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We currently don't have chickens.  13 years without chickens.  

I don't want to do coop and run.  I think that is super awful for chickens.  I feel like if you are going to do this, you might as well just buy eggs at the store.  

I want to do something that is 40x better than the best store bought eggs.

i want to avoid using anything galvanized
   - except right next to the county road

i want to avoid using electric fence
   - far too often i have seen good people use it wrong
   - it is a psycological barrier. thus a downer to have around
   - when good people get zapped a few times, it leaves a big negative

i want the chickens to reject organic chicken feed
   - why are the ingredients for organic chicken feed not sold as human feed
   - i want to eat eggs that are 40x better than the best store bought eggs
       o 20% organic matter instead of 2%
       o rich soil, polyculture, lots of bugs, lots of jungle

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