@Zealist @smokescreen @graf @Rennegade Ime it takes a _lot_ of compost material to make enough such that it'll cover an appreciable area's fertility needs, then again I'm extremely amateur when it comes to things like what you get from cover crops.

Can't speak to chickens but I live close to some goats that I feed every once in a while. The only thing I've seen is that their leavings are extremely compact (not much bigger than rabbit pellets), so unless yours will be on a hard/flat surface I'd think that gathering them for compost will be difficult. Maybe more moving them into plots you're cover cropping in as a first stage before tilling?