chickens at basecamp

We currently don't have chickens.  13 years without chickens.  

I don't want to do coop and run.  I think that is super awful for chickens.  I feel like if you are going to do this, you might as well just buy eggs at the store.  

I want to do something that is 40x better than the best store bought eggs.

i want to avoid using anything galvanized
   - except right next to the county road

i want to avoid using electric fence
   - far too often i have seen good people use it wrong
   - it is a psycological barrier. thus a downer to have around
   - when good people get zapped a few times, it leaves a big negative

i want the chickens to reject organic chicken feed
   - why are the ingredients for organic chicken feed not sold as human feed
   - i want to eat eggs that are 40x better than the best store bought eggs
       o 20% organic matter instead of 2%
       o rich soil, polyculture, lots of bugs, lots of jungle

paddock shift

Join us Saturday September 12 at 10am mt time!

I wonder if certain breeds may be better suited for free range life in basecamp than others. Are there any breeds in mind currently?

We ae about to start!

Rhode Island Reds are a good free range chicken and they are good for both meat and eggs.

Are their plenty of trees for them to roost in where you plan to have them?

Will they be in an area where hunting for eggs will be fairly easy?

If anyone is interested in Rob's 'feral chickens' idea (two videos up), they should check out this book: https://permies.com/t/265718/Free-Range-Survival-Chickens-Florida

I have shared this before, but the point is,  this is both a chicken tractor and a chicken cart.  It may look rough but it is 15 years old with revisions.   The final third I put field fencing oand n the bottom and deviding it from the front 2/3 with section cut to fold up to make or close access between.  So they can be closed in when roosting and the front lifted to wheel them longer distances. Each third is 4 foot square so dimensions over all 4 by 12.  The best wheels are adjustable lawnmower wheels.