{"id":38,"date":"2012-04-11T08:45:27","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T12:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/servicecaster.com\/casters-blog\/?p=38"},"modified":"2021-08-05T09:59:22","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T13:59:22","slug":"chickens-on-wheels-mobile-coops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/servicecaster.com\/casters-blog\/chickens-on-wheels-mobile-coops\/","title":{"rendered":"Chickens on Wheels &#8211; Mobile Coops with Casters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s that time of year when this seasons little peeps reaching chicken teenhood are needing to get out into the fresh air. Many people have small coops for 3 to 10 chickens, and an ongoing issue is the destruction of the turf beneath the coop and attached run. The solution for those in suburban locales or with limited space in rural settings is a mobile coop set on casters.<\/p>\n<p>Our\u00a0own experience first occurred about\u00a020 years ago when we put a pair of solid rubber wheel casters on a friends newly built coop. By placing the casters on the heavier end, this created an efficient fulcrum, and the coop could be moved by hand or garden tractor.<\/p>\n<p>With a heavier coop, wheels might be needed at all 4 corners. Then, attached to a small tractor, the unit becomes easy to move. The type of casters or\u00a0wheels needed will depend on the coop weight, and the sod. A harder rocky soil will require a different wheel than a more wet, possibly soggy\u00a0location. This moveable system can help\u00a0 provide a healthier environment for all involved.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" data-via=\"SERVICECASTER\" data-count=\"none\">Tweet<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\");\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s that time of year when this seasons little peeps reaching chicken teenhood are needing to get out into the fresh air. Many people have small coops for 3 to 10 chickens, and an ongoing issue is the destruction of the turf beneath the coop and attached run. The solution for those in suburban locales &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/servicecaster.com\/casters-blog\/chickens-on-wheels-mobile-coops\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chickens on Wheels &#8211; Mobile Coops with Casters&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,25],"tags":[6,26,27,7],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/servicecaster.com\/casters-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/servicecaster.com\/casters-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/servicecaster.com\/casters-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/servicecaster.com\/casters-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/servicecaster.com\/casters-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/servicecaster.com\/casters-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41,"href":"http:\/\/servicecaster.com\/casters-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions\/41"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/servicecaster.com\/casters-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/servicecaster.com\/casters-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/servicecaster.com\/casters-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}