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Probably so. The poop assimilation is somewhat governed by the feed rate. The bantams get nothing close to one-quarter lb/bird/day. Maybe half that. As noted above, a genuine test would be a dozen full size eggers in the 64 square feet of ground space or 184 square feet of walking surface..Understood. I think full sized laying hens might have more of a problem in your system. I cannot imagine that chicken poo from my full sized hens with full sized chicken poo would not cause a problem with your vertical system.
The trouble is, I'm trying to thin the chicken herd right now and the last thing I want is to add a dozen full size eggers demanding another three pounds of feed per day, If I had someplace to move the bantams to then I could put in a colony of fifteen cemani...... Hmmm......... Actually, I might just switch them and try that. Thank you for the inspiration to get back to the whole vertical chicken thing.