permaculture

[lbsaltzman@aol.com]

I definitely think that taste and cooking comes into this equation.? The 
problem was when it is suggested that the public only eats a certain type of 
chicken.? Somebody will have to help consumers we discover the older heritage 
breeds of Turkeys and repopularize them again. Which probably means learning 
different recipes for cooking them as well.







-----Original Message-----
From: roxann <roxann@ancientearthwisdom.com>
To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 9:12 am
Subject: Re: [permaculture] critique of pastured poultry



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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