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  • From: VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] 1860s chicken coop
  • Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 07:46:36 -0700 (PDT)

Gene,
How does the chicken scratching result in terracing?
Van Dell

--- Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:

>
> >I'm not a big fan of immobile chicken houses
> anyway, because
> >chickens are very hard on plants. What they don't
> eat, they scratch
> >up and dust in.
> >Moving their house periodically gives the old area
> a rest, and the birds new
> >pasture to work on. Modern electric netting is a
> real boon to chicken
> >farmers.
>
> You are correct on all counts, Karen. But you do
> chickens
> commercially. If I were doing likewise I would have
> movables in a
> pasture. I use my hens to do work for me. The
> permanent yard slopes
> toward one corner. We throw scraps and garden waste
> in at the top
> end. By the time the stalks and poop make it down to
> the lower corner
> it has been thoroughly processed and can go directly
> into garden
> beds. The other way I used them for awhile was to do
> terracing across
> an old pasture. All that scratching is a large
> amount of work energy.
> It can be used.
>
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