integrated chicken

When I set up Buddha Garden I decided that I did not want to have cows as they are very time consuming to look after and I was unsure whether I had the knowledge and experience to look after them successfully. We were able to obtain the cow dung we needed from next door Siddhartha Farm so it was not absolutely necessary for Buddha Garden to have animals as well.During Buddha Garden's second year of operation, we were offered 30 chickens when someone who needed to get rid of them offered them to us. I had been wondering whether to have chickens or not as I had enjoyed keeping them before while living in another community, and there seemed to be a good market for their eggs. Initially I had the idea that they could eat things.

During Buddha Garden's second year of operation