02219cam a2200337 4500 481656448 TxAuBib 20020101120000.0 080205s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780962464867 pbk. 0962464864 pbk. (OCoLC)191820826 OSU OSU UtOrBLW TxAuBib Lee, Andrew W., 1948- Chicken tractor : the permaculture guide to happy hens and healthy soil / by Andy Lee and Patricia Foreman. Permaculture guide to happy hens and healthy soil. All new straw bale ed. [S.l. : Good Earth Publications, 2006. 318 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 312-313) and index. What is a chicken tractor anyway? -- Why chicken tractors belong in your garden -- Chicken tractor systems -- Straw bale chicken house -- Soil building with chicken tractors -- Keeping hens in chicken tractors -- Marketing -- Here's how to build your custom chicken tractor -- Processing poultry -- Selecting chickens for your tractor -- Give me that old-time chicken -- Raising chicks from scratch -- Predators -- Chicken diet (theirs, not ours) -- Diseases and afflictions -- Raising poultry humanely -- Other animal tractors. A chicken tractor is a bottomless portable pen that fits over your garden beds. Just set it wherever you need help in your garden. The chickens peck and scratch the soil to clean your beds, eat pest bugs and weed seeds, and fertilize the beds with their manure. Best of all, they provide eggs and meat with that old-fashioned flavor and homegrown goodness. This is a revolutionary practical book for gardeners and poultry growers. it has already helped thousands of gardeners have better gardens and has literally changed the lives of millions of chickens all over the world.--COVER. 20020101. Chickens. Organic farming. Sustainable agriculture. Truck farming. Waste products as fertilizer. Foreman, Patricia. T3F