There is a company in the US which produces compost and they also have a chicken flock that feeds exclusively on that compost and the bugs mycelium in it. I've also read about people doing deep litter composting with chickens. I have often wondered whether they would end up eating something bad, but I guess as long they are all enough fed they know what not to eat.
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Very interesting what you say. I was afraid too, but seeing that they were going into the compost bin anyway, I lost it little by little. The chickens are well fed, they eat chicken feed and have on average 40 square meters or so each to forage on, so they don't need to feed on the compost to live. However, I am still concerned about the problems they might have in the long run, so if possible I will try to compost elsewhere if I get too much of anything that might be bad for them.