Been working on a little project for the chicken run. Our chicken run is pretty large, with a coop inside it. The chickens have mostly made the large run area pretty bare of grass, etc. I made a rudimentary, very small box, with cedar posts and chicken wire, filled it with compost, then threw some daikon radish seeds in it. From that test box, i've been harvesting some nice sprouts for the chickens. The plan is to move the box around within the run after the sprouts are done, let the chickens pick through the pile, and start a new pile. The test worked well, and i have built 2 larger boxes for this purpose. This will eventually improve the soil in the run, plus give the chickens fresh sprouts. #grownostr #chickens #homesteading #countrylife #permies 
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That's a great idea. Thanks for sharing. I am going to do the same thing now.
I used a spare rabbit cage with the bottom removed and planted it with winter rye and beets. Thanks again. 
Gonna try to remember this for the day I acquire some chickens
Edible Acres shows a way of doing something similar but without compost: just have a few wire rings in which you scatter some seeds or grains and let the chickens enjoy the sprouts a week or so later. If you start one every day, you can keep it going for the whole growing season.
I was doing that and now am moving them between two compost piles (which they LOVE!), and want to add back the rings so that they have both.
Oh, that is really similar, good idea too. I have a regular compost pile in the run too. I just think the chickens will enjoy scratching through "new" piles every now and then.