Hey everyone. Im currently building some raised beds just down hill and actually bordering my 40x10 poultry pin. The soil is quite good there and its for obvious reasons. We have had our chickens for 3 yrs and and I keep there pin just mulched with straw food wastes just as you would a thin layered compost pile. When it rain the runoff or compost tea if you will runs into my raised bed area. Its loaded with huge worms and the soil is black and friable. I did want to build up the height of it though for drainage purposes. I think its going to work great and for once I dont have to do some hevy lifting to get something valuable.