BuryFCA1 Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 We have considered scooping up the coop tray full of poo and putting it on our newly planted garden and veggie plots. Is this ok to do or not? Can anyone help. I dont want to do it if it is unhealthy or if the poo needs to be composted for a year or two first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 It's very high in ammonia. You can use it but not straight away. Not sure how long you need to leave it, but it's nothing like a year. Why not google it. It's actually great manure. I have it all round my garden, beware if you have dogs though. My puppy lab loves to eat it omlet sell something called bokashi which you can use to eliminate the ammonia. Have a look on here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 A keen gardener friend of mine told me that I should collect the poo in a watering can and just add a bit of luke warm water, give it a stir and it's perfect for the plants and veggies. Haven't actually tried it yet, but will give it a go. He has a very large plot of land with a lot of veggies and fruits. He knows his way around poo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beantree Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 We compost ours for at least two years until it is dry, odourless and without worms. Even then it is very strong and should be used at 25% the strength/ amount of normal compost. We found young squashes would die when their roots hit it unless it was buried a long way down with soil above. Grew some fantastic peppers with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/organic/msg1201531120462.html?5 I don't know how to make these links work. Hopefully you can copy and paste it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clucker1 Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 We mix ours in with all the other stuff that goes on the compost eg vegetable waste, grass clippings, weeds etc and leave it a year. This is our first year of compost and it looks absolutely brilliant. It is now all over our roses, veg, raspberries and cut flower in the planning! bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 if it's house or run bedding I tend to leave it over winter in the muck pen then use it as a mulch around my spuds then it gets dug in as I dig the spuds up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 You can use it in its fresh state around well established shrubs or hedging - I am always flinging poo under the hedges when "Ooops, word censored!"ody is looking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoopsie Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 It's amazing around herbs! I used to wash the poo tray out over my herb bed and they doubled in size! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickanne Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 If you have a compost bin it's probably the best place for it. The microbes in it will help rot the other bits down too. Like any poo it can look unsightly if it dries on the surface of the soil. People pay money for pellets at the garden centre! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 We compost it for a year before using Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Same here - we have 2 compost bins and the chicken poo is added to that - the aubiose is added every time OH mows the lawn - too much Aubiose doesn't rot down quick enough. I hose the lawn after I've poo picked (and added to the compost bin) and the water ends up on the shrubs. Have to say our nettles are fabulous - and tasty because we harvest them for soup! Then the big bin is turned into the smaller bin when it is full and then it rots down in there until the following spring when it goes on the veggie patch. Or rather part of it. Not enough to do it all but this year it went on the strawberries and they look really healthy plants now. I gather alpaca poo can definitely go on to the plants right away without composting. I am biding my wait for these 4 legged hairy animals. Am counting the days until we move. Well make that months - but the plan is coming into action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 All of our bedding goes into compost bins with vegetable peeling etc and is left for at least a year, then it is spread around the garden and put into raised beds. We have heavy clay soil at home and it has improved it no end. The run bark gets put into sacks and composted at the allotment and then gets used around the fruit bushes, raspberries and potatoes. We have light sandy soil there and that has also been improved greatly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percy049 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 We put all the chicken droppings in the compost bin with other garden waste, and then put it around the vegetables after a while Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 We redid our garden this autum,sectioning off a section for the chickens who previously had 5 years of free ranging. This included re-seeding a lawn, and making new flower beds. Everything has grown amazingly well and I put it down to the chicken poo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...