Chicken Tractor
Special thanks to the Collier family for the original plans and inspiration for this project
Chicken Tractor

Materials Needed:

4- 2� PVC 90� elbows-Be sure the elbows take the 2� PVC from each side (learned this the hard way and had to get 4 couplers)
3- 10' 2" PVC pipes
7- 10' � " PVC pipes
16- 1" sheet metal screws (or the appropriate glue for PVC pipe)
20'-60" tall poultry fencing
10�-48� poultry fencing
Electrical tape (or something similar to hold the top strut while the fencing is attached)
200- or so wire ties (those plastic 'zip' tie things) 6" or longer. or some other suitable thing for securing the wire to the pipes--such as twine or baling wire.
Tarp or plastic sheeting
Something to use as a roost (I used the remaining half of the �� PVC pipe I cut for the door)
1" drill bit or hole saw
Hack saw

Working on a flat surface, cut one of the 10� sections of 2� PVC exactly in half.  Use the 2� PVC to make the base frame, using the 2-10� sections of 2�PVC for the sides, the cut 5� sections for the ends (forming a rectangle).  Connect the pieces together with the 90� elbows and either use the screws or the glue to hold together.
Mark each corner, then measure and mark at 2 ��, 5�, 7 ��,  and again at the corner.  Do this on both sides to have equally spaced corresponding marks.  Then drill a 1� hole at each mark.  This is where the rungs will be inserted.
Insert one end of the � � PVC pipe in the corner hole, then bend and put the other end in the corresponding hole on the other corner.  Continue doing this until you have all 5 rungs inserted.  They will be wobbly; this is where that level surface is so important.  Then, with the help of an assistant or 2, take the 6th piece of � � PVC and use it as the �spine� along the top, taping it securely with the electrical tape to each rung.
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