{"id":39115,"key":"Pastured_poultry_pens","title":"Pastured poultry pens","latest":{"id":1223735,"timestamp":"2026-01-08T23:17:09Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:Cornish Rocks in a movable pasture pen.JPG|Cornish_Rocks_in_a_movable_pasture_pen|thumb]]\n\nThis method emphasizes movable fencing relocated onto new pasture at set intervals. This moves the entire flock, avoiding overgrazing, disease and pest problems and spreads the benefits of the flock across the involved areas.\n\n== Equipment ==\n\nCoops: A movable coop is standard practice; chicken tractors are commonly also used though this may not avoid all predators.\nWaterers: standard chicken watering equipment\nFences: electric fences, plastic netting and posts, and (with clipped wingfeathers) even modular doggie pens for smaller flocks.\n\n== Examples ==\n\nPolyface Farm's Pastured Poultry\n\n== External links ==\n\nhttp://www.richsoil.com/raising-chickens.jsp Article on the method\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| description = Pastured poultry supports healthy, low-impact farming. Appropedia explains pen design, animal care, and benefits for regenerative agriculture.\n}}\n\n[[Category:Chickens]]\n[[Category:Livestock]]\n[[Category:Birds]]\n[[Category:Permaculture techniques]]"}