Now That’s A Chicken Tractor!
Mobile chicken coops are often called chicken tractors. The name might not make sense for most coops but in the case of Dixie Escalante’s coop, there isn’t anything else you could call it. Escalante’s son, Rob Young, built the tractor body from wood and metal, then fitted it with tractor tires.
Eggs can be gathered from nesting boxes by opening the side of the tractor, while hens have two levels to choose from in the cab portion of the coop.
“I can crawl in there to clean it out,” says Escalante, who at 78 raises a variety of animals on her 18-acre Urich, Mo., farm.
The tractor coop is fitted with a lawn mower grill and solar lights, and he painted it John Deere green and yellow. Plexiglas windows let in light, and there is plenty of ventilation. Bicycle tires inside the tractor tire rims spin and add color.
It didn’t take long for the chickens to figure out how to use the ladder to get out of the coop into a chain-link pen. Escalante started with about 20 hens, but lost some to hawks, so she plans to put something over the top to protect them. The coop would also work for guinea hens, she adds.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Dixie Escalante, 1395 NW 750, Urich, Mo. 64788 (ph 660 525-5453).
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Now That’s A Chicken Tractor! AG WORLD Mobile chicken coops are often called chicken tractors The name might not make sense for most coops but in the case of Dixie Escalante’s coop there isn’t anything else you could call it Escalante’s son Rob Young built the tractor body from wood and metal then fitted it with tractor tires Eggs can be gathered from nesting boxes by opening the side of the tractor while hens have two levels to choose from in the cab portion of the coop “I can crawl in there to clean it out ” says Escalante who at 78 raises a variety of animals on her 18-acre Urich Mo farm The tractor coop is fitted with a lawn mower grill and solar lights and he painted it John Deere green and yellow Plexiglas windows let in light and there is plenty of ventilation Bicycle tires inside the tractor tire rims spin and add color It didn’t take long for the chickens to figure out how to use the ladder to get out of the coop into a chain-link pen Escalante started with about 20 hens but lost some to hawks so she plans to put something over the top to protect them The coop would also work for guinea hens she adds Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Dixie Escalante 1395 NW 750 Urich Mo 64788 ph 660 525-5453
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