Quote: Thanks for the info; doesn't seem like tractors would work for me, though. However, what you're trying to do with alternating paddocks is nothing more than rotational grazing on a small scale. Works great for sheep & cattle; no reason for it not to work with chickens. Were I to do it, I'd probably go with at least 4 paddocks, all joined together, and pop doors in all common fences. That way, you could start at one end & progress down the line to the other end, then start at the beginning again, giving each paddock plenty of time to regrow, even in hot, dry Texas.
That would be super if I had that much space per chicken and didn't have five or six different flocks/groups. I have the advantage of having watched each group forage already, so I have a good feel for what will work, and who needs more room (the NNs) and who is light on the land, so to speak (Cream Legbars). I plan to actively manage - you almost have to with that sort of thing if you're using smaller areas. Something that's helping keep my chicken math a little more in check, I have to say.
Quote: Yup! It's great! Keeping Poultry and Rabbits on Scraps by Alan Thompson.
I'm back from errands, now need to head out back and get that Eggplant paddock done (I'm also setting up a dust bathing/cover from aerial predators area to add to the other shade structure they have out there before closing up the fence. Just a 4x4 piece of plywood I'm not using for anything else over cinder blocks.)they're anxious to get out, I want to let them out as soon as I can.
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they're anxious to get out, I want to let them out as soon as I can. 
