i think all of us feel that way.
many animals eat poop in their natural environment
birds do eat the poop of other animals as well as the maggots that go with the poop.
I first read about it when looking into making silage for my water buffalo from sugar cane tops - it recommended adding poultry poop.
I have access to a lot of free sugar cane byproducts
After reading the following website, http://www.feedipedia.org/node/66
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Fresh poultry manure is about 30% crude protein on a dry basis, about half of which derives from uric acid. For ruminants the digestibility of the crude protein is close to 80% and that of the organic matter about...