Chicken Tractor or Chicken Tank?

[MossflowerWoods]

The five gallon bucket on the right holds dead rabbits, and is my maggot bucket. Works great just put a lot of holes in it.

EWWWWW!!!! Who has the job of cleaning THAT out and restocking it!!!! :laughing:

I'm glad I have ticks and such hre to make for plenty of bugs for my birds!

Seriously, that seems like a nasty job, what are the mecanics of it? you shoot a rabbit a month and just change the bucket out or what ??? My girls would frogmarch me off the property I fear if I even suggested such a thing...

David

PS, how big is your freezer? Do you sell meat chickens? Do you package them in ziplock or ??? Just curious...

 

[Nick D]

I could not remember if I shared my "Chicken Tractor" or not. Tractor mobile... I built it on a 4x4 pallet so I could move it with carryall. Has been working well. Though it is not pretty.

Now that is a nice set up.

 

[Combustix]

EWWWWW!!!! Who has the job of cleaning THAT out and restocking it!!!! :laughing:

I'm glad I have ticks and such hre to make for plenty of bugs for my birds!

Seriously, that seems like a nasty job, what are the mecanics of it? you shoot a rabbit a month and just change the bucket out or what ??? My girls would frogmarch me off the property I fear if I even suggested such a thing...

David

PS, how big is your freezer? Do you sell meat chickens? Do you package them in ziplock or ??? Just curious...

We raise rabbits for meat as well and I just take take what the wife leaves me and toss it in the bucket. I have a lot of 1/2" holes drilled all over the bucket but I have since modified it to 3/4" so the little buggers fall out faster. I leave the bucket up for a couple weeks after the chickens are gone, by then the smell is mostly gone, then off to the deep woods, for disposal.

The first time we went to process 50 chickens we realized we did not have a big enough freezer, so made the quick dash to Lowes for a 14.8 cubic foot chest freezer to complement the little 2-3 cubic foot freezer. Yes we sell meat chickens put will only be selling turkey this year. We vacuum seal everything. We will take about ten and cut them up and seal them that way but otherwise everything is whole. I have gotten into more bartering with friends in AK. Goat, and chicken in trade for Halibut and Salmon. Much better than selling.

 

[dmccarty]

Dan,

You should have told her you were merely protecting her roses from those male Yotes and Foxes who were in trouble with their mates and were looking to score some cheap roses so they could get back in the den...



David

I told her I was watering, fertilizing and protecting the roses from the deer all at the same time.

This did not work in that one, she did not like my idea, and two the deer have been eating the roses. :laughing: They had a few flowers the other night. Peeing does NOT scare away the deer. Believe me, those roses were well protected. The deer did not care.

Later,
Dan

 

[dmccarty]

I could not remember if I shared my "Chicken Tractor" or not. Tractor mobile... I built it on a 4x4 pallet so I could move it with carryall. Has been working well. Though it is not pretty.

Tis prettier than our temporary well house that is 6-7 years old.

I like the little chicken run...

Later,
Dan

 

[dmccarty]

Pic of the chicken yard from last year. The blue covered buildings are low rent chicken housing. I made this yard 100'x100' way to big. This year 14x50. The five gallon bucket on the right holds dead rabbits, and is my maggot bucket. Works great just put a lot of holes in it. All the chickens in this picture are now resting comfortably in the freezer:licking:

Are the wood poles holding up the netting?
Are the poles in the ground are just tied to the T posts?
What did you string from post to post to hold up the netting?
Has any birds gotten stuck in the netting?

I was thinking putting up netting to protect the Chickens from owls and hawks.

Later,
Dan

 

[dmccarty]

EWWWWW!!!! Who has the job of cleaning THAT out and restocking it!!!! :laughing:

...

Seriously, that seems like a nasty job, what are the mecanics of it? you shoot a rabbit a month and just change the bucket out or what ??? My girls would frogmarch me off the property I fear if I even suggested such a thing...

Yeah, I wondered about cleaning and filling the bucket. I would be in deep trouble if I suggested such a treat for the chickens. :laughing: The mere suggestion of EATING one of the chickens gets me in trouble.

Later,
Dan

 

[foreman Etexas]

Well got my first chicken snake,he was in the shed next to the coop,when I put the lawn mower up,he was atleast 5ft less the head

 

[MossflowerWoods]

Well got my first chicken snake,he was in the shed next to the coop,when I put the lawn mower up,he was atleast 5ft less the head

I recently killed one black snake at least 6' long with a shovel, his body was bigger than my forearm, and he was much heavier than I thought, the other one last Saturday was coiled up and threatening my birds, so I got him with the 20 gauge...

Ladst summer I did get one with the riding mower, but he was confetti afterwards... Not my favorite way to handle them...

David

 

[foreman Etexas]

I recently killed one black snake at least 6' long with a shovel, his body was bigger than my forearm, and he was much heavier than I thought, the other one last Saturday was coiled up and threatening my birds, so I got him with the 20 gauge...

Ladst summer I did get one with the riding mower, but he was confetti afterwards... Not my favorite way to handle them...

David

Me and the wife were gonna organize that part of the shed my next days off,well now it looks like I'll be doing that project myself:laughing:I may do it with my 45 on hip