I'm a newbie here, and to the permaculture farming world, so I'm sure this is a well discussed topic (that I can't find in the forum).
I plan on getting some chickens, and getting them to do lots of work for me in the garden (deep mulch of course). My question is; Can I have the chickens go through the vegetable garden, de-bugging, while the veggies are ready or about ready for harvest? My question is really about their manure. Do I need to wait a set amount of days after the chickens have been through? Would it matter if the chickens were 100% free range (aka totally natural)? I know I have slugs and snails too, would ducks be any different?
Thanks in advance!