Here is how you turn roadkill into free protein (via maggots) for the chickens. Place 3″ of leaf litter in the bottom of the tub, then the host animal, then 3″ more of leaf litter. Close the top so that the only way in for flies are the holes and wait several days for the free food.
With a flock of extremely free ranging chickens at Busted Bucket Farm, sometimes the chickens lay eggs in rogue nests around the property . When I find these eggs, I don’t know how long they have been there. There isn’t usually a hen brooding them so they are not viable to hatch. It is time to convert some protein. The pigs absolutely love the eggs and think it is an Easter Egg Hunt. They somewhat gently crack the egg open and suck the insides.
