Guest Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 we just gave away 3 bin bags full of chicken poo after putting an ad on freecycle. It was to a nice couple who had waited 2 years for an allotment and finally got it in January. We told them about our allotment hunt and they said they know someone who took photos like we did and managed to get one that way. They said when we have some more, just e mail them and they will come and get it. I hate to throw anything away and our compost bin and beds are full of the stuff already So, if you don't know what to do with your spare poop, stick it on freecycle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little chickadee Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Good plan Poet and good luck with the allotment hunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Thats a great idea. How long did you leave it composted - I have 7 bins but I use them for weeds too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 DH said he just uses it when it doesn't look like big clumps of poo, he said he just guesstimates when it's ready. He said he left it approx 3 months but if your beds don't have anything growing in them yet then you can just dig it straight in and leave it to rot/mulch down in the soil. You can't put it straight on plants because it's still full of ammonia. We're getting a great crop of rhubarb at the moment thanks to the poop The stuff we gave away wasn't composted, that's why we were giving it away, no more room in the compost bin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Ah _ I thought it was composted - I have so many bins but I do use them in conjunction with one another and fill them all up - I have 2 going for chicken stuff with newspaper every day from the nesting box full of poo!!yuk I can get another bin from the council subsidised and maybe should do this to keep the poo going in 3 bins! Your rhubarb is wonderful - hoping for something similar next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 if/when we get an allotment, we can get extra bins but our garden is too small for another compost bin I recently found out, for anyone else who doesn't know, the chicken manure/fertiliser stuff they sell at garden centres is likely to be a battery hen by product! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 ... Your rhubarb is wonderful - hoping for something similar next year. p.s. thank you it's the first thing we've ever grown on our very own land, fertilised with our very own chicken poo and harvested with our very own hands. When the schnapps is ready, we're going to sit in our garden allotment with a shot glass of schnapps to celebrate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I have a deal with a fereind who has a lottie - when my composters are all full - she collects the leavings from the run and gives me a big bag of veggies in return Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keanie Bean Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Love the sound of that rubarb schnapps. I gave a bag of chicken poo away on freecycle a week ago and I got so many replies it was difficult to make a decision as to who should get it. So many people left their numbers with me and asked for more too. It never occured to me that the garden centre waste would be from battery hens. They really infiltrate just about every part of modern day living in some way dont they. Sarah.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 It only occured to be about chicken manure pellets when we got our girls, but then it is better that it is used rather than goes to landfill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I think that Buffie brought it up once about the fertiliser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Ian told me about it after he heard it on The Archers. I'm going to have to start podcasting it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jomaxsmith Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I've asked dh to construct me two wooden compost bins as a birthday present. How glamorous! Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 What a great birthday present Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjules Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I've asked dh to construct me two wooden compost bins as a birthday present. How glamorous! Jo I got a pressure washer for my birthday! I used to ask for jewellery, just shows how having chickens changes your priorities! Hadn't thought of offering chicken poo on freecycle, what a great idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolo Rabbit Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Sorry but when you talk about giving away chicken poop do you mean pure poop or with the hemcore/whatever mixed in? Do people only want the 'pure' stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 I swapped the last lot of muckings-out from the run for rhubarb, with a friend who has an allotment. Our little veggie patch took a third of it and the composters were overflowing what with chickens, guinea pigs and bokashi-ed kitchen leavings. We are starting a veggie garden at the boys' school soon so will no doubt be wheelbarrowing it up the hill to mix in with the raised beds there. There's always someone who'll have chicken poo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Sorry but when you talk about giving away chicken poop do you mean pure poop or with the hemcore/whatever mixed in? Do people only want the 'pure' stuff? In my case it's both - 'pure' poo gets added to everyone's compost in my street. The run cleanings were with hemcore in and practically composted after a few weeks in the run in all weathers; that went straight into the unplanted soil and the worms are working it in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 it's the aubiose bedding with the poo inluded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...