Kudzu and chickens

[SunflowerKing]

They'd eat it before it could get esstablished

the point is to have a large enough enclosure of it that is inaccessible to the animals. Then, as it spills over they can graze freely on it. Am I clearly articulating my idea?

 

[McChooky]

They'd eat it before it could get established. Turn them out into a fenced Kudzu garden then move the goats to another pasture after they've eaten it down a bit .You'd have to manage it in the same way people rotate pastures to keep goats or other livestock from eating to bare ground...

 

[SunflowerKing]

the point is to have a large enough enclosure of it that is inaccessible to the animals. Then, as it spills over they can graze freely on it. Am I clearly articulating my idea?

 

[McChooky]

the point is to have a large enough enclosure of it that is inaccessible to the animals. Then, as it spills over they can graze freely on it. Am I clearly articulating my idea?

25 goats can eat 1-2 ACRES of Kudzu in just 24 hrs. A cattle panel full of Kudzu wouldn't be worth the time to plant.They'd eat it all in a day...

 

[SunflowerKing]

25 goats can eat 1-2 ACRES of Kudzu in just 24 hrs. A cattle panel full of Kudzu wouldn't be worth the time to plant.They'd eat it all in a day...

the size would be 100 x 30 ft. For 3-4 goats. If it worked well i would also but similar models in my separate food forest pastures.

 

[Brooks_]

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I would advise against it.
"Kudzu grows rapidly – up to a foot a day! Plants develop underground runners called rhizomes, as well as multiple trailing stems, which root into the ground and form new plantlets."
Source:https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/five-facts-kudzu-in-florida/

 

[SunflowerKing]

I would advise against it.
"Kudzu grows rapidly – up to a foot a day! Plants develop underground runners called rhizomes, as well as multiple trailing stems, which root into the ground and form new plantlets."
Source:https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/five-facts-kudzu-in-florida/

The plant is 18 percent protein and can grow a foot a day! with proper management it should be excellent for fodder! ALso, because the leaves are so high in protein my worms will reproduce very quickly if fed a diet of this stuff!

 

[McChooky]

https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2014/08/who_did_red_mountain_park_call.html

 

[Brooks_]

The plant is 18 percent protein and can grow a foot a day! with proper management it should be excellent for fodder! ALso, because the leaves are so high in protein my worms will reproduce very quickly if fed a diet of this stuff!

The underground runners is the hard to contain part.

 

[McChooky]

If your property adjoins another farm and it spreads you would be liable for its removal.