Backyard poultry is increasingly popular and people are looking for an affordable solution that can help them keep their chicken while offering other benefits such as cleaning of weeds and pests. Enter the chicken tractor, a simple and easy to make wooden buildings designed for poultry farmers to small-scale 3 to 6 chickens looking for a cheap solution for their poultry yard. Add chicken tractor A chicken tractor is generally 4 feet long and 3 meters wide while being about 3 feet tall. All you need is to build a lumber and fence. Most chicken tractors are also known as Chicken or Hen Arks. There are some important considerations that you should consider before making your tractor, most of them are: providing at least 4 square feet per chicken, so they can have plenty of room to move and flap around. Keep the tractor light enough so you can move around easily. The tractor does not have a floor so that the chicken can easily reach the grass. Of course, if you have more birds, then you can play with the size of the coop. Advantages of having a tractor, a tractor Chicken Chicken is easy to move because it is lightweight. When the chicken is confined to a small area, they will focus their activities on site. Consequently, they munch weeds across the grass with the bugs. They also provide fresh manure rich in nitrogen in the soil. All you have to do is move the tractor in your yard frequently. Do not keep a tractor in one place too long as the chicken tends to scratch the ground and take sand baths. This can destroy a part of your back yard if left unchecked.