Sustainable Chicken Keeping: Closed-Loop Garden Systems in Australia

The Closed Loop ConceptIn a well-designed closed-loop system: chickens eat garden produce and kitchen scraps; produce manure that feeds the compost; compost feeds the garden; the garden produces chicken food. A well-designed system can dramatically reduce both feed costs and compost inputs.Growing Feed for Your FlockComfrey (Symphytum officinale) produces massive quantities of high-protein high-mineral leaves that chickens love, and regrows rapidly after cutting. Sunflowers provide seeds that ar…