Congratulations to Ross
Johnston, the winner
of our Groundhog’s Day chicken
waterer giveaway!
His chicken
bucket waterer is
simple and seems to be working perfectly in his
homemade coop.
Thanks you to everyone
who entered our contest! I’ve got some more photos that I’ll be
posting over the next week or two, and I’d love to see your photos even
though the contest is over. Just email them to at anna@kitenet.net. Happy spring!
In
my last post, I showed how Mark
used green plastic netting to cover the chicken tractor.
Another innovation in this
chicken tractor is the addition of a day time roost out in the open in
addition
to the night time area under the roof. I don’t have any proof,
but I think it’s good
for the morale of the flock to have multiple areas where a hen can be
to
herself and get some personal space.
This is the end of
this construction series, but we plan to build a new chicken tractor
sometime soon with even more innovations, so stay tuned!
Meanwhile, check out our homemade chicken
waterer, perfect for
tractors.
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In
my last post, I showed how Mark added
a large access door to the chicken tractor. Next step is to cover
the rest of the tractor.
Green plastic netting
is Mark’s new favorite material for covering
chicken tractors. It’s easier to cut and manage than traditional
poultry wire and we think it looks better. Small dry wall screws seem
to be the perfect
choice for attaching the larger corner sections of the netting to a
wooden surface.
The green plastic
material we used for this chicken tractor has an added advantage of
being a nice comfortable size for
each hen to poke her head through to access some goodies outside the
tractor. Combine bugs with fresh water from an automatic chicken waterer and you have happy hens!
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