ATHENS, Ga. — Calling all chicken wranglers: If you raise free-range or pastured chickens on your commercial farm, researchers at the University of Georgia want to know what your feathered friends are eating.
To find out, the research team at the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences wants your chicken poop for the Chicken Ecology and Ecosystem Services, or ChickEES, study.
A multidisciplinary group of faculty with expertise including ecological research, environmental microbiology, weed and soil sciences, poultry nutrition and consumer behavior, is examining how pastured and free-range chickens influence the ecosystem on integrated crop-livestock farms.
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