The chicken coop was battered by falling tree tops from recent heavy winds but the chicken compost system is still churning out compost and eggs.
The 40ish birds are working 4 compost piles every day, breaking them down and consuming as many worms and fly larvae as the can find.
Each day I spend 20 minutes rebuilding the piles and watering them with nutrient rich water from the duck bath. Then I spend 20 minutes collecting as much fresh horse manure as I can, adding it to the system. With each rebuilding of the piles, they march slowly forward from the back of the paddock to the front. By the time the pile reaches the front the compost is finished and ready for use around the homestead.
While I do some work to maintain the energy flow through the system, the chickens are doing good work on the piles, consuming horse fly larvae reducing the pest pressure on the horses, and paying me in eggs for the work. Meanwhile I'm feeding them less and less grain. We are producing yeilds beyond what we can utilize at the homestead so I've been selling the compost and eggs at Bitcoin meetups in my area. Distributing natural capital and strengthening my local Bitcoin culture and community. A great example of a permaculture system here at the homestead!
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