Paddock Board
See who is grazing where, how long each paddock has rested, and when it’s ready again — with move-day reminders.
Open My Paddocks →Pasture Rotation
Know who is grazing where, how long each paddock has rested and when it’s ready again — and how many days a paddock will feed your herd.
How Long Will It Last?
Grass height, paddock size and your herd tell you how many days a paddock will feed them.
Work It Out →Managing Pasture
Good pasture is the cheapest feed on the homestead. Moving animals often and letting grass rest grows more grass, healthier animals and better soil.
- Graze down to
- no lower than 3–4 in
- Rest
- 21–45 days (longer in hot or dry weather)
- Rule of thumb
- take half, leave half
1Rotational grazing
- Divide pasture into paddocks with temporary electric fence and move animals every few days.
- Move them when grass is grazed to 3–4 in; overgrazing kills the best grasses.
- Let each paddock rest until it regrows — longer in summer heat and drought.
- Plan water you can reach from every paddock.
2Building the soil
- Test the soil and lime if needed; legumes like clover need good pH.
- Frost-seed clover in late winter, when freezing and thawing works the seed in.
- Spread manure evenly by moving animals, or drag the paddocks.
3Weeds and parasites
- Clip or mow weeds before they seed.
- Rotate species (for example cattle after sheep) — each eats the other’s parasites.
- Keep sheep and goats off a paddock for 60+ days in warm weather to break the worm cycle.
- Know the poisonous plants for each animal and remove them.
Put it to work
These free tools keep the records for you once you’ve made an account:
These are rules of thumb from university extension guidance. Breed, climate and your state’s rules change the details — your county extension office is the best place to ask, and you can find it on the selling rules page by ZIP code. All how-to guides →
Graze, Rest, Repeat
Add your paddocks, then record each move. The board shows every paddock grazing, resting or ready, with rest days set by season and grass type, and you’ll be reminded on move day and when a rested paddock is ready. Short stays and long rests grow more grass, build the soil and help break the worm cycle in sheep and goats. “He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.” — Psalm 23:2