Those
of you who have been following this blog for the last few years will
know that I’ve been reading up on and experimenting with the best way
to pasture chickens. I kept looking for one book that answered
all of my beginner questions, and when it didn’t turn up, I followed my
father’s advice and wrote my own.
Pasture Basics
is the second book in my Permaculture Chicken ebook series. For
99 cents, you can take advantage of a decade of experimentation, spiced
up with copious photos and diagrams. Here’s the blurb:
healthy eggs and meat from chickens raised on pasture?
Permaculture Chicken: Pasture Basics starts
at the beginning to help you design the best pasturing setup for your
flock and for your homestead. Great grazing for chickens won’t be
found in the perfect pasture for sheep or cows — you need to tweak
your design to match a chicken’s unique behavior and stomach.
Included in this volume are an
explanation of chicken digestion and behavior, pasture specifics like
size and shape, a rundown on which traditional pasture plants chickens
enjoy, tips on maximizing plant growth during rotation, and an
explanation of how to establish new pastures and maintain existing
grazing areas. Cut your feed costs with pastured chickens!
If you’re thinking of
raising chickens on grass this spring, this book should get you off to
a good start. Thanks for reading!
Hi – just wanted to let you know we just read your ebook and it is really informative. I have had chickens all my life, trial and error have kept us with a flock. The kids and I want to hatch (culled our flock last fall ) our own this year instead of mail order and your book came at a great time to prepare. Just wanted to let you know its a big help to us! So thank you for all the hard work in research…yes, I am one of those who fear spread sheets too – so glad of the alternative math method!
Jessica
Jessica — Thanks so much for your kind words! I’m glad the ebook helped you out, and good luck with your hatches.