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Build a Chicken Tractor
With This All-In-One Guide
You Can Build a Chicken Tractor: Step-by-Step Instructions For Beginners, Experts and Everyone In Between provides you with all the information you need
to build a chicken tractor that will comfortably house four to six hens. This book gives you a complete list of the materials you need, helpful information about tools,
complete, step-by-step instructions, and photographs of virtual every stage of the building process.
It's the next-best thing to having a carpenter right beside you, walking you through every part of the project.
But that's not all. This guide also provides you with:
- A brooder design and chick tips
- Great ways to find free wood
- Get your flock to pay for themselves
- Chicken care
- Recipes
- And more!
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Written by Susan Merriam, author of Organic Gardening and Homesteading, and Rick Merriam, a carpenter with more than twenty years of carpentry experience.
So What Is a Chicken Tractor?
A chicken tractor is a movable chicken coop on wheels with no flooring.
It gives your chickens the two things they love best: fresh grass and new dirt every day for them to scratch around in.
Chickens are designed to eat greens and bugs, and a portable chicken coop allows them to do both.
So Why is it Called a Chicken Tractor?
Because of the wonderful things it does to your lawn.
Move your chicken tractor every day, and the chickens will clear out the weeds, aerate your soil and fertilize it with their own rich manure.
Plus, they'll give you eggs to boot.
The Benefits of These Eggs Over the Ones in the Store
A survey done by Mother Earth News revealed that chickens - particularly those who live in poultry tractors moved daily - have up to one third less cholesterol and a fourth less saturated fat than commercially raised eggs.
They also have more vitamin A and a lot more omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin E and beta carotene than their commercial counterparts.
Chickens who live in a chicken tractor eat more of the diet they are supposed to have - lots of leafy greens, bugs and worms. They enjoy their lives; my birds love it when I move their tractor about. Everyday they get a new supply of grass to scratch in.
Commercially raised birds, on the other hand, spend their entire lives cramped in the same small, dark, dirty space. They consume a diet of cottonseed, soy and corn with additives thrown in.
This stressful environment can make them sick, so they're also given antibiotics to keep them from dying too soon.
You and your family ingest those antibiotics when you eat their eggs. Plus, you're eating eggs from stressed-out, potentially sick birds.
With your own free-range birds, you're providing a kinder environment for your brood and better nutrition for your family.
Cost of This Book
Price of this book is $12.95, plus free shipping through Media Mail if you buy it from this website!*
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More Helpful Information on Chickens
Worried how your hens will make it through the winter? Here are some winter Chicken Care tips.
Yes, you can keep chickens even in many urban communities. Here's some information on keeping a backyard flock.
If you're planning on ordering baby chicks from a hatchery, you'll need to provide your babies with special care until all their feathers are in.
Here's how you can Get your chicks off to the right start with a brooder.
Are you wondering what the basic needs of your flock will be? Here are some basic tips on how to care for your flock.
Have you ever wondered what the big deal is about a chicken coop on wheels?
Here are some reasons why a portable coop is best.
Keep chickens and you'll get eggs! Not only are they good to eat, but they can also be a great source of homesteading income.
There are a wide variety of chicken breeds available. Here are some tips on choosing the right breed for you.
Thinking of venturing into the organic market?
It can be profitable, but there are steps involved as well. Here are some tips on raising the organic flock
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