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12Bore

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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 11 10:29 pm Post subject: Chicken waste question
Prolly a daft question, but chicken bedding straw/poo etc, is it ok to compost?

T.G

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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 11 10:30 pm Post subject:
yes

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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 11 10:33 pm Post subject:
Certainly, it was one of the main reasons we got our hens.

chez

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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 11 10:33 pm Post subject:
It'll take a little while, though - the white bits are urea, which is high in ammonia. You might be better off using something like hemcore or fennington fibre rather than straw, as that is quicker to compost (Kirstyfern put me on to that!)

Nicky cigreen

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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 11 10:36 pm Post subject:
we use newspaper in the bottom of the hen house.. then roll that up poo and all and bung it on the compost. Composts really well.

12Bore

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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 11 10:38 pm Post subject:
Thank you, where else could you ask a question like that at 10.30 on a Friday night, and get sensible answers?

T.G

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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 11 10:40 pm Post subject:
If you have a shredder (or do it by hand), you can shred up household paper waste and use that, it will rot and compost with the chicken muck (plus its free)

12Bore

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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 11 10:42 pm Post subject:
Ooh, plenty of that at work

T.G

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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 11 10:43 pm Post subject:
I'm sure you know this, but just make sure it's not shinny

Ty Gwyn

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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 11 10:48 pm Post subject:
[quote="Chez:1181774"]It'll take a little while, though - the white bits are urea, which is high in ammonia. Urea is also high in Nitrogen. Some Urea fertilizers are 46% Nitrogen.

12Bore

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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 11 10:49 pm Post subject:

T.G wrote:

I'm sure you know this, but just make sure it's not shinny

Ouch, chicken Izal!

dpack

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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 11 11:33 pm Post subject:
fermented in a tub is good with chook muck

Kenworth

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Posted: Sat Nov 05, 11 6:28 am Post subject:

This is slightly off topic but, we had a program over here on one of the cable networks recently about preppers. A family out west had a swiming pool that they converted to be sort of self sustaining.

They had chickens in their pens sort of suspended over the pool, and the droppings could fall through and feed fish. The fish water also contained edible duck weed.

I don't remember if they fed the duck weed back to the chickens, but that would complete the circle.

My mom would take old chicken manure and make a slurry to feed garden plants. Chicken poop soup we called it

oldish chris

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Posted: Sat Nov 05, 11 8:33 am Post subject: Re: Chicken waste question

12Bore wrote:

Prolly a daft question, but chicken bedding straw/poo etc, is it ok to compost?

no don't do it, you'll get mutant ninja potatoes.

ros

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Posted: Sat Nov 05, 11 8:41 am Post subject:

Kenworth wrote:

The swimming pool idea just sounds revolting

what is a prepper?

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