Towns in France and Belgium have been giving out free chickens for years to combat food waste – could the idea catch on elsewhere?

French and Belgium towns are giving away free chickens in order to reduce the amount of food that is thrown away. People tend to give their food scraps to their chickens. The program has met with moderate success.

  • khannie@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    What are the noise levels like? From the article it sounds like we have the space but the video on that page does sound quite noisy.

    • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
      5·
      24 hours ago

      It’s not that bad. I can’t really hear them from inside the house.

      They chatter a bit but they only really get loud when they are laying. They each have their own “song”.

      Roosters are loud. My town prohibits roosters in residential zones though. And for good reason…they are loud, and they get a bit rape-y if they aren’t satisfied with their harem.