The chicken run

This week on the farm my group spent most of their time on digging holes. The purpose of these holes were to fence off the chickens so the chickens can have room to run around the farm. The holes were for the wooden posts for the fence which might be held in with cement or either wood. The soil I dug up from the holes was put onto the un-elevated ground to make the ground level more even. In order to dig the holes I used either the thin shovel or the turning shovel [auger] which would suck up the soil. We wouldn't use the thicker shovels because they would make the hole to wide. If the hole's were too hard to dig we would soften the soil with water.

Some reasons why we should have chickens are that chickens recycle food and yard waste and turn it into organic soil which is rich in nitrogen. Chickens also eat the insects in the garden which helps the garden. Also insects are healthy for chickens. The chicken run is important for the chickens because then they can run around instead of being made to sit in a chicken coop and this makes the chickens more happy and healthy. The eggs from chickens in chicken runs are more nutritious and tasty.

Blaise Van Brunt