Rather than dragging pastures after cattle leave a paddock, we roll in the eggmobile and put our layers to work. Using the eggmobile, we produce eggs for 25 cents per dozen. Layers range out in ever-widening circles from the mobile structure. By the fourth day, their grain consumption rises and egg production drops. Even though they have virtually unlimited access to pasture, they quit expanding the range and it's time to move them.
Pasture always becomes stale to the animal before people can see it.
Timing is important when we use the hens to debug our garden, too. We let them in for two days, because if left longer, they start eating vegetables. Using a small dolly as a portable axle, one person can move a pen in less than 30 seconds. The chickens simply walk along inside to new ground. We graze cattle ahead of the chickens if the grass is more than 6 inches tall.