chicken tractor
A movable enclosure in which chickens can scratch the ground for food, allowing them…A movable enclosure in which chickens can scratch the ground for food, allowing them to be pasture-raised (benefiting from grass, insects, sunshine, and breathing space) and offering benefits to crop rotation systems (e.g., insect control, soil manuring).
Meaning
1 sensesA movable enclosure in which chickens can scratch the ground for food, allowing them to be pasture-raised (benefiting from grass, insects, sunshine, and breathing space) and offering benefits to crop rotation systems (e.g., insect control, soil manuring).
Origin
So called because it serves some functions of a tractor, such as weeding and fertilizing.So called because it serves some functions of a tractor, such as weeding and fertilizing. Attestations from the 1970s exist, according to the metadata connected with snippet views in Google Book Search results.
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Forms
plural: chicken tractors| Singular | chicken tractor |
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