01/14/2025
*Pasture raised meat birds*
We’ve been raising our meat birds in a chicken tractor which we move around the property. While we were able to give them fresh ground often, they weren’t technically pasture raised because they’re still in a small containment.
We’ve got a lot of land under pine trees that’s been wasted space so we’ve fenced part of it in and moved the big birds into it. The space is 2500 sqft which qualifies as pasture raised, depending on the number of birds we have.
The brooder now has a small door on the backside with a tunnel to allow the smaller birds to come and go from the brooder to the big bird area until they’re big enough to live with the general population.