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Turkey Ridge Organic Orchard in SW Wisc does successive rotations of hogs then chickens thru about 27 acres of their apples.  They buy big flocks of spent hens for pennies a bird & run them for one season & then have a big butchering party.  The orchard floor essentially looks like someone ran a tiller / cultivator thru it.

~mIEKAL

On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Melissa Kacalanos <mijwiz@yahoo.com> wrote:

An organic fruit farm near me uses ducks for pest control and eggs, and it apparently works for them. The duck breeds they use are for eggs, not meat, so plucking isn't an issue.
http://daringdrake.com/

Melissa