Sustainability and chickens

After the release of my kids' pet lobster (called Lobby) there had been a fair degree of pestering for some new pets which they could handle without getting their fingers nipped. The bonus of keeping chickens is their eggs and of course this is good for sustainability because they eat all the scraps from my plate.

These are the chickens:

Light Sussex called Daisy               Welsummer called Mrs McGonagall

Blue Leghorn called Foghorn. Maran called Spotty the Red Dog.

Speckled Sussex called Sleepy        Black Rock called Charlie

 

They turn these leftovers:

 

into eggs:

 

 

 

Nutrient cycle, chickens and sustainability

How does the carbon cycle fit in with keeping chickens?

Research using sites:

See wsare.usu.edu/projects/2001/fwoc-093.pdf

 

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