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Chicken Tractor

Chicken Tractor

Parked next to its big brother, the permanent chicken coop.

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Detail of Roof Assembly

Detail of Roof Assembly

Sun-Tuf polycarbonate panels screwed to 2x2 cross-members, attached to 2x2 "rafters". At...

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Chicken Tractor

Chicken Tractor

Another angle on the project.

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Chicken Tractor Completed

Chicken Tractor Completed

I added the roof assembly at last. Revised plans call for adding some wheels on one end, but the original plan is now complete.

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Leftover husks

Leftover husks

I reserved these because there are still some seeds in there. My first threshing attempt was good,...

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The Sheaf

The Sheaf

The bundle of rye stalks and seedheads I gathered. It has been drying on our front porch, at the end...

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Threashing machine

Threashing machine

My 'Extreme Appropriate Technology' threshing device, a.k.a. a pillowcase. Seedheads go in, end gets...

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Final Product

Final Product

My first batch of harvested rye. The contents of the pillowcase/thresher is dumped into these...

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Sample basket of seed heads

Sample basket of seed heads

Gathered from my front yard rye patch.

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Close-up of seed head

Close-up of seed head

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Four Lines of Seed

Four Lines of Seed

Each seed head has four rows of seeds, arranged in two pair of parallel rows. (Yeah, OK, so it's...

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Green

Green

This head is still pretty green. Others have started to dry out.

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Seed Heads

Seed Heads

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First Sample of Rye

First Sample of Rye

This is the product of just a couple of seed heads I cut yesterday from my front yard rye patch....

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Close-up of fresh rye grains

Close-up of fresh rye grains

Sample from my front yard rye patch.

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Chicken Tractor in Progress

Chicken Tractor in Progress

Tall plywood panel is a door. A roosting branch will go in the open area to the left, which is why I...

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