The chicken tractor (i.e., portable chicken pen) is done! An old metal hoop house worked well as a frame after some repair and replacing of bent bars. The wheels are removable – they can be put on to make the pen more maneuverable and taken off so the pen will sit all the way down on the ground (don’t want any gaps for chickens to get out or predators to get in). The broilers are now in their new home. Being in the chicken tractor allows them to eat grass and bugs, and they are moved every few days as they eat the grass and need more.
Megan Finley – Farm Intern
