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minimize their impact by moving our portable coop every day to a fresh patch of
forage.
Chicken manure becomes a valuable fertilizer once it's composted. If you have more
than you can use, gardeners will happily take it off your hands
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MONTH 5
FINALLY!
And then one day it happens. . . . You go out to the coop on a brisk September morn-
ing—feed scoop in hand and fresh water sloshing in a bucket—thinking it's going to
be like every other morning with the girls, who are cooing and clamoring for break-
fast. But then something makes you tilt your head and stop in your tracks. You can just
tell
something has happened. Something feels new and exciting. As the hens all rush to
chow down on their morning meal, you walk over to the nearest nest box and . . . yes!
