This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the
PEP curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the straw badge in
Animal Care.
For this BB, you will prove that chickens prefer fresh food over organic commercial food!
For this BB, the minimum requirements are:
- control is at least one chicken in a barren coop and run scenario
- at least one chicken in a lush paddock have access to the same type of chicken feed
- "fresh food" means they forage for living food in their paddock
- "fresh food" is not kitchen scraps or fresh veggies from the garden you give them
- test must span at least three days
- 2 extra points if the paddocks chickens eat zero commercial food
To document your completion, provide proof of the following as pics or video (less than two minutes):
- show how much organic commercial chicken food each chicken eats for at least three days
- demonstrate that fresh food is preferred over organic commercial food