Sounds like a lovely property! Welcome to BYC and ENJOY the journey!Thanks for replying! Well I originally thought I would put them in a compost pile to start not the trash. Unfortunately you can’t just grow anything out here because the deer eat everything in sight. My scenery consists of pine trees. I plan to put a hoop house in the future because I love gardening, so my chickens will feed my garden and my garden will feed my chickens. But right now I had just thought I could maybe just start throwing the shavings into the coop to prepare to move the chicks out there.