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I guess I wasn't clear about this idea.
The egg layer and meat birds would be completely different flocks in their own pastures/runs with the use of more appropriate breeds for those purposes.
The sole purpose of the lightweight, small-egg breed orchard birds would be to eat the orchard pests so as to protect the fruit. If they would do more harm than good there would be no reason to put any chickens there at all and it would be a complete waste of money on fencing and structures to use them for only a few months in the winter.
And finding out if it would be good or bad for the fruit is why I'm asking the theoretical question.
I guess I wasn't clear about this idea.
The egg layer and meat birds would be completely different flocks in their own pastures/runs with the use of more appropriate breeds for those purposes.
The sole purpose of the lightweight, small-egg breed orchard birds would be to eat the orchard pests so as to protect the fruit. If they would do more harm than good there would be no reason to put any chickens there at all and it would be a complete waste of money on fencing and structures to use them for only a few months in the winter.
And finding out if it would be good or bad for the fruit is why I'm asking the theoretical question.