When we had chickens.., we had a large bowl on the counter. We would loada it with all our food scraps and peelings. Once a day one of the kids would haul it out to the coop.
I swear the chickens recognized that white plastic bowl and whenever it was headed their way they would squawk and get ALL excited. It was like a comparison of taking the kids to a fast food "drive-thru"!
We do the same thing, and get the same reaction from our hens. They are much better at turning kitchen scraps into fertilizer than composting them. If we want compost we'll shred leaves each fall and put them in a pile.