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Best diggers?

 
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One day I might get chickens that are not hand+me-downs.
I thought  about what I would value most in a breed and decided on digging.
I would like layers but I value my chooks mostly for their composting abilities


So, if you have had chickens that scratched and dug too much, what breed were they?
 
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My Australorps can really scratch. They seem to be much more willing than my other breeds to dig into woodchips and to move material around.
 
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When my chickens were not destructive enough the destroy the grass in my orchard, I got turkeys.  They did a great job!
 
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