After i pull out Sili’s winter coat i always lay the fur in the grass near the chicken pen. The birds go there to steal feathers and chicken feed and so its an area highly trafficked by songbirds. When they encounter the offering a lot of them take pieces of dog fur to line their nests with…the same thing they’re doing when they still the chickens discarded under-feathers from when they molt or prune. In this way we are contributing to the ecosystem we are part of. I utilize the snakes to handle the mice and the birds to handle the scorpions and grasshoppers and the birds utilize the dogs for a soft nest liner for their babies.