What is a Chicken Tractor?

If you’re looking for a way to move your chickens around easily, you’ll find that nothing is better than a chicken tractor. Not only does it provide the chickens with a comfortable home to live in, but the home is fully portable!

Read on to find everything you need to know about chicken tractors, what they are, how to build a chicken tractor, and so much more…

What is a Chicken Tractor?

A chicken tractor is basically a chicken coop, but without a floor. This type of chicken coop allows your chickens to enjoy a bit of free ranging while still providing them with shelter and keeping them in an enclosed space.

Chicken tractors come in many shapes and sizes. A-frame chicken tractors look like a giant tent without a floor, and are one of the simplest types of chicken tractors to build. A box frame chicken tractor looks like a traditional chicken coop (four walls and a roof), but without a floor.

What is a Chicken Tractor For?

If you’re wondering why you’d want to build a chicken tractor instead of a chicken coop, think about your chickens. They don’t want to spend their lives cooped up in a small cage, but they want to roam free. Chickens love to forage among the grass and weeds of your property, searching for bugs, worms, and other food to eat. A natural diet is always best for your chickens, but unfortunately they spend most of their time in their cage.

Well, with a chicken tractor, your chickens can enjoy as much freedom as possible while still being cared for.

The chicken tractor allows your chickens fresh forage, which will actually help to improve their diet. They’ll be able to eat the grass, worms, and bugs they love, and this can cut the cost of having to feed your chickens. You’ll find that the chickens will dig, weed, and fertilize the soil for you, which is where they get their name from.