A chicken tractor is basically a coop and run on wheels so that you can wheel it around the yard for the girls to have new ground to scratch and still be protected from predators.
I have lost seven hens to the local coyote and bob cat who decided that I had opened up a fast food chicken restaurant for their dinning pleasure. I don't let the hens out without me being with them now so needles to say they don't get out daily. I do try my best but there are days when I don't make it home in time or it's just too cold. When I am out with them and I run indoors or they loose site of me, the little ladies head to the front porch to wait for me. Their still scared. I think Mabel is the most afraid because the last hen lost was her best friend Dori. Now Mabel is the first to head to the coop when we are out and she hides up on a shelf in the corner till the other two come inside then she will join them on the roost.
Check out the new tractor below. I will try and take measurements to post because it is so hard to find instructions on how to build a chicken tractor online. The last picture shows where their ram hit the tractor. Needs a little repair but not too bad. Frances and John chickens run free because they have Great Pyrenees who protect them. I have been researching guard animals and will post my finding at a later date.
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