Using someone else's land

I am a renter, and my landlord is, sadly, emphatically anti-chicken (I raise quail instead).

I'm thinking of asking around my area to see if someone will let me raise birds on their land in exchange for eggs and/or meat.

Since I am somewhat prone to delusions of grandeur I thought you all might be able to tell me if this is just insane, or otherwise a terrible idea. Has anyone done this?

Help BYC, stop me before I do something stupid!