I've got this half idea for a 4 paddock system. I raise maybe 200 chickens a year and like to do so on grass. This requires an area approx. 50m square to stop them destroying it. So I was thinking of building a fox proof fence, 100m x 100m and then dividing into 4 squares. The rotation would be chickens on grass in year 1. Then pigs in year 2 who would trash it but add more manure on top of the pullets and hopefully keep the weeds down. Then veg (spuds, leeks, brassicas etc.) in year 3 and back to grass in year 4 to finish some geese for the Xmas market or graze with sheep later in the year.
We are on heavy clay but have a few well drained, flat areas where I could try this. Any thoughts?
We are on heavy clay but have a few well drained, flat areas where I could try this. Any thoughts?