chicken manure

Oops, as you all probably realised I meant to send this to
another group. Sorry.
--
Tim C.

That is O.K. Tim, there is a lot of [censored] on this newsgroup.
I treat chicken [censored] like gold. If properly composted, it is
magical stuff. Learn how to compost it right. You could do a
Google search and see what p(o)ops up. Depends on the type
of litter the farmer has put on the floor. Straw adds a good
amount of nitrogen necessary for the pile to cook. You must
turn the pile inside out at least 3 times. Put a shovel full
of finished compost under any fast growing plant like a
tomato, pepper or squash and stand back!!! I never had any
disease problem because a properly cooked pile is usually
pathogen free. I have used uncomposted, raw chicken manure
on corn but it was turned into the field the fall before
planting. I would view chicken manure as a valuable garden
resource. You might offer the chicken farmer some of your
produce as barter for his chicken manure.

Farmer John

"Tim Challenger" <"timothy(dot)challenger(at)apk(dot)at">
wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I've got a small free-range egg/chicken farmer round the
corner. If I can get him to give me some of his animal's
muck, say from the stalls or whatever, can I use it on the
garden? In the compost? Or am I wasting

my

Quoted message said:

time? Does it have to be rotted like horse manure? What
about diseases, are there likely to be any problems?

I would like to know a bit more about the pros and cons
before I approach the chap.

Any ideas?
--
Tim C.

That is O.K. Tim, there is a lot of [censored] on this newsgroup.
I treat chicken [censored] like gold. If properly composted, it is
magical stuff. Learn how to compost it right. You could do a
Google search and see what p(o)ops up. Depends on the type
of litter the farmer has put on the floor. Straw adds a good
amount of nitrogen necessary for the pile to cook. You must
turn the pile inside out at least 3 times. Put a shovel full
of finished compost under any fast growing plant like a
tomato, pepper or squash and stand back!!! I never had any
disease problem because a properly cooked pile is usually
pathogen free. I have used uncomposted, raw chicken manure
on corn but it was turned into the field the fall before
planting. I would view chicken manure as a valuable garden
resource. You might offer the chicken farmer some of your
produce as barter for his chicken manure.

Farmer John

That is O.K. Tim, there is a lot of [censored] on this newsgroup.
I treat chicken [censored] like gold. If properly composted, it is
magical stuff. Learn how to compost it right. You could do a
Google search and see what p(o)ops up. Depends on the type
of litter the farmer has put on the floor. Straw adds a good
amount of nitrogen necessary for the pile to cook. You must
turn the pile inside out at least 3 times. Put a shovel full
of finished compost under any fast growing plant like a
tomato, pepper or squash and stand back!!! I never had any
disease problem because a properly cooked pile is usually
pathogen free. I have used uncomposted, raw chicken manure
on corn but it was turned into the field the fall before
planting. I would view chicken manure as a valuable garden
resource. You might offer the chicken farmer some of your
produce as barter for his chicken manure.

Farmer John

Quoted message said:

You might offer the chicken farmer some of your produce as
barter for his chicken manure.

Farmer John

I could grow wheat to make flour to feed mealworms for his
hens.... ;-)
--
Tim C.

In rec.food.cooking said:

I've got a small free-range egg/chicken farmer round the
corner. If I can get him to give me some of his animal's
muck, say from the stalls or whatever, can I use it on the
garden? In the compost? Or am I wasting my time? Does it
have to be rotted like horse manure? What about diseases,
are there likely to be any problems?

Quoted message said:

I would like to know a bit more about the pros and cons
before I approach the chap.

Quoted message said:

Any ideas?

Chicken manure is excellent fertilizer.

Like all manure, it is full of disease.

And it needs to be rotted first.

--
...I'm an air-conditioned gypsy...

- The Who

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 08:14:09 GMT, Tim Challenger

timothy(dot)challenger(at)apk(dot)at said:

I've got a small free-range egg/chicken farmer round the
corner. If I can get him to give me some of his animal's
muck, say from the stalls or whatever, can I use it on the
garden? In the compost? Or am I wasting my time? Does it
have to be rotted like horse manure? What about diseases,
are there likely to be any problems?

I would like to know a bit more about the pros and cons
before I approach the chap.

Be careful what you ask for. The Homeland Security Dept
is watching out for people collecting large amounts of
bird [censored].

-sw

"Tim Challenger" wrote in message >

Quoted message said:

I've got a small free-range egg/chicken farmer round the
corner. If I can get him to give me some of his animal's
muck, say from the stalls or whatever, can I use it on the
garden? In the compost? Or am I wasting

my

Quoted message said:

time? Does it have to be rotted like horse manure? What
about diseases, are there likely to be any problems?

I would like to know a bit more about the pros and cons
before I approach the chap.

Any ideas?
--
Tim C.

I can only cite our experience, Tim. We had a flock of a
chickens for quite a few years, bought ground corncobs for
the chicken house floor and cleaned it all out as necessary.
We mainly used it in landscaping around the house, rather
than in the vegetable garden, but plants and bushes thrived
on the stuff. It also really improved the mica soil. For the
vegetable garden, I would compost it. Go for it.

Dora

Tim Challenger said:

I've got a small free-range egg/chicken farmer round the
corner. If I can get him to give me some of his animal's
muck, say from the stalls or whatever, can I use it on the
garden? In the compost? Or am I wasting my time? Does it
have to be rotted like horse manure? What about diseases,
are there likely to be any problems?

It depends on what you are planting. Chicken manure is much
to potent for most vegetable gardens. However, I once helped
a friend of mine with his new garden. He dug a trench about
18" deep and laid a layer of chicken manure on the bottom,
put a bit of the soil back an and mixed it up a bit with the
manure, then filled in the trench and planted raspberry
canes and asparagus. He had a tremendous crop of raspberries
the first year and outstanding asparagus the next spring.
His theory was that the plants would grow fast to get away
from the [censored] :-).

Dave Smith said:

Tim Challenger said:

I've got a small free-range egg/chicken farmer round the
corner. If I can get him to give me some of his animal's
muck, say from the stalls or whatever, can I use it on
the garden? In the compost? Or am I wasting my time? Does
it have to be rotted like horse manure? What about
diseases, are there likely to be any problems?

It depends on what you are planting. Chicken manure is much
to potent for most vegetable gardens. However, I once
helped a friend of mine with his new garden. He dug a
trench about 18" deep and laid a layer of chicken manure on
the bottom, put a bit of the soil back an and mixed it up a
bit with the manure, then filled in the trench and planted
raspberry canes and asparagus. He had a tremendous crop of
raspberries the first year and outstanding asparagus the
next spring. His theory was that the plants would grow fast
to get away from the [censored] :-).

Too bad cows can't run from it. Tons of the stuff is sold
(cheap, $30-40 per ton) to feed beef cattle. Seems it would
be cheaper to just mfg your own Manure Burgers.

In article <[email hidden]>,

Tim Challenger 'timothy(dot)challenger(at)apk(dot)at said:

I've got a small free-range egg/chicken farmer round the
corner. If I can get him to give me some of his animal's
muck, say from the stalls or whatever, can I use it on the
garden? In the compost? Or am I wasting my time? Does it
have to be rotted like horse manure? What about diseases,
are there likely to be any problems?

I would like to know a bit more about the pros and cons
before I approach the chap.

I have a vague recollection that chickensh*t is good for
growing asparagus. Maybe it was a comment from a farmer
friend that asparagus grew well next to his chicken coop.

--
Julian Vrieslander

Steve Wertz said:

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 08:14:09 GMT, Tim Challenger

timothy(dot)challenger(at)apk(dot)at said:

I've got a small free-range egg/chicken farmer round the
corner. If I can get him to give me some of his animal's
muck, say from the stalls or whatever, can I use it on the
garden? In the compost? Or am I wasting my time? Does it
have to be rotted like horse manure? What about diseases,
are there likely to be any problems?

I would like to know a bit more about the pros and cons
before I approach the chap.

Be careful what you ask for. The Homeland Security Dept
is watching out for people collecting large amounts of
bird [censored].

-sw

Use it as a replacement for nitrite and make chicken-[censored]
bombs. Paranoid or what?
--
Tim C.

On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 06:47:12 GMT, Tim Challenger

timothy(dot)challenger(at)apk(dot)at said:

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 11:46:07 -0600, Steve Wertz wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Be careful what you ask for. The Homeland Security Dept
is watching out for people collecting large amounts of
bird [censored].

Use it as a replacement for nitrite and make chicken-
[censored] bombs.

That's right.

Quoted message said:

Paranoid or what?

Heh. At least you got the hint.

-sw

Steve Wertz said:

The Homeland Security Dept is watching out for people
collecting large amounts of bird [censored].

That *was* a joke though, Wasn't it? Please say yes.
--
Tim C.

On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 07:36:34 GMT, Tim Challenger

timothy(dot)challenger(at)apk(dot)at said:

Steve Wertz said:

The Homeland Security Dept is watching out for people
collecting large amounts of bird [censored].

That *was* a joke though, Wasn't it? Please say yes.

Yes. It was a joke.

I am *not* paranoid, dammit! (but I'm sure they are
watching anyway).

-sw

Steve Wertz said:

On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 07:36:34 GMT, Tim Challenger

timothy(dot)challenger(at)apk(dot)at said:

Steve Wertz said:

The Homeland Security Dept is watching out for people
collecting large amounts of bird [censored].

That *was* a joke though, Wasn't it? Please say yes.

Yes. It was a joke.

I am *not* paranoid, dammit! (but I'm sure they are
watching anyway).

-sw

🙂 you had me going there for a minute.
--
Tim C.