Yep, homegrown chicken is so much better than the store-bought kind. I let them out on dirt after they get about three weeks old so they can scratch like a chicken is supposed to do. It really improves the muscle tone and you wind up with chicken that actually has some texture to it. Very much different than the flabby cage-raised stuff.
I was out training tomato plants in the trellis yesterday and noticed some damage to several plants. Found this guy happily munching away at my hard work. He was the size of my index finger. I plucked him off and fed him to the chickens. I'm sure he has some friends so I'm going to spray tonight.
