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  • From: Marjory <forestgarden@gvtc.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] new article: concerns about the way most people raise chickens
  • Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:32:06 -0500

Hi Paul,

That is an excellent article. I had a few good laughs recalling a similar journey we've been on. The chicken tractor which was touted as the cure-all for everything turned out to be just too much work. And the photos of poop and ripped up mulch! LOL. I too have come to the conclusion that rotating between four or so semi-permanent pens is the way to go for the next round of chickens we have. At the moment we have a completely true free range flock which I invested time in getting them roosting and generally living in an area away from the house - yes, they normally would love to live and roost right by us and shit over everything if they could. We have enough room for them to be away from us, and I raised them as chicks under the tree I wanted them to roost in. I also use the ambitions of my young son and his BB gun to keep the chickens away from the house. Any birds that cause trouble in the gardens or orchard or are mean, get eaten right away - and the entire flock does learn from that. So I am pretty happy with my true range flock. But if I ever need to setup somewhere else, I would do the rotating paddocks planted with periennials that feed the chickens.
Thanks for the posting.

Marjory





paul wheaton wrote:
For years I've tried to tell people about stuff that I think is a bit
of a better way to raise chickens. But it all comes out sounding like
crazy talk. So for the last few weeks I've been trying to write it as
one gob that gets the point across. I think this now gets the point
across!

http://www.richsoil.com/chickens.jsp

Please tell me what you think!
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