re: Chicken tractor Built! -pics on page 2. Where do I get chickens?

No Prob.

Materials cost $125. (included a Hershey bar for the 4 year old).

The entire pen is 8x4. The coop part of it was 4'x30"

Honestly I wasn't expecting it to look anything like that. Awesome job it looks great . There ain't no egg like a yard egg

Very nice. I should've built one like that, but we always had a "chicken yard" when I was growing up. I didn't discover the tractors until after I started building.

I plan on moving it every few days. I'm going to hopefully put two wheels on the back and a little handle on the front or side to make it easy to move. I can slide it around by myself as is though. I'm not sure how low to the ground it has to be. I think dad decided the height just by cutting a standard 2x4 in half. I'm also short (5'2) so the coop had to be low enough for me to reach my hand in. He made me a little stick that fits down in the side and when I need to open it, I open it and stick it in the side like you would do when opening a hood.
Most of the measurements came out of his head. We just got the plywood and drew the pieces out. It's at dads shop, but when I get it here I don't mind taking more pics and measuring for you. Neither of us had built one before and start to finish was 5 hours I think.

I also grew up on a bunch of land but that is hard to find/too expensive these days so I'm very happy with my chicken tractor in my neighborhood sized yard :-)

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Where do I get worker chickens? I want ones that lay eggs, not little stupid chicks.

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if there's a co-op or farm supply store near you, they usually can order some for you also.

Found some old guy who sold laying hens. One of them lost a tail in a fight on the way here, but the chicken tractor has an engine!

AND I got two eggs within 30 minutes of them being here! Awesome IMHO.

That's cool man. I have a 10x10 dog pen I thought about turning into a coupe. Built my dogs a 30x40 and the old one is not being used. Already feeding 3 dogs and 11 ducks though and it gets expensive. Especially after my ducks lay. I feed the Lil ones a while before I give them away.