You'll be able to grow some excellent lettuce in the soil once the water goes down. Manure is one of the best natural fertilizers. Millions of buffalo used to roam the prairies, shitting all over the place, and all that did was make the grass grow better. They'd all stop at rivers or ponds for extended periods of time, drink and shit everywhere. That behavior can still be observed in nature.
Majority of the wildlife in the world is gone compared to thousands of years ago. Take the rest of the animals away and you'll have to depend on chemical fertilizers. Destroys nature's balance.
I think it'd more about the sheer concentration around here - these chickens don't roam!
I see your point. But if everyone had a few in their yard, you'd still end up with the same amount of shit. Some will end up in the lawn but their coop still gets messy. You'd have to dispose of it somehow. So the most beneficial method would be a special shit facility because you lose the full benefits of all that shit if people simply threw it in the trash. And you certainly can't have a shit pile in your back yard fermenting, waiting to be turned into delicious garden salad. Then one day the shit factory spills over because John was hung over and pushed the wrong button.
Moral the story: Instead of getting rid of the chickens, you fire John because he's a drunk asshole. Close to rivers probably because chickens need water. But it's 2024 and we should be able to hold our shit better by now, because having that much run off into the water supply is like flushing good shit down the toilet.
Speaking of which. Have you noticed how many humans do that every day?
Go to the ocean and look at the rocks. What are they covered in? lol
Shit. Bird shit.
Other moral of the story: The world is full of shit. Imagine how much shit 60k trout produce. And there's a really good reason why plants grow so well next to rivers and ponds. It's not just the water. Nutrients as well. Crystal clear pure running fresh surface water only exists at high elevations or cold climates. Not much life in those regions.
Anyway. Pardon my edits. Got me thinking is all. Thinking about shit.
Precisely it - keep those chickens further away!
lol don't get me thinking about shit again.
Was thinking about logistics. Requires far more energy (things like fuel) to cart around a million smaller piles of shit and take it to the shit factory. And you have to put the feed center right beside it so people take feed with them on their way home. If it's on the other side of town, that's even more fuel burned.
And even if the chickens are spread out, still going to be millions processed in one day. All the energy and tools that go into that. But now much of what the people don't eat goes into the trash. Those feathers are used a million different ways. All natural and better than their petrochemical alternatives.
lol I could keep going dude...