I also started with chicken tractors but quickly moved to electric netting that can be taken down and put up in different places very quickly by leap frogging multiple netting together. I like to use this approach inside already fenced padlocks where I can just run the electric right off the outside perimeter fence with a few gator clamps. I find it works very well unless you have hawks. I like the chicken tractor on a large scale not as a yard for the birds to stay and feed in but as a mobile chicken house. I can just move the hole chicken house to the next pasture, pop up the netting and open the door. This allows the chickens to still go into the house that we can close up at night for protection along with having 2 different electric fences around them. We have hawks, raccoons, bob cats, and even fox dens right on our property but the only thing I have ever had a problem with killing my livestock is neighbor hood dogs or stray cats. It is great to hear that you were able to make the transition to full time homestead because that is where I am trying to get to. What do you produce on your homestead for income?
I run a small worm business but am not anywhere near quitting my full time job since I am the only income in the house hold. Look forward to you next article.