A picture speaks a thousand words.  So here are 123 pictures of chicken tractors I have collected!  No blueprints, no descriptions, just pictures.  I hope they inspire your own project.  A chicken tractor is basically a bottomless cage or pen of some kind.  This is so the chickens can scratch (a chicken's raison de etre) and eat off of the ground such things as grass, weeds, bugs, etc.  In the U.K., chicken tractors are called chicken arks.  You can drag your chicken tractor around the yard if you want.  They often feature wheels.  Without a cage bottom, the chicken manure goes directly onto the ground and becomes fertilizer.  Chicken tractors are perfect for a small number of city chickens.  If you don't want to move your chicken tractor, just let the manure accumulate.  Throw fresh straw or wood shavings on top of the poop to absorb moisture.  When a bunch of layers of litter and manure have accumulated, just move the tractor, rake up the poop with a hard-tined rake, and compost or throw away.  I have had success even giving away my dirty chicken litter.  I put an ad for "free fertilizer" in my local for-sale newsgroup and gardeners come and take it.  There's a book that's been around for awhile about chicken tractors.  Feel free to send pictures of your chicken tractor in.   (Go back to "The City Chicken" main page.)


"Dear Katy...I found your website and it was inspirational.  I checked about bylaws and was told by a bylaw enforcement guy that poultry was never allowed in the city.   I went online and found the bylaws and had to email him back and let him know that he was wrong...It pays to do your own research...Anyway, just wanted to say thanks; it really was as easy as you said it would be, and my son and I have so much fun with them.  It's an awesome hobby, and when people say to me (as they often do) 'why chickens?'  I say back, 'They eat my kitchen scraps, they keep the yard naturally bug free, they give me fertilizer and they give me eggs, I say why NOT chickens?'...Glad I could share my story.  It was also your site that convinced my wife to let me get chickens, too!  Now THAT'S a testimony!"     ----I.G., Victoria, B.C. Canada
"Dear Katy...Thanks for your input. I appreciate it. By the way, of all the websites I've visited on chickens, I've enjoyed yours the most. In fact, your website is the one that convinced me to get chickens. I'm currently designing a tractor that will suit my needs and it's all due to your website. Thanks a lot."       ----C.B.

“Dear Katy…I'm Debbie Sterling, owner of Lavender Fields Farm…What a cute and nice site you have. I would like to start recommending it to clients, mostly for the information it contains.  I think your site is interesting and informative…Great job!” 



 
"Dear Katy...THANK YOU very much for all the wonderful chicken tractor pictures!!   I was wondering how to explain what I wanted. You solved that problem.  Also, I was amazed to find so many different varieties!   Thank you again for all your hard work."      --Y.


 
"Dear Katy, Thanks for putting up such an informative, encouraging and inspiring site.  I really believe I can do this now."  ----Cyndi M., Portland, Oregon


 
"Hi Katy, We wanted to say thanks for your website and inspiration.  Your website has helped us to raise 3 city chickens.  Your inspiration has motivated us to build a chicken tractor for ours to enjoy.  Thanks for posting all of the chicken tractor examples."   ---Rob and Jenn, TX



 

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