pelibuey, chanchos, y gallinas

today we learned how the rotation will work this coming wet season for the animals that we keep here on the farm.  last week we had cleared a section of the lower farm that has grasses planted on the contour which will be used for grazing and planting of rice, sorghum, corn, and cucurbits.  the idea is that once the area that we have cleared has sufficient growth to feed the pelibueys (goats/sheep), we will start to move their fence across the field.  following the grazing we will start to rotate the chanchos (pigs) behind, which will dig up the soil with their snots and feed on the roots and tubers left by the pelibeuys.  flies will then lay larve in the chanchos feces which will be eaten by the gallinas (chickens).  the feces will be spread and scratched into the soil by the gallinas during this process.  the animal rotation and plantings will be switched every other year.  putting the animals into rotation will require less energy input from us in terms of feeding them, while allowing us to get the most out of them.  they will till and fertilze the soil and we get to eat them afterwards.