We went on a field trip to an organic farm in September, where all the vegetables were grown organically, and all the animals were fed organic feed.

The picture to the right is where we saw the idea to make a chicken tractor, you can see that the chickens scratch up the soil looking for bugs if you look inside the tractor in the picture. The tractors had a tarp over one half to make shade for hot days, and chicken wire over the other half. I will make a similar version of the tractor on the organic farm, but it will be smaller so it will be easy to move. The chicken tractor will have hinges on the top so the roof can fold over so we can grab the chicks.

Chickens in a chicken tractor loosen and mix the soil up. The chickens droppings act as fertilizer for the soil, and the chickens eat all the bugs and worms in the soil.

The chicken tractor will get the chicks used to being outside, and it will protect them from predators such as dogs, hawks ,and other chickens.