It looks almost identical to the Suschovich design. I have two Suschovich chicken tractors myself, but I used cattle panel instead of bending electrical conduit for the roof. It would have been nice to see the chicken tractor in action and more of the design. My issues with these tractors are predators reaching underneath the tractor and getting the young chickens. They always huddle on the side of the tractor at night.. If you ground is not perfectly level or is soft from rain , a possum or raccoon will see the chicken huddled near the side and attempt to reach underneath and even dig to reach under and pull them out.. I’ve laid logs on the sides to prevent this, but they are even strong enough to pull the logs away. I was thing some type of hinged flap that comes down on the floor so a predator can’t dig underneath. In the meantime I huddle the chickens in the center of the tractor at night inside a cardboard box or circular aluminum edging. This way the predator doesn’t even notice the chickens or knows they are well out of reach…
I am glad you have this content even though this isn't something I plan on doing. It's interesting to see all the different takes on poultry management. Thanks Diego.
Hey Diego, do you happen to know how Darby designed the metal arches on this? It looks like he may have used two pieces of conduit, but I can't see how he joined them together at the top. Thanks, I'm trying to figure out enough from this video to build this model for our farm. :)
We like our suskovich tractors, but adding the chiclift wheels made them even better. I can see where Darby is coming from not wanting to have to have as many structures but we just aren’t to his scale just yet
I would like to have seen him move it.
I will post one next week. 👍
Hopefully sooon!
What is the center of the support for the tractor made of? The apogee.
Hopefully plans will become available for this. Suscovich tractors are way to small and darbys original is a little big. This one is just right.
It looks almost identical to the Suschovich design. I have two Suschovich chicken tractors myself, but I used cattle panel instead of bending electrical conduit for the roof. It would have been nice to see the chicken tractor in action and more of the design. My issues with these tractors are predators reaching underneath the tractor and getting the young chickens. They always huddle on the side of the tractor at night.. If you ground is not perfectly level or is soft from rain , a possum or raccoon will see the chicken huddled near the side and attempt to reach underneath and even dig to reach under and pull them out.. I’ve laid logs on the sides to prevent this, but they are even strong enough to pull the logs away. I was thing some type of hinged flap that comes down on the floor so a predator can’t dig underneath. In the meantime I huddle the chickens in the center of the tractor at night inside a cardboard box or circular aluminum edging. This way the predator doesn’t even notice the chickens or knows they are well out of reach…
This comment is really helpful - thank you!
I am glad you have this content even though this isn't something I plan on doing. It's interesting to see all the different takes on poultry management. Thanks Diego.
Did he happen to mention the dimensions of the footprint?
Good design. I was just thinking it could have multiple uses when Darby said that he had done so. 1:40
Would love to get the plans for this
Hey Diego, do you happen to know how Darby designed the metal arches on this? It looks like he may have used two pieces of conduit, but I can't see how he joined them together at the top. Thanks, I'm trying to figure out enough from this video to build this model for our farm. :)
The plans don’t appear to be up yet.
3 hrs later when checked at bottom of page. $20.00 usd.
There are only plans for the old design. Not the new one.
@@DiegoFooter Are plans for the new one coming soon? This looks perfect for us.
We like our suskovich tractors, but adding the chiclift wheels made them even better. I can see where Darby is coming from not wanting to have to have as many structures but we just aren’t to his scale just yet
I wonder if Darby is still farming.
Respect from Africa 🇿🇦
Very interesting
Are there plans for this chicken tractor? I saw the link for the plans for the old model.
What about one on 4x4 skids that you could drag with a small tractor?
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