracieblack1599]

Great doggy spa day 🤩

[@jackmacjr]

Are you guys ever going to teach Ochoa how to talk like you did with Nine . I really miss that it was so hilarious and I for one loved it. I love your channel keep up the good work !. ..!...!

[@robinbriggs1517]

Joel Salatin would be proud!

[@stvooplayhouse]

Good stuff kiddos

[@MelissaMalzahn]

We raised 50 meat chickens every year, and our coop for them had ski built under it so we could move it yearly but we had to put fence up w a netting on top but it was a small area 3 months and we proceeded them. We had to make sure Weasels didn't get in because they will suck the blood out of the chickens and kill them all. We learned that 1 year because we lost all of our chickens and pheasant. We raised pheasants every year to release.

[@georgeholder5076]

Chicken Tractors are a good prep for a garden 😎

[@karensartain]

Mighty fine looking chicken tractor 2.0! 😎

[@antoniof6046]

great job

[@deedawson6074]

Dat is enuf brushing, enuf I said! Gorgeous boy. 🐕

[@sharvo6]

Called it! Love your KISS approach.

[@turnerdan53]

I don't know if you extend the wheels a little farther back to where they don't engage until you lift the front you may not need to remove the wheels each day. Just a thought.

[@MJ-wz6jo]

Yeah you can use it for other animals while they are small. Jason at sow the land uses his walk in chicken tractor to move pigs from one spot to another.

[@Jsellers1965]

Put roosting perches and you can move it at night and they won't be on the ground. Also don't forget to add a washer and cotter pin to hold the wheels on.

[@TinyShinyHome]

They walk with you when you move it, and the wheels come off easy on purpose so it stays on the ground when they're inside 👍🏼

[@MJ-wz6jo]

5:29 oucho getting fluffered.

[@sshaw4429]

Jax! My man, where you been? Behind the camera?? Good to see you. ❤️❤️

[@stevendegonia]

While I knew it was a chicken tractor, I was kinda disheartened that it wasn't a 🦖 trap for "IT"...🐓🐔🐤

[@nancyschwartz5665]

Ocho...so fluffy!!! How many chicks will fit in this size tractor?

[@debbivartanian9800]

You should check out “Just a few acres farm. Their chicken tractors is awesome.

[@charlesboudreau5849]

The chick tractor looks great.my only suggestion would be ,make the wheel on an adjustor like on a lawn mower.( Got an old lawn mower around) that would be better than taking the wheels on and of things get lost. Love all the vids.

[@kimkemeys9563]

How often do you have to bathe Ocho? He is such a sweetie.🥰🥰🥰

[@lorinew-s2841]

Try a pole style fishing net to reach chickens when they are in a hard to reach situations like your old style coop. and I hope you are planning to reinforce your cage wire with outer wire and longer staples or nails. A predator can easily push in your wire away from the wood and gain access to them. I recently had a racoon tear my wire away from the fence pole, catch & eat one of my chickens! I enjoy seeing your progress!

[@TinyShinyHome]

Our perimeter electric fence keeps out predators.

[@katshotz6033]

I cried when all started looking at where your new house is going to be. I couldn’t find where that scene is saw on my tv. It may seem like all I do is sit on my Fanny but I have COPD and need to do oxygen and nebulizer so watching u and my friend Patera (Appalachia Homestead) distracts so I don’t have to think of this but it’s for my benefit. Lol

[@DreamCatcherDD]

The chicken coop Looks good!

[@wadenedawson7478]

Pick up some chicken to put in to bring back home.

[@ericjohnson1008]

Good sized families eat lots of food. Y'all got this.

[@ravenlaughs9757]

Love the improvement👍 this will help you!

[@rusty7009]

that's one but they sell them assembled

[@williamlewis8741]

Bonjour la famille. it's really late. it's almost 22h France time. i've never watched a vidéo so late. however, with work and class tonight, i had to wait. i knew that you all were making a mobile chicken coup. however, i did not reveal what i knew, rather, preceived because it was not my place. your chicken coup is light, wheeled and accessible. bravo.

[@wanderwomen6574]

AAAwesome, maybe you could design the lifting handles so that they fold flat when not in use, so they don't always stick out?

[@KimandFrank]

Shake it Ocho❣

[@FunfindersX]

Great creation Cheers

[@sunkissed5889]

Nice chicken thingy ma Bob LOL 😂very nice built !

[@rusty7009]

They make a metal appliance that goes on the front to lift front when moving then lowers after moved... I will try to find the link

[@yvettekinchking8838]

I instantly think about jason on sow the land homestead

[@kathyhays9819]

I knew it had to do with chickens but didn’t know the name. Looks good.

[@TheOleHermit]

Great improvement on your chicken tractor. Suggestion: Move the wheels behind the chicken tractor, so that they only come into play when you lift the front. Use right angled triangular plywood scraps (~1ft X 1ft) as gussets, screwed to 2" X 2" vertical scraps, with a 2 ft long axle, with the wheels in between for additional strength. Voila'. No more need to remove the wheels every time the tractor is moved, but it will be a little heavier because of leverage. Suggestion #2: To avoid the additional weight, mount the above on the side of the tractor and pull it sideways, instead. B-b-but, what was that large plastic box for that you were standing in at the beginning of the previous video? BR.

[@StoneKathryn]

I think they photoshopped that picture and whited out the chicken tractor. It really wasn't a big box.

[@TheOleHermit]

@@StoneKathryn Thanks. Yeah. I was only joking. BR.😎

[@StoneKathryn]

@@TheOleHermit Cute!

[@ericjohnson1008]

Rabbits, lizards, Guinea pigs. So many other things that can live in the tractor. LOL

[@iwinnimi]

I just put a 10x10 chain link fence dog kennel on bicycle wheels. I'll hook it up to a winch and just press a button ... straight line lol

[@iwinnimi]

It will move easier with bigger wheels...raise axel to keep same clearance

[@robinmillerkroening3493]

Nice

[@isabellanakahara]

Hi you guys! We started following you a couple of weeks or so ago. We are very interested in permaculture, food forests, greening the desert. We live in the San Antonio area and would love to see west Texas greening up. Anyway, We were wondering how your chickens are doing with egg laying since there seems to be widespread difficulties with commercial feed and egg laying chickens. Have you seen a drop off. Many are reporting drastic reductions since about September. We love following along (we have been binge watching, but finally got caught up today), wishing each of you well.

[@TinyShinyHome]

Hi there, chickens always slow down production in the colder months. They’ll pick back up again when it gets warmer.

[@tracyboyd4867]

Ochos so pretty and clean...❤

[@sharvo6]

I expect you did some editing during the Ocho wash, but no offense intended, I expected rinse water to look darker since TSH seems dusty. Is there something magical about Ocho's coat that doesn't pick up dirt?

[@TinyShinyHome]

🤷🏻‍♂️ sometimes it’s worse that others. We wouldn’t ever try to edit the water to make it less dirty looking. That would be super weird.

[@chandrasutton4669]

Good job guys!!!

[@msplum3306]

Nice! Hey, just got to watch ur 2022 year review video - FANTASTIC VIDEO and great music choices too! Wondering if an insulated cover might help ur outside freezer not run so hard in summer months?

[@TinyShinyHome]

Seems to run just fine, and uses very little power.

[@PatrickPoet]

I loved adorkable from the comments you showed:) I hope I'm adorkable too:)