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    60 chickens, two chicken tractors, one acre: Will their waste help or hinder forage growth?

    Hi aart, Couldn't see how to easily move the thread. Thanks for your advice. I'm basing my design off of Foodcyclist Farm's chicken tractors (foodcyclist.com). They raise Cornish X meat birds on pasture with seeming success. Perhaps I will change my design if things are too cramped but...
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    60 chickens, two chicken tractors, one acre: Will their waste help or hinder forage growth?

    aart, I'm planning on 30 birds per tractor, or 2-square-feet per bird. This is different than building a 10x6' stationary coop, so they will be "ranging" as the tractor moves each day. In this way, they have fresh manure-free ground every day. If I were doing a more conventional...
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    60 chickens, two chicken tractors, one acre: Will their waste help or hinder forage growth?

    Hi, I am planning on raising 60 meat birds, Freedom Rangers specifically, on roughly one-acre of open land. The land is undulating and gently slopes west. There is good forage cover throughout and the soil is relatively developed. My idea is to have the birds in a mini-pasture pen system...
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