Stress-Free Chicken Tractor Plans - by John Suscovich (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Inside these pages, you will find step-by-step instructions for a mobile broiler chicken shelter for pastured poultry that is used by farmers and homesteaders all over the country.

Raising chickens on grass provides them with a healthy lifestyle and a delicious flavor. You can raise just enough of them to feed your family or scale up to include pastured poultry as a profitable part of your farm business. John Suscovich has raised thousands of chickens using these mobile shelters, a main enterprise on his farm in Connecticut.

These chicken tractors were created using the best elements from other designs. They are easy to move and provide a good life for the chickens. With a little bit of creativity, they can also be modified for seasonal egg-layer housing, rabbits, ducks and forts for your kids.

Not only does this book contain the plans and supply list to build your first chicken tractor, but it gives you some insight into how to use it and what mindset you should have if you are to become a happy and successful farmer.

John also walks you through the light carpentry skills you need to build these chicken tractors and teaches you the most commonly used knots on a farm. You may learn these skills for this project, but you'll be able to apply them on your farm for years to come.

About the Author

John Suscovich is a farmer by passion and profession. A jack of all trades, John has found a niche that scratches his every itch in managing perennial plants and rotational livestock. He is an operating member of The Food Cycle, LLC, which runs Camps Road Farm, Kent Falls Brewing Company and Neversink Spirits. John is also the Founder and Creative Director of Farm Marketing Solutions, LLC, which seeks to educate and inspire the next generation of farmers. He enjoys feeding people, spending time with his family, and taking long walks through the pasture.