We have 20 chickens now. The four acre plot (top of one of the knobs and no trees there) where my neighbor fed his cattle for roughly 3 decades is rather fertile ground as well...
Ok probably not best place to ask this question, but since we’re talking self-sufficiency and you mentioned chickens, maybe you’re the person to ask.
I’ve got 15 on pasture now. We got the egg thing down in previous years, so we will keep 5-6 as layers. Thing is, I’d really also like to keep a rooster so I have a more self-sustaining flock. No close neighbors, so no worries there.
But how will he affect the eggs we collect? Will they all be fertilized? Just some of them? And do I have to keep him sequestered from the hens so he doesn’t breed with all of them?