When I was growing up my parents and grandparents always had a lidded bucket under the sink where food scraps went. when the bucket was fullish (every other day or so depending) it got thrown to the chooks as well as grass clippings etc, pretty sure they weren't purposefully composting in the run but it was just what you did if you had chooks. The stuff in the bottom of the bucket sometimes got mouldy and it never seemed to bother the chooks, there was never any meat products in there, I imagine the mould on meat would be bad for them, usually meat scraps went straight to the dogs as we washed the dishes.
Edit to add. I'm pretty sure my dad never bought purposeful chicken food unless they stopped laying, they had scraps, grain and free ranged in the afternoon. Eggs still tasted good as did the chooks when they made it to the kitchen
Edit to add. I'm pretty sure my dad never bought purposeful chicken food unless they stopped laying, they had scraps, grain and free ranged in the afternoon. Eggs still tasted good as did the chooks when they made it to the kitchen
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