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Inside these pages, you will find step-by-step instructions for a mobile broiler chicken shelter for pastured poultry that is used by farmers and homesteaders all over the country.
Raising chickens on grass provides them with a healthy lifestyle and a delicious flavor. You can raise just enough of them to feed your family or scale up to include pastured poultry as a profitable part of your farm business. John Suscovich has raised thousands of chickens using these mobile shelters, a main enterprise on his farm in Connecticut.
These chicken tractors were created using the best elements from other designs. They are easy to move and provide a good life for the chickens. With a little bit of creativity, they can also be modified for seasonal egg-layer housing, rabbits, ducks and forts for your kids.
Not only does this book contain the plans and supply list to build your first chicken tractor, but it gives you some insight into how to use it and what mindset you should have if you are to become a happy and successful farmer.
John also walks you through the light carpentry skills you need to build these chicken tractors and teaches you the most commonly used knots on a farm. You may learn these skills for this project, but you’ll be able to apply them on your farm for years to come.
From the Publisher
Keep Your Chickens Safe and Happy
A “Frankensteined” Design
This chicken tractor design has been assembled from many other other concepts and is intended to be versatile, portable and easy to move.
Used All Over the World
You’re going to need a chicken tractor design that works for you. Start with one tractor and plan to raise one or two batches of chickens the first year.
Healthier and Happier Birds
Holding up to 30 chickens, these tractors not only provide a good life to the chicken, but to the farmer as well.
Detailed Explanations
A quick list of the 14 steps required to complete a chicken tractor is followed by over 25 pages of step-by-step illustrated directions.
At the end of the book you’ll find an illustrated cutting list.
Designed for Convenience in Mind
John walks you through the choices he made to design and build these mobile and versatile chicken tractors. All the materials have been chosen to cut costs without sacrificing structural. integrity or animal welfare.
The design is rugged enough to stand up to strong winds and predators.Feeding and watering is easy.There is very little in terms of any other maintenance.
Publisher : Emerald Lake Books; 2nd edition (August 17, 2016)
Language : English
Paperback : 114 pages
ISBN-10 : 0996567488
ISBN-13 : 978-0996567480
Item Weight : 5.1 ounces
Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.26 x 8.5 inches
