- Jul 22, 2014
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I'm thinking of using a paddock rotation system for my chickens. My layers will hover in the neighborhood of 10-15. We have 27 red rangers and pioneers right now and will probably do more for ourselves next year, with a possibility of raising some to sell. The meat birds and some replacement pullets are in Salatin style pens right now.
My question is, could these live in harmony in 1+acre paddocks? I thought of using mobile coops for both and positioning them opposite of each other in the paddocks so they might keep a little distance and keep traffic down right around the coops. But we're talking about the layers raising chicks and staggering dates on the meat birds so that there are chicks all the time during the warm months. Will they get along or would it be a constant source of problems?
If I'm asking for trouble, could I use one paddock for the layers and one for the meat birds? Or would I still have trouble between the bigger birds and chicks?
My question is, could these live in harmony in 1+acre paddocks? I thought of using mobile coops for both and positioning them opposite of each other in the paddocks so they might keep a little distance and keep traffic down right around the coops. But we're talking about the layers raising chicks and staggering dates on the meat birds so that there are chicks all the time during the warm months. Will they get along or would it be a constant source of problems?
If I'm asking for trouble, could I use one paddock for the layers and one for the meat birds? Or would I still have trouble between the bigger birds and chicks?