I am new to chickens. I am trying to figure out how many chickens I can successfully raise on my land. I live on about ½ an acre and my backyard is probably at least ¼ of an acre, if not more, of grass/clover and other ground cover. I live in West TN so my pasture grows pretty quickly. I'm expecting my first batch of 6 chicks next week, which will become layers. I will be keeping them in a tractor style coop and also allow them to free range when I can supervise them. I would eventually like to do some small batches of meat chickens as well, but I'm unsure how many chickens my pasture can sustain. I'm not interested in doing Cornish Xs, I would like to do some kind of rangable heritage breed. Anyone have any insight?