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Chicken tractor build update # 5

Today I was able to get the door finished. I really like how this turned out. The shape was definitely a challenge but it made for a wider opening and better aesthetics than a rectangle door. I also got locked in the coop before adding the latch pull wire. 🤦‍♂️

I just need to add the perches, wheels and some way of pulling the thing because it is heavy! Stay tuned for more updates to follow.

#grownostr #permies #homestead #chickens https://video.nostr.build/82eec0e9f0359c5a06c6ca6ad779fe76a352a92aba94cb3cb71b2eb172d484f8.mov

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Slimey Limey 2y ago

Well done!

Jacob (Organix Farms) 2y ago

Thank you 🙏

Mark Camper 2y ago

Lol. How did you get out?

Jacob (Organix Farms) 2y ago

My text finally went through to my wife. Luckily she was still awake. 😂

Mark Camper 2y ago

Hilarious. She must have enjoyed that a lot too. 😅

Jacob (Organix Farms) 2y ago

Yeah she’s like “how the hell did you do that?”

She about let me in there.

Jim 2y ago

Dude that looks sweet.

I had a similar thing happen to me. Turned a horse stall into a brooder for chicks. String broke to the latch, got stuck inside.

Is that going to be mobile or stationary?

Jacob (Organix Farms) 2y ago

Haha yeah it was quite humorous.

It was supposed to be mobile but it’s pretty heavy. I’ll need to find some way of maybe adding a trailer trolly or something

Jac 2y ago

We have lost hundreds of chickens to predation free ranging them. We built a chicken tractor out of PVC, the problem we encountered is uneven ground combined with the ingenuity of raccoons. I have considered some flexible heavy curtain to adapt to terrain like chain mail, but the weight makes moving it more difficult, and it already wasn’t easy. I’m excited to see how this works for you. It looks great!

Jacob (Organix Farms) 2y ago

Thank you sir! This will be our fist go with chickens so I’m sure there will be lots of trial and error at first but I’m excited.