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Re: [permaculture] new article: concerns about the way most people raise chickens
- From: paul wheaton <paul@richsoil.com>
- To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [permaculture] new article: concerns about the way most people raise chickens
- Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 11:09:52 -0700
> That is an excellent article.
Thanks Marjory! I had a lot of responses that thought it was
terrible, so it's good to hear some positive feedback!
> 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.
Can you tell me a little about your chicken tractor experience?
> 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.
Have you decided on what to plant in your paddocks?
> I also use the ambitions of my young son and his BB gun to keep the
> chickens away from the house.
?? --- is that one of those new ones with the plastic bbs?
> 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
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> 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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[permaculture] new article: concerns about the way most people raise chickens,
paul wheaton, 08/04/2009
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Re: [permaculture] new article: concerns about the way most people raise chickens,
Marjory, 08/05/2009
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Re: [permaculture] new article: concerns about the way most people raise chickens,
gil carandang, 08/05/2009
- Re: [permaculture] new article: concerns about the way most people raise chickens, paul wheaton, 08/07/2009
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Re: [permaculture] new article: concerns about the way most people raise chickens,
paul wheaton, 08/07/2009
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Re: [permaculture] new article: concerns about the way most people raise chickens,
Marjory, 08/08/2009
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Re: [permaculture] new article: concerns about the way most people raise chickens,
Albert Johnston, 08/08/2009
- Re: [permaculture] new article: concerns about the way most people raise chickens, lbsaltzman, 08/09/2009
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Re: [permaculture] new article: concerns about the way most people raise chickens,
Mitch Triplett, 08/11/2009
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Re: [permaculture] new article: concerns about the way most people raise chickens,
paul wheaton, 08/11/2009
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Re: [permaculture] new article: concerns about the way most people raise chickens,
Ben Martin Horst, 08/11/2009
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- Re: [permaculture] new article: concerns about the way most people raise chickens, Marjory, 08/12/2009
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Re: [permaculture] new article: concerns about the way most people raise chickens,
Ben Martin Horst, 08/11/2009
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Re: [permaculture] new article: concerns about the way most people raise chickens,
paul wheaton, 08/11/2009
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Re: [permaculture] new article: concerns about the way most people raise chickens,
Albert Johnston, 08/08/2009
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Re: [permaculture] new article: concerns about the way most people raise chickens,
Marjory, 08/08/2009
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Re: [permaculture] new article: concerns about the way most people raise chickens,
gil carandang, 08/05/2009
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Re: [permaculture] new article: concerns about the way most people raise chickens,
George Anna Clark, 08/08/2009
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Re: [permaculture] new article: concerns about the way most people raise chickens,
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