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    composting with chick(ens)

    We live in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Space is a premium as we are 20 minutes from the capital and the garden needs to produce veg as well. Was hoping to emulate this system so chickens so be penned up most of the time. http://www.geofflawton.com/fe/64322-chicken-tractor-on-steroids Thanks for...
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    composting with chick(ens)

    Thank you for your thorough reply. We live in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I was hoping to emulate this system (http://www.geofflawton.com/fe/64322-chicken-tractor-on-steroids) in a sense so they will be penned up for the majority of the time. My garden is very small, we are 20 minutes away from the...
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    composting with chick(ens)

    Gosh just reread my post and can see exactly what you mean! Here's attempt 2. I am hoping to have chickens make compost from our garden and kitchen scraps. We are almost done with the run which will measure 10ft x 10ft. Our climate is tropical, very warm with heavy rain. Hot days can go up to...
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    Tropical Chicken Run for Composting

    Thank you very much for the advice and suggestions. As it's a very sheltered corner, and it drains fairly well, I have high hopes. I also have about 4 wheelbarrow loads of sand which was leftover from the renovations. Will chuck that into run tomorrow. We are also adding a gutter to the roof...
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    Tropical Chicken Run for Composting

    This was taken last week. We're building a 10ft x 10ft run for hopefully 8 hens. (I bought 6 chicks, at least 2 of which I am convinced are roos ) We hope to get the chickens to compost for us. The run is almost done though it's raining so I can't get a photo. Was wondering if you any of you...
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    composting with chick(ens)

    I am planning to compost with my chickens and was wondering if anyone knows at what age the chicks can start to be 'self sufficient'?
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