{"id":916,"date":"2012-12-13T22:35:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-13T22:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=916"},"modified":"2012-12-13T22:35:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-13T22:35:00","slug":"chicken-tractors-and-chickens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=916","title":{"rendered":"Chicken Tractors and Chickens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s Run: 55 min at the “Y”<\/p>\n

We have been looking at chicken tractors. \u00a0I know I have told you before about my wanting chickens. \u00a0Now, I am getting them as a Christmas present from my son. \u00a0Cool Beans! \u00a0I now need to have a place to house them.<\/p>\n

Enter the chicken tractor.<\/p>\n

I have studied different designs of chicken tractors online and have finally decided on what I want for my very own chickens. \u00a0I want a coop part about 4 to 4 1\/2 feet tall with a door that opens on the back from top to bottom (easier to clean that way). \u00a0This must be a covered coop, preferably with a white\/light plastic\/pvc type sheeting. \u00a0Attached to the coop, I would like to have a 2 1\/2 to 3 feet high, run for the chickens (enclosed and covered also) and of course have the coop part with wheels to make the whole thing easier to relocate around the property. \u00a0The Taj Mahal of chicken tractors.<\/p>\n

Now, we have priced supplies and Lowe’s and know approximately how much the supplies for this little project are going to run us~and then, of course is the labor, etc…..<\/p>\n

Yesterday, I talked to a man in Terry, Mississippi, and he has advertised his chicken tractors online. \u00a0They are exactly like the one I described with a few “perks” that I had not thought about! \u00a0He builds lots of chicken tractors (think bulk orders for supplies), so his prices are almost exactly what we would be paying if we built it ourselves. \u00a0Nice!<\/p>\n

I have now ordered a chicken tractor from this nice man and will pick it up the beginning if not the middle of next month. \u00a0He also has chickens and I will get a few laying hens (6) from him at the same time I pick up the tractor.<\/p>\n

I am getting excited about this project! \u00a0He is\u00a0knowledgeable about his chickens (and he is looking to get into bee keeping, but that is another story altogether…) and gave me a mini-chicken keeping lesson. \u00a0Good guy~\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today’s Run: 55 min at the “Y” We have been looking at chicken tractors. \u00a0I know I have told you before about my wanting chickens. \u00a0Now, I am getting them as a Christmas present from my son. \u00a0Cool Beans! \u00a0I now need to have a place to house them. Enter the chicken tractor. I have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,6,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=916"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":918,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916\/revisions\/918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}