I saved that to show to dh, were going to use poultry fencing the plastic kind anchor it down with those things you use to keep ground cloth in place then sow grass and wheat and put down straw to hopefully keep the chickens from eating all the seed till it has a chance to come up, I have a lot of this fencing I have used in several places to keep the flock from munching on my flowers and veggies before we put up the extra fencing so I have a lot of it and it will be an experiment. No way can I turn them out to fend for themselves way too many preds here. They use to free range over quiet a bit more of our property but most of it is wooded and although I never lost a duck or goose to predation I have lost some chickens, So we'll just do the best we can, So far I've had ducks over 9 yrs, geese going on 7 and chickens over 4 and lost none to health disease other than a couple game hens to astities[water belly] [sp]and I thank the good Lord for it all. the good health. I can get whole oats here at our feed store and Purina and Southern states feed very limited choices. I have always fed Sun Fresh form Purina thinking it was maybe a degree higher than the other feed I have offered. who knows. I'll check out the link you have given though thanks. The only flat spot on our whole property is were our house sits and our duck-geese-chicken houses are right next to our house. We love the mountains but not a real good place to do much with. I don't like Craigslist so I'll have to think of another way to feel the waters as far as buying bulk. But a good idea. What part of the country are you in?