Today I moved my 9 chickens from one spot of prairie to a fresh spot of prairie. The fresh prairie will benefit the chickens. They dive right into the new land pecking at the fresh greens, and scratching the new ground. They scratch with the left claw, right claw, left claw again and peck at the ground. What are they ingesting? Bugs? Worms? Gravel? Dirt? Tasty roots? The area they inhabit for the next seven days will be demolished by next Saturday yet the chickens improve the prairie as much as the prairie improves them. The chickens disturb the soil, apply fresh fertilizer, and shake things up a bit. The prairie plants that I treasure have long roots that will withstand the behavior of chickens. The time is coming when the chickens will move to their winter headquarters where they will remain month after month after frozen month.
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