It went super well. It suppressed weeds with edible plants and as I began to integrate the summer garden it would pull the plants up and feed them to the livestock.
A ton of clover and chicory came up. The current status of that particular area of the pasture, it was recently "sacrificed" during a raining time period, so it's looking bare at the moment, but once it warms up a bit, it will green right back up and the clover and chicory will be even better. All of the areas rotate the livestock through get a disturbance, but are improved in the long run.
@@modernmountainfarmstead412 really ? Then how do the predators get electrical shock ? Is not clear to me and I wish doing the same. Maybe with 2 close wires no insulation ?
No “hot” would be American slang for having an electrical current. Where the poly wire is positioned, any predator coming close enough to try and dig under would experience an electrical shock to their head.
That sounds like a great idea. Have you tractored turkeys in one of those before? And at what age do you take them out? We have a load of turkeys and I don't like them with the chickens. I need to get them out and somewhere else. I think I may put them in the woods and have a dog watch them.
They buy eggs for $3 a dozen (they resell them for $4 I think) and the plants were $1.99 a pack. They were super happy to just trade like that. I am not sure, but I would be willing to bet that this kind of transaction helps them out both in profit and sales tax.
@@modernmountainfarmstead412 a dog would learn fast. Voltage has to be low enough not to kill but strongly dissuadate. Also.not indicated is type of wire and voltage
Good plan. Some varmint comes near that and gets nailed by that wire, he'll probably steer clear after. Don't you have problems with tall grass grounding out the wire and draining battery?
Definitely going to try this! Much cleaner for the occasional chicken that needs processing. That’s what we end up with usually, one or two every once and a while.
I have Justin' chickshaw with a wire floor. My problem with a chicken tractor with a wire floor is i want them to have a much access to the grass as possible and the wire would mash the grass down. Also I could see where moving the tractor could become more difficult on little legs when i move them everyday.
You got a big ole stupid bird that will eat every tick on your land. When grown only thing that's gonna eat them is Coyotes, lucky for you they can roost on the roof. Boom boom boom darn birds. A flock of Guinea bird's are better, but good luck sexing males from female's.
