Kathleen
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Then you will also have the chicken manure to spread on the garden to grow more veggies!!!
See? It just keeps getting more perfect.
My only hesitation on chickens in the backyard is...city rats.
There is a small shopping center behind our garden wall. After switching to a metal trashcan, we are no longer bothered by them...but I'll bet chickens would be a lure. I've even found a coop that I would like to get. And the fact the city allows up to four hens in our very historic neighborhood is so tempting.