Cranfield Kate Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 i have 5 ex batts and together they must produce a ton of poo a day. i seem to spend my whole life picking up poo and throwing it in the compost bin. i don't know how people with more than 5 chooks cope - what do you do with it all! there's so much! and so many variations! and WHY do they save the really runny, smelly ones for when they're sat outside my back door???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 I give mine to friends with allotments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trougher Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 I've only got 3, but I also sometimes feel as though I'm overwhelmed with poo!! I put it in rubble sacks and take to the allotment for fertilisation, but once the allotment is fully fertilised, I don't know what I will do with it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppers77 Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 Having just had a major clear out of my 3's inside / outside run i empathise totally! I've just laid down some horse bedding to help with the mud & the poo in the vain hope to make it easier to dispense with. Here's hoping! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 I have been adding mine (I mean my chickens' poo) to the wormery and my worms seem to love it, or at least it all disappears. The runny, toffee coloured ones of course are a different story. I wash them off the path with the watering can each evening when I put the chooks to bed . . . and keep an old towel on the floor by the back door so that I don't walk it all in over the house. That seems to work. The towel just gets added to any very hot dog wash going into the machine and all seems to be well. My OH who is a bit OCD used to get very wound up by chicken poo in the early days, but even he has now got used to an easier routine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercedes55 Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 I hadn't realised how much poo they produce till we got ours. Our 4 ex batts are the worse as they seem to have really huge soft poos in comparison to our new girls who seem to only do long hard poos. I feel I am becoming an expert on chicken poo at times. I hate the curry ones the most as they are so smelly and I can guarantee at least one of the girls will do one of them just inside the WIR so that you have to almost do a dance to avoid treading in them. I just pick the poo up every day with a trowel, put it in a plastic bag along with the poo from the Cube trays and put the whole lot in the bin as we don't have a compost and don't know anyone who would want it either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky1 Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 I have been adding mine (I mean my chickens' poo) Thanks for loading up that image Cheaky Chicken I find it is absorbed quite quickly. We have a large compost pile and rots down steadily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 you can put it straight onto vegetable beds if you want, and also if you are preparing a new flower bed it can go straight on. dont put it on established flowers, its too acidic (or something!). at the moment I'm chucking it on my veg beds which are empty, covering with black plastic (to try and smother weeds) and leaving til spring. otherwise it goes onto the compost heaps at the back of the garden - made from old pallets. I dont do much with it, just leave it there to rot, but bees and slow worms nest in it so that's my excuse!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky1 Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 otherwise it goes onto the compost heaps at the back of the garden - made from old pallets. I dont do much with it, just leave it there to rot, but bees and slow worms nest in it so that's my excuse!!! Same here - funny I never seem to get around to doing anything with it either But the pallet style composters are the best sort, the plastic bins fill up too quickly and don't get enough (IMHO) air into them so the stuff goes slimy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 wish I could do the quote thing - chucky: it goes slimy - you are so right! I have a green dalek in the veg garden, it is vile beyond belief and full of slugs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 If your compost is going slimy just add some cardboard. I find that tea boxes do rather well but so does Amazon packaging providing it is ripped into smallish bits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky1 Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 wish I could do the quote thing - chucky Just click the Quote button in the top right of the message you want to quote it is vile beyond belief and full of slugs Get some ducks our girls turn their noses up - especially the big fat black ones but the ducks love them its their only treat otherwise they stick to pelelts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollyripkim Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 I know this sounds disgusting and does anyone else have this problem but I have to beat the dogs to clear up the chicken poo! Now it's cold and the back door is shut my cocker spaniel pesters to go out, I was worried she had a problem but no it is just to scavenge the garden for poo! Definitely not allowed to lick me now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Yes my JRx loves it. I think it must be because it has high protein. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 you can put it straight onto vegetable beds if you want, and also if you are preparing a new flower bed it can go straight on. dont put it on established flowers, its too acidic (or something!). I put all the dirty Hemcore from the coop and run in the compost to make the veg peelings and other stuff rot down quicker. Also, shouldn't the Hemcore do the same as cardboard and prevent it from turning into a smelly mess? To this I'll add some garden lime so that the compost won't be too acidic. I was thinking of keeping some of the poo separate (charming!) and use it for acid loving plants (like blueberries) after it's rotted down slightly. Hope it works! If I had some extra I would bag it up and try offering it on Freecycle. You can't beat free manure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jill the potter Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 . and keep an old towel on the floor by the back door so that I don't walk it all in over the house. That seems to work. The towel just gets added to any very hot dog wash going into the machine and all seems to be well. : How often to you put your hot dog in the wash Cheaky Chook!!!! I know what you mean about poo though. Also have you noticed that some chicks poo smells more than others? We had Korma and Tikka for 2 years and never really noticed a bad 'manure' smell but the two new ones really smell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 How often to you put your hot dog in the wash Cheaky Chook!!!! I know what you mean about poo though. Also have you noticed that some chicks poo smells more than others? We had Korma and Tikka for 2 years and never really noticed a bad 'manure' smell but the two new ones really smell Now there's a thing. So that is why one of my greyhounds shrunk to look like a dachsund I can't say I've noticed chicken poo as being particularly smelly, not when you compare it to duck poo but perhaps I'm lucky with my chickens or my friends are unlucky with their ducks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 it's wonderful stuff Poo!!! If you live near me - i'll have it! You can never get enogh of the stuff - if you have an allotment that is! If you grow your own veg it's goldust! I just spread it right on the ground this time of year and leave it to the worms and the weather! It's a bonus if you ask me - I love my girls, they lay eggs and give me poo for the veggies too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 it's wonderful stuff Poo!!! Yup! I'm still queuing for my plot, but can think of plenty of uses for the poo in the garden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jill the potter Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 Not complaining about poo, although pre-chicken keeping you don't realise the amount they create (I thought they did little rabbit-like pellet droppings!!) All our used woodchip goes to the allotment and is put round the base of the fruit trees/bushes as a mulch and fertiliser in one!!!! Poo tray gets emptied around fruit bushes in the garden/compost bin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky1 Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 All our used woodchip goes to the allotment and is put round the base of the fruit trees/bushes as a mulch and fertiliser in one!!!! We got around that by putting the Cubes in the orchard we planted. Our girls deliver the fertiliser themselves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jill the potter Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 Oooo looks like you have lots of space where you are Wouldn't like to leave the girls at the allotment (not allowed anyway) as we do get some vandalism on there I'm shamed to say One day when we move to the country perhaps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky1 Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Oooo looks like you have lots of space where you are Of course it doesn't look quite like that today The trees are bare, and the chooks area is pretty much mud throughout - wellies are our normal attire ( along with head to toe waterproofs DW just loves them ). Oh and the concrete building that you can see top right is now another chicken house One day when we move to the country perhaps Do it - we haven't looked back its great Good Luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
