Rural/Farm Life

when I was 12 ---1957--I raised 100 chickens ---50 hens 50 rooster---with 4H----used grain ---but they were kinda free range on a pen ---can't help with the compost idea but am willing to help if I could------one thing I did find is that if they do not get enough calcium they will eat their own eggs-----adding calcium stopped that------another problem was when my egg production went down I also discovered by head count that some chickens were missing----a raccoon was having a feast ---live trap caught him and we moved him elsewhere ------good luck ---

the New Haven County agricultural station helped me with their guidance