I think I'm going to put in a rotational paddock system around my coop. I've been agonizing over this since I started planning the new coop. So far I've just been letting them free range but with as many dogs running around here, that's a gamble. Plus they're tearing up my flower gardens. The fox can find them too, if they wander too far out back in the field and/or pasture (lost two last year to the fox). I have a low impedance solar charger I'm not using, and just ordered some electric poultry netting. I'll add a pop door on each side of the coop and move the fence around to the four corners every few weeks, I think, and see how that goes. I've designed a large run and gave up on that idea because they'd just scratch it down to dirt and then what? And then I thought about adding a new permanent pasture fence in addition to the large run but gave up on that as well (owing to the fact that I'd still have to electrify the entire pasture new and old against the fox who can fit through the woven wire or climb over PLUS I'd have to section off the orchard which I plant a second veggie garden in). Now I just have to figure out how to hook all the wiring up and find a good spot for the charger and ground.
