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  • From: "Barbara Fischer" <cen12205@centurytel.net>
  • To: "Healthy soil and sustainable growing" <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] No-Till incomplet
  • Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:52:59 -0500

I have a chicken tractor right now and have had for several years.  It is only 10 X 12 as I have to do the moving myself.  I move it every day.  I raise broilers in it.  They fertilize my pasture and the other livestock can still be in the pasture (except for goats....they like to climb on it).  Not good.
 
Barbara
----- Original Message -----
From: John Smith
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] No-Till incomplet

I think if the tractor were bigger and moved more frequently there would be no need to sow seeds, weeds or whatever, and you would have the best of both worlds- natural no till and the fertiliser to boot. I would like to hear what Ken has to say on this.

On 7/14/06, Greg and April <gregandapril@earthlink.net> wrote:
Not to mention for the chickens ( or pigs ) to eat all of the weeds and many of the weed seeds, converting them to fertilizer, and producing a meat crop as well.
 
Greg H.
 
----- Original Message -----
From: A Deville
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 5:59
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] No-Till incomplet

 
The chicken tractor is a" technique" under the umbrella of Permacultue,and it is designed to be used as "Paul" is doing,but the aim isnt to leave the ground bare,but to rotate the tractor,yet plant various quick growing seeds/plants in the spaces that was left temporaily bare when the tractor is moved,thus taking advantage of all the nutrients left by the chicken flock,etc.

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