[gorush]

We've been raising our own chickens for a few years now. My wife refuses to buy chicken at the supermarket anymore, the difference is that stark. I built a couple of "chicken tractors" that we move around the garden fertilizing the ground below.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

-”chicken tractors” that we move around the garden fertilizing the ground below.-

When I moved onto and 1830’s farm, 30 years ago, I put in a large garden in the backyard. The garden was insane.Everything grew fast and huge. One day the owners stopped by, and told me I’d planted my garden where the large chicken building used to be, for about 100 years. The next year I had to plant things twice as far apart!

[Balding_Eagle]

I think that’s great, and more should do what you are doing.

Unfortunately, drbuzzard has it right in post #4, most people would not be able to afford chicken if they were all raised that way.

There are a lot of things I miss about the old days, but food costs, which have declined 40% during the last 30 years isn’t one of them.