What Is A Chicken Tractor And Why To Use It??

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Simeon & Alex - formerly Swedish Homestead

Simeon & Alex - formerly Swedish Homestead

Күн бұрын

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@JoshuaSmithHomesteader
@JoshuaSmithHomesteader 7 жыл бұрын
I have been using the chicken tractors for around 6 years. I couldn't imagine not having one. They have all the perks that you mentioned and more. Cheers!
@MetaView7
@MetaView7 7 жыл бұрын
i can't wait to see the chickens in their new home
@palmettopurist5549
@palmettopurist5549 7 жыл бұрын
I love how you let your animals "work" the farm. Many don't see the benefits of animals other than a food source. Good stuff!
@OldesouthFarm
@OldesouthFarm 7 жыл бұрын
How great is your little gadget to move the tractors. Please show us how to build one of those. Most folks don't have a welding set up... It is great when ideas can be improved by others in different situations. Swedish Smarts help everyone. We use white plastic roofing instead of metal to reflect the heat in the south USA. Love your videos!
@martijnheeroma5492
@martijnheeroma5492 7 жыл бұрын
Really love you're video's, please don't change anything. Nice big chicken tractors, hope we see them working soon.
@johnreynolds614
@johnreynolds614 7 жыл бұрын
It's great to see that the simple close to the land approach to your homestead. Here in America we have a tendency to waste and rush for a deadline as opposed to quality and sustainably. Love the camera work and showing the land. Looks a lot like the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where my Great Grandparents settled as they were of Sweden. Keep up the good work.
@simeonandalex
@simeonandalex 7 жыл бұрын
There are very few farms who do this kind of work here in Sweden as well.
@ColinRGrube
@ColinRGrube 7 жыл бұрын
I like the voiceover narration. Informative
@brianphilbrook5262
@brianphilbrook5262 7 жыл бұрын
Glad the ban was finally lifted for you. I have a tractor 6ft wide 8ft long. I usually put no more than 25 in there. I'm hoping to make another just like it as soon as the snow melts.
@simeonandalex
@simeonandalex 7 жыл бұрын
Sounds great.
@maizis6
@maizis6 7 жыл бұрын
In Latvia ban will last untill 1st of june. Noone can beat us in stupidity.
@kevinparker7953
@kevinparker7953 7 жыл бұрын
Spring has sprung! Yippee. : )
@danielschneider1504
@danielschneider1504 7 жыл бұрын
I love the fact that you're not afraid to show that you make mistakes. Also, that those mistakes aren't a source of drama, but are just handled like ' oops, that's not right , let's do it this way'.
@timkirkpatrick9155
@timkirkpatrick9155 7 жыл бұрын
We have plans online for c tractors with two wheels, really save your back when moving them. Lots of variant plans online.
@909busa
@909busa 6 жыл бұрын
A how to build these chicken tractors video would be awesome!
@GoodDayFarm
@GoodDayFarm 7 жыл бұрын
Great video, thanks for sharing! Take care!
@stilo398
@stilo398 7 жыл бұрын
Needs in order to have this: tractor, flatland. We don't yet have a tractor and have hilly, uneven ground, so are going with a different design. Ours will be a 6x8 hoop house with chicken wire for night-time and an electric fence around for day.
@simeonandalex
@simeonandalex 7 жыл бұрын
We use something like that for our layers.
@anderswegge6828
@anderswegge6828 7 жыл бұрын
Was that the rare Swedish forest crocodile we got a glimpse of around 7:00 ?
@matthewbalise9208
@matthewbalise9208 7 жыл бұрын
I love your videos
@goldencroaker9718
@goldencroaker9718 7 жыл бұрын
I stand corrected.
@charlymaher3361
@charlymaher3361 7 жыл бұрын
I'm not a farmer but I really enjoy your videos. It's like a Farm University but hands on rather than theory. Maybe you'd consider some sort of environment where visitors can stay and learn. If people pay to sleep in icebergs I'm sure some would be very happy participating in your ever changing and growing life style. I live in a big City but born and raised in the country. I miss the peaceful life although it can be stressful by times. The rewards far exceed the stress.
@simeonandalex
@simeonandalex 7 жыл бұрын
We want to do that. The only problem is with accommodations.... we hope to figure something like that out soon.
@TheRestorationCouple
@TheRestorationCouple 7 жыл бұрын
Hi Simeon, any idea how the stock density for these tractors compares to EU 'free range' type density? I.e can they still be marketed as 'free range' or not? I assume the physical space per bird is along the same lines as inside reared birds.
@simeonandalex
@simeonandalex 7 жыл бұрын
The physical space per bird is more than inside. In Sweden you would be allowed to have 97 chickens on this area. We max them out with 70-75 chickens. Again, these birds cover 10m2 each day. Broiler would cover 350m2 in the 5 weeks they are out on pasture. That is important to consider here. To be honest I have no interest in calling the product free range since I don't believe in 'free range'. I have seen organic farms that meet the free range standard but it is still not ideal. In nature birds move: Away from the manure and on to fresh grounds. In traditional free range systems the birds run over a specific piece of land the whole time...
@lowbudgetjokes3341
@lowbudgetjokes3341 7 жыл бұрын
Very nice, thanks
@EnGammalAmazon
@EnGammalAmazon 7 жыл бұрын
I understand that Sweden has very strict rules on the space for each animal. Do these apply to your chicken tractors? I also notice that there is no chicken wire on the top of the tractor. Have you clipped the wings of the chickens? We have a lot of hawks, some eagles and some owls in our area and I would have to have a way to keep the predators out of the tractor or my outside chicken runs. Watching you move the tractors gave me all kinds of ideas about how to build the wheel assemblies. I have a full metal working area in my shop and love to build things like that. I also enjoyed how you did the filming and then did a voice over while you work. Great idea.
@Ticdaniel
@Ticdaniel 7 жыл бұрын
Mark Fritch the part that is Open, the roof lays ontop of the other roof. bad English but hope you understand: )
@holisticadvocate7882
@holisticadvocate7882 7 жыл бұрын
They have chickens free range with a mobile chicken house build on a trailer chassis. You could move the chickens from field to field if you wanted to go that way.
@simeonandalex
@simeonandalex 7 жыл бұрын
I do something like that for my layers. These are for meat birds.
@henkjanssen1252
@henkjanssen1252 7 жыл бұрын
Hey mate, those tractors are looking great! Where did you find the blueprints for this model? I am looking to build some myself and have found all kinds of models, but not these Joel Salatin style ones... Tack på förhand!
@aleblanc3547
@aleblanc3547 7 жыл бұрын
Glad to see this continued. i was wondering how you get the chickens from the greenhouse to the tractors; hopefully we'll get the see that (I bet it's tougher than moving the pigs, eh)? :>) I find it Interesting that the term "free range" has a nice connotation to it, but that it's not all that good.
@simeonandalex
@simeonandalex 7 жыл бұрын
These chicken tractors are not for the layers. I use them to raise the roosters and sometimes pullets. The layers are going to be in a mobile hen house with a poultry netting around them.
@duett445
@duett445 7 жыл бұрын
Swedish Homestead g
@constanceneighsayer6157
@constanceneighsayer6157 7 жыл бұрын
Looking forward to more on the eggmobile and this season's layers out on the grass...
@MrDeanmfitz
@MrDeanmfitz Жыл бұрын
Do chickens stay in the tractor all day and night?
@arlingtonguy54
@arlingtonguy54 7 жыл бұрын
I use Salatin tractors too and have a dolly. The problem with the dolly is that it lifts the end up enough so that young chicks less than 4 weeks old can get out when you move it. Also the wheels of the dolly sometimes rolls on the feet of the chickens so you have to stop and back up or occasionally kill a small bird. Your sled might be a better method. The use of 1/2 inch hardware cloth is better than the 1inch poultry wire too which only lasts about two seasons. My sheep also break through the wire to get to the feed. I have steel roof panels instead of lighter aluminum that Salatin recommends but the wind will sometimes lift them off and sail them across the pasture like a giant ninja star. Very dangerous.
@lindapolle1665
@lindapolle1665 7 жыл бұрын
arlingtonguy54 Consider some kind of a foam or a brush edge on the internal side of the edge which drags on the ground. Remember the "cow catchers " on the front of steam trains? These scooped under the cow to push it off the tracks. This is a bit far afield, but one time I was at an areo-space plant where they made door seals for space craft. What they looked like was something like a strip of fiberglass fur. Humm...carpet might provide the flexible gap filling edge you need. Reveled carpet might work too.
@simeonandalex
@simeonandalex 7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing. Interesting.
@timkirkpatrick9155
@timkirkpatrick9155 7 жыл бұрын
In the US 'free range' means access outdoors on a live growth plot (the range part). In a building is 'cage free' on prepared feeds. Then we have vegetarian fed (no animal ,icl. fish) fed. Natural fed without antibiotics unless actual illness present (no prophylaxis) Organic, diet of organic feeds, mostly animal free (bugs ok) and no antibiotics at all. Then there is conventional, factory farms, small cages fed constructed diets and prophylaxis nutrients and antibiotics. Some stores have all of these available. Price range from the 'best' to 'factory' is an order of magnitude difference.
@simeonandalex
@simeonandalex 7 жыл бұрын
My meat birds are not free range. I don't care about organic certification either. Try to work with what is best for the birds and farm. I am pro animal protein in chicken feed as well. They are omnivores and need that.
@sandyrees490
@sandyrees490 7 жыл бұрын
How do you move them with the chickens in them?
@simeonandalex
@simeonandalex 7 жыл бұрын
Coming up in a video soon.
@Ticdaniel
@Ticdaniel 7 жыл бұрын
Love the aligator; ) your brother make it?
@simeonandalex
@simeonandalex 7 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@mikereigelman4374
@mikereigelman4374 7 жыл бұрын
why the wedding music??
@gmonet8753
@gmonet8753 7 жыл бұрын
More forestry videos please!
@goldencroaker9718
@goldencroaker9718 7 жыл бұрын
How in the world do you move these by hand. does not seem possible
@simeonandalex
@simeonandalex 7 жыл бұрын
You see me do it in the video... There is more coming up.
@mikealmere70
@mikealmere70 7 жыл бұрын
are you going to catch the chickens while they are asleep?
@simeonandalex
@simeonandalex 7 жыл бұрын
These chicken tractors are for the young chickens. I will catch those during the day time. The layers we will see. But in the summer we pretty much have daylight all the time so they barely ever sleep.
@acanadianineurope814
@acanadianineurope814 7 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same, watching Simeon running around chasing chickens will make the best video this week. :) Don't forget the Benny Hill music !
@Ramdodge582
@Ramdodge582 7 жыл бұрын
Everyone knows it's a tractor that's powered by chickens instead of a internal combustion engine.
@johnmarquardt1991
@johnmarquardt1991 7 жыл бұрын
Can't wait till the chickens get moved.
@newandoldtech5634
@newandoldtech5634 7 жыл бұрын
If you only have a few hens, you canbuild one of these. Easy to move,. Dont forget to let the beam on top stick out a Little bit. Easier to hanedle that way. bentesegen.blogspot.se/2009/05/kycklingburen-klar.html
@KILLKING110
@KILLKING110 7 жыл бұрын
wow wouldn't the chickens being outside make them healthier vs keeping them cooped up inside the building in air that is not fresh
@simeonandalex
@simeonandalex 7 жыл бұрын
Are you talking about the chicken tractor? The air in there is fresh, or what do you mean? That is the whole point of them being in there and not in a stable.
@HansQuistorff
@HansQuistorff 7 жыл бұрын
If you want to see how much cultivating 3 chickens can do and how I plant seed after them kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWSlZJ-Jr52Id7s
@J.Mitch.O
@J.Mitch.O 7 жыл бұрын
would luv to have a chicken tractor but the weasels will get in the first day
@simeonandalex
@simeonandalex 7 жыл бұрын
Why? We have those here. Never had a problem.
@CopperBlood
@CopperBlood 7 жыл бұрын
"Armored" chicken tractors
@dobimarniebelschuetz9213
@dobimarniebelschuetz9213 7 жыл бұрын
I don't think the Salatin CT are well designed. 1. Far to expensive in material; (except if you have the stuff on the farm anyway) 2. to big to get them working on a "not so flat" field; 3. It is to cramped inside. There are to much hassle to me to work with. And I got angry with myself, because I build something which, I knew wouldn't work for me, but I wanted them, because they are Salatin designs. I like to be able to stand in my tractors, so I build them like John Suscovich. Remember that you can't just take their (US) measurements, and make them work in Europe, because them space calculations are illegal here in Europe. If you want to sell something you better read up one the laws :-). I hope I can get an old trailer and some electric fence netting (?) (Geflügelnetze in German) and I will build the better system (Gabe Brown/ also Salatin) which I know works! But you might need a little bit more land.
@10us101
@10us101 7 жыл бұрын
talking over the music is a bad idea
@thecynic807
@thecynic807 7 жыл бұрын
Holy cow that is dangerous to put yourself in between that strap. If it were to break it would hit you in the face.
@simeonandalex
@simeonandalex 7 жыл бұрын
The string needs to hold maybe 100kg and it is made for 5000kg.
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