
In Georgia there is a new law which allows for anyone to keep livestock on their own property without regulation. I researched this, and it turns out no express wording of the law limits animals by size, type or number. He could keep a GIRAFFE back there and no one could do a darn thing about it. This is Hank's chicken hutch. You might have noticed the fence in the foreground. That is for plants to attach themselves- I was standing in one of the garden plots. Hank has two victory gardens with several crops planted. Corn, tomatoes, okra, pole beans, peppers, you name it. Hank makes sure his chickens are on the roost every night to keep the hutch tidy. To clean it, you merely rake under the roost, collect the droppings with a shovel and bucket, then dump it in the gardens. Instant fertilizer. Even the waste product of this setup is valuable. Hank is currently getting around 9 eggs a day off that setup, and plans on filling it with about 10 more birds. He told me most of the eggs are large and have a very orange yolk due to the high quality feed he uses. He also throws them chickweed, meadow garlic and suet to enhance fat content and flavor. My operation will probably be guinea fowl or golden (Chinese) pheasants on a smaller scale, and I will breed them for meat. I may buy a peacock couple to protect them from snakes outside the chicken tractor I plan on building. (Remember, I live on a stream full of frogs and snakes) And that's the wealth around us.
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