I have thought about chickens, and tried this on a limited basis. They
do provide an economical and organic method of deworming. They also eat
some of the weed seeds on the pasture. The Keer Center for sustainable
agriculture has some good plans on free range chickens. In our area, we
would have to have the chickens in a coop at all times due to the number
of owls that feed on the chickens. Our chickens lasted 2 days each time
we tried..
Cecil in OKla
Michael Smith wrote:
regarding.....
1. Time magazine story about sustainable agriculture
(Carol J. Elkins)
And read one of the books the article mentions: "Omnivore's Dilemma".
The book has the space to do an even more complete job of covering the
issue and (since it's a book) it is more detailed on how one farm does
sustainable agriculture, to a Tee.
here's the book:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_0_4?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=onmivore%27s+dilemma&sprefix=onmi
here a link to the sustainable farm he spends the entire middle
section of the book writing about:
http://www.polyfacefarms.com/
I'm not even considering raising lambs for slaughter, but the
techniques Polyface uses, make me think more about whether I should
raise chickens, to help naturally de-worm the sheep (by fishing thru
their feces--to cut down on cyclic re-infection by parasites) and give
nutrients to the ground the sheep cannot provide-- to then have better
grass-- which then makes for more well-fed sheep, and healthier soil.
-Michael Smith, Perino Ranch Blackbellies.
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