Originally Posted by
wahoonc
No and I do...and believe me they ain't free. Those chicken like to EAT too

the litter from the coop goes into the compost pile to fertilize the garden. FWIW I am in between chicken flocks at the moment, we had bantys but the foxes ate them all. Now that the fox population has been reduced (by live trapping and relocation) we are going to be starting over again with a different breed. I do miss the farm fresh eggs and knowing what went into producing them.
Aaron

Well, what exactly went into it?
Is it possible to plant a small area with some kind of easy-to-grow plants that the chickens can feed on without relying heavily on outside sources of feed ? Maybe two or three similar areas can be used, and then the chickens can be rotated on different days to each one so that they don't strip it bare so fast... ?