[permaculture] critique of pastured poultry
roxann
roxann at ancientearthwisdom.com
Fri Aug 17 12:12:52 EDT 2007
I never did like the idea of the moveable pens, they cram them full of chickens just like the factory houses. My chickens are true free range right now, and predation has been low due to the dog who guards them. but i do plan to move my chickens into the garden rotation when all the fences are built and use them as garden tillers, fertilizers, and de-seed and de-buggers. they'll still get the afternoons to free range outside the garden, but will come in to the henhouse at night. these will not be the production broilers, but most one of the hardier breeds suited for forage. people will have to be ready for a stronger, tougher bird, though - not the anemic (sp?) mushy kind of the grocery store. and it may not work for that reason alone as a small scale commercial endeavor. but i do have a few ready customers who requested exactly this so, it may work, but never to the scale of Tyson.
roxann, nw ar
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