On Mar 8, 5:12 pm, "Jill" <n...@NOSPAMkintaline.co.uk> wrote:
> Susan Hogarth wrote:
>
> An acre for a handful of hens is a lot
Hmm. I think I was not clear. Our *property* is an acre. The hens used
to have free range all afternoon, but cannot anymore because they
interpret 'free range' to be the neighbor's gardens.
The henyard is only 16'x24' or so.
> Try electric netting to create a protected large enclosure from your pen http://www.kencove.com/enet.htm
Hmm. We'd have to use solar power for those as we are off-grid. And
that might be a tad too 'rural' for even our lifestyle.
Our home-plan is basically like the old British TV show "The Good
Life" (which we adore) - except that we live on solar rather than pig-
shit(!) power.
> With a little skill you can make a small area go a long way
> Birds like space and a place to wander. But they do not need a whole acre
> They do like new places.
> Electric netting can give you this.
> A 50 metre net will give you an area which can include trees. shrubs dust
> areas all sorts of goodies
Right now they do have these things - except for edible greenery.
Moving them around the yard in a portable pen that eats electricity :)
is probably not going to happen.
- Susan
