Tony Park

My family and I are doing just that! We picked up EATING a vegan diet a little over a year ago. I hunted and was raised on a farm till i was 18 when i joined the military. I'm 25 now and have met some great people that are doing great things with a vegan diet so I figured I'd give it a try and so did my wife. What you are talking about is exactly what we are wanting to do when I retire. Right now we are in the process of incorperating permaculture and homesteading into our semi-urban life. So far we have recieved 8 chickens and are currently looking to rescue around 2 rabbits. We live on a little under a half an acre, in a neighboorhood where having these things are little frowned upon, but if my kids want animals... I'm going to make it happen. We are setting up an aquaponic system and finishing up our chicken tractor this weekend. Though it will be quite some time before we get to have the permaculture homestead of our dreams, we are planning on do as you described in the future.
Here's a link to the YouTube page that i have started. I wanna have it up to share and learn from others.
http://www.youtube.com/user/ParksAquaGreenHouse

Thank yall for pointing out my vague description on the yard. The size of the front yard is about 1/10th of an acre (that's guessing of course). I will be moving the chicken tractor once to twice a day. Half the yard is doing good but the rest is weeds with sandy soil. I have to say I like the idea of going back over/behind the tractor with soil.

Hello Permies. This is my first post so my apologies if it's not in the right spot. I live in your typical neighborhood where everyone wants green grass. My wife and i aren't really about that. She is wanting to plant an English style garden in the front with lots of flowers and some grass and i have the backyard to play with. Believe me I'm not to thrilled about planting something i can't get nothing out of but I know that it will help our re-sale later on. We just purchased 8 pullets, 2 weeks old, and I'm wanting to put them to use with the chicken tractor that i just finished this weekend (after they have their feathers of course). My question is has anyone used a chicken tractor and planted seeds right behind it each day? How long should i let the "chicken poo" set before i plant on top of it? Also should I scratch up the soil before doing so? Any help would be awesome and looking forward to learning from all of yall.