"Stacking" chickens and mushrooms

Stacking is a permaculture principle that refers to using a single space for more than one purpose.  For example, you're stacking when you pull your chicken tractor across the lawn --- you're keeping the chickens happy with fresh food and maintaining an open area to play in.

I could write about stacking and chickens for hours because the possibilities are nearly endless, but I stumbled across a new one last week.  The photo in this post shows my mushroom totems with chickens grazing amidst them.  Since chickens don't care for oyster mushrooms, I can "plant" the logs right in their space, and as the logs rot, they'll attract creepie crawlies for the chickens to eat.  I get tasty eggs and mushrooms, all from the same space.

(Yes, my mushroom logs are fruiting in the middle of winter.  A tasty January treat!)