The shed would take 30 chooks too but I can only eat so many...

The shed would take 30 chooks too but I can only eat so many eggs and the rest i'm happy to give to friends and family to enjoy. Four are ample for now.
It's really good soil in there but I like the hay idea. I might just spread the hay in the bottom of the shed around the pen and let them dig it in rather than risk spreading weed seeds by putting it around young trees.

There's an asparagus patch right in the middle of their pen and i'm assuming they would annihilate it when it shoots up? I was going to throw some mesh fencing wire over that area to keep them out.