I'm just thinking ahead (way beyond the snow which is still stopping me doing the things I should be doing). We've got about 3 acres at the top of our garden/field (all blends in) which we can play with. I think most is going to become vineyard but we've also planted 25 apple & pear trees up there which we'll probably add to. I was thinking of putting in a fox proof fence around those trees plus a bit of extra land - about an acre in all - so that I could then play around with the space inside to keep various poultry. I've got a big fox proof run at the moment - 20m by 8m - but it's not big enough for the geese to be in full time so I tend to let them all out by day when I'm around but there's always that nagging worry about foxes.
So I was reckoning if I put up a big fence around the outside, I could then have smaller dividing fences inside so that I could split up breeding groups, keep the geese away from the trees until they're bigger, keep the turkey ground clear of chickens etc. But I'd like to be able to move the fences around e.g. outside breeding season, the geese and ducks can all mix up together. So how can I do this? Do any of you do this? A couple of the breeders I bought from had the big external fence but then they just had small enclosed runs inside - either Ark type things that could be moved (too small for my tastes when it has lots of birds inside, fine for a broody and offspring short term) or static fencing. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Hester