<p>We strive to be as self-reliant as possible, and with that comes raising your own food. We use lawn tractors for raising our meat birds and rabbits. Once chicks are big enough to be outdoors ...

Michele McAlum of Smoky Mountain Chicken Tractor wheels out a chicken coop with a 8-foot run Friday, June 10, 2016, in West Knox County. McAlum and her husband, Keith, make top quality, custom-built ...

Chicken tractors are one of the lowest input forms of poultry production. They are particularly useful for people who just want to raise some broilers in the summer and not do a lot of work or make a ...

PARTRIDGE — Keeping chickens safe, healthy and happy can often be daunting. Sometimes the coyotes or raccoons snatch them. Or maybe they nibble on too many garden vegetables. To circumvent predators ...

Republic High School students designed and built mobile chicken coops for Convoy of Hope's regenerative agriculture programs. The coops will be used to promote food security and nutritional diversity ...