Clur Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Do you know if it is safe to compost chicken droppings or am I likely to poison my garden/veggie plot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 It makes brilliant compost - apparently ... I've not got to the stage that my compost is ready for use yet. I think I'm right in saying you shouldn't put it straight onto plants (too acidic or something ) but it is by all accounts fantastic for compost bins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clur Posted December 27, 2007 Author Share Posted December 27, 2007 Great - I'll be doing the first clean out of the eglu tomorrow and wasn't sure. I'll stick it all in the composter. Thanks for your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 No problem! I chuck the whole lot in - newspaper lining sheets, shredded paper, hemcore, bokashi bran (if I've used it) and the magic ingredient - POO (Apparently another magic ingredient is wee - not sure if it's just of the male variety or not, but I occasionally get the OH to "water" the compost bin . Another edit: did you know that male wee is a fox deterrent too?!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farrowy Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Hullo, yep I just drop the contents of the poop tray straight into the compost bin. I read you can't put poop directly onto the garden but into the bin is fine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jomaxsmith Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Apparently another magic ingredient is wee I think it does have to be male. Bob Flowerdew used to go on about it! When I was toilet training my two boys I emptied the potty in the compost bin when I remembered! I've just been forking over my compost bin to try to make room for some more veggie peelings (turkey soup this time!) and the layer just below the top with hemcore, poo and newspaper was really steaming. In winters past, before chickens, my compost didn't seem to be working at all in the cold months. Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 and the layer just below the top with hemcore, poo and newspaper was really steaming. Yum yum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jomaxsmith Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Yum yum There's something about a healthy working compost heap that is deeply satisfying to me! Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 It makes fab compost! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 I got another compost bin from freecycle - not because I am overrun with poo but so I can have one bin "cooking" while I fill the other one up. I could also use the new bin to "turn" the compost in my original bin. My freecycle bin is exactly the same as my other bin- which I paid about £20 for from the council Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 which I paid about £20 for from the council £20???? We paid £6 from our council! I ordered 3! Never got such a bargain before!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 I can't believe how good our compost is. I put it down to the chicken poo which goes into the compost bin with the newspaper and shredded paper from the poo trays and the nest box. Mind you, I'm not using shedded paper at the rate I used to. When I had just the two hens in the Eglu, one slept in the nest box and there was always poo in it - so I changed it every day or two. Now I have seven in the Cube, none of them sleep in the nest box - so it doesn't get poo in it and doesn't need changing so often. I change it every week because I feel I ought to - but it doesn't get mucky, just all stamped down. Georgie, in her own little homemade coop for one, still sleeps in her nest box and poos in it, so I still get that for the compost! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
