Saturday, April 7, 2012

Dumpster Divers


There are two compost bins we use on the homestead.  When one fills, we begin using the other to allow the first to do it's lovely work of making soil.  One of them is the type that spins, to allow the contents to mix well.  This one has small holes that allows bit of composted material to fall through.  When I let the chickies out of the coop in the evenings, they generally make a run for the compost area, to pick at the fallen tidbits.  I kind of think of it as dumpster diving for chickens.

7 comments:

laura weant johnson said...

dumpster diving chickens, i love that! gorgeous rooster--have you gotten any peeps from weston's yet?

Laurie said...

We haven't, Laura. We haven't got a chick area set up yet, so I'm thinking it's probably not going to happen this year.

Linda Starr said...

I love your chickens, so beautiful.

cookingwithgas said...

That is funny! I could use some of those divers over here.

Mrs. Mac said...

They know to go for the black gold of soil! What a treat.

Laurie said...

Thanks Linda! Mrs. Mac, I guess chickens are pretty smart that way. I'll consider renting them out by the hour, M :o)

Jennifer said...

love those chicks.

i've been thinking of getting the spinning variety now that i actually am planting this year and would like to have some "miracle grow" in the future. have been looking at several kinds lately.