A chicken tractor is, according to the Double Tongue Dictionary, “A bottomless, mobile chicken coop that rests directly on the ground.”(more). Even though our chicken coop is bottomless, it never felt like a tractor because it has been in the same place in the yard for almost two months. I had thought of moving it. Brenda said I should move it. Jim said I should move it. In fact although it was clear that The Board wanted it to be moved, I, the manager, was still dragging my heels. “Are we ready”, I asked myself, ” to own a tractor?” What about the huge movements of capital, visits to the bank, paperwork, instructions about cold weather starting and the like”. Nothing of the sort was needed. I am here to tell you that it took me and the chickens about 30 minutes to move, or should I say, to get our very first tractor parked.
Peter Naughton-Manager, Home-Grown Food Network
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