Shannon Hickman and Jerry Hickman made a “winter palace,” and a mobile chicken tractor, wherein the poultry pets feed and fertilize the lawn. The two decided to raise chickens when they became ...

Looking for some movable chicken coop ideas? Create your own DIY chicken coop using a truck frame and some basic carpentry skills. This is one of many cheap chicken coop ideas we have to offer. When I ...

Shannon Hickman and her father Jerry Hickman’s pandemic project quite literally has many moving parts: the chickens themselves and a mobile chicken tractor in their permaculture backyard in Cheney.

A 10-by-10-foot chain-link dog run is the perfect size to comfortably house six chickens. Make a dog kennel chicken tractor that’s easy to assemble and move, and sturdy enough to keep your flock ...

On a cloudy summer day, Iowa farmer Wendy Johnson lifts the corner of a mobile chicken tractor, a lightweight plastic frame covered in wire mesh that has corralled her month-old meat chickens for a ...

A chicken tractor is a bottomless, movable poultry pen. As the pen of chickens is moved around the garden each day, the birds happily search for chicken treats such as bugs, slugs and weeds. Looking ...

Michele McAlum of Smoky Mountain Chicken Tractor wheels out a chicken coop with a 8-foot run Friday, June 10, 2016, in West Knox County. McAlum and her husband, Keith, make top quality, custom-built ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. It’s called the Chicken Tractor, and it’s the Los Angeles design firm ...

Meghan Holmes is a writer and documentarian specializing in scientific topics such as the environment, invasive species, sustainability, and food issues. She holds a master's in Southern Studies from ...

Chickens are incredible garden companions. So many different varieties, but all happy to spend their days digging up weeds, weed seeds and grass roots, fertilising as they go and saving the trouble of ...