permaculture

[paul wheaton <paul@richsoil.com>]

Gil, are you talking about a savory-style system?  With the one fixed
coop surrounded by a bumch of paddocks?

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 7:09 PM, gil carandang<gil_carandang@hotmail.com> 
wrote:
>
> you guys should raise the chicken the natural farming way. sawdust media in 
> the coop, rotational pasture (fenced).
> gil
>
>> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 11:32:06 -0500
>> From: forestgarden@gvtc.com
>> To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
>> Subject: Re: [permaculture] new article: concerns about the way most 
>> people raise chickens
>>
>> 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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