By Shari McGregor
Most people get chickens with only one magical moment in mind: reaching into the nest for a freshly laid egg. A pleasing reward, indeed, but according to Harvey Ussery, author of The Small-Scale Poultry Flock: An all-natural approach to raising chickens and other fowl for home and market growers (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2011), the real magic is in the poop. Ussery, who has experimented with chickens for three decades, says would-be chicken keepers might do best to start with the question: What should I do with all this poo?
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