BethK Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 I'm wondering what to do with all the chicken poo? I don't have a compost bin as they tend to smell. I know the chickens will smell but a compost bin is smellier Do I just put it all in the green waste bin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 I have open compost bins and they rarely smell, I layer my grass cuttings with chicken waste and occasionally I pop a bag of horse muck in to get it rotting well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 (edited) I chuck it in the green bin. But mine is mixed with wood shavings from the pooptray. Edit: I have a miniature sized garden and not willing to sacrifice space to a compost bin when I have nowhere to put the compost... Edited August 27, 2014 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Mine go in the compost bin (EDIT - just read this back - my chickens not mine!). The lid is off all the time at the moment and the only time I can smell it is after a lot of rain (like today!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethK Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 Thank you, I'll use the green bin for now. Don't use a lot of shavings as the only place we use shavings is in the best box of the classic. Also our garden gets cut once a week in the summer but in spring and autumn it's more like once every 2-3 weeks and not at all in the winter. This is why I thought a compost bin would smell as we'd be putting a lot of chicken poop in but not much of anything else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKMARCH Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 I think it depends on where you are whether you can put it in the green bin, might be worth checking, we used to be able to and now our recycling scheme has changed and we have to put it in the black bin and our local dump will not take it. We use a compost bin and if it is full up and there's room for any excess in the black bin squeeze it in with the normal refuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 I've got 3 compost bins (in a pretty small garden!) and have to say none of them smell at all. They have the chicken poop, kitchen waste and grass cuttings. Some folk advocate bagging it up and putting it on Gumtree or Freegle - allotment owners are very keen on chicken poop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryHen Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 I'm glad this post has surfaced; I was going to put my aubiose/poo mix on my garden as mulch and compost the rest but my friend said not to put it on the garden till its well rotted down as it will take all the nutrients out of the soil. Is he right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pottage Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Chicken poop should be well rotted for at least 18 months. In its straight out the bum hole form it can carry disease (not least e. coli and Salmonella) that can transfer to your vegetables. Also, until it has rotted down it has a high ammonia content which will burn your plants/lawn. My neighbour has most of ours for her allotment (bless her!), but any extra (and there's always extra! How does such a little thing create so much poo?!?) we put in a bin liner and then directly into the bin tht goes to landfill. I don't put it in the green waste because that specifically says "no animal waste" on it and I don't want the council sending me a hefty fine thanks! Husband and I were discussing the massive morning poops the ladies do last night, and he was saying if they can hold it in sometimes why on earth can they not do that all the time lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pottage Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 PS, chickens will only be smelly if you don't follow good sanitary practice. My girlies smell lush - husband thinks I'm a bit odd because I like picking the up and giving them a good sniff I love their little feathery chicken smell We use aubiose in the coop and run which soaks up and smells and prevents flies. I also treat with bio dri once a month. I poo pick twice a day (from their coop in the moring and the run in the evening), and fortnightly I clean all the old aubious from their coop and nest boxes, then hose down the pull out tray & spray it all with poultry sheild before it goes back in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pottage Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Mine go in the compost bin (EDIT - just read this back - my chickens not mine!). You put your chickens in the compost bin? Poor little mites! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 aubiose doesn't rot down very quickly, we put it in one of those builders bags and hubby adds it a layer at a time when he mows the lawn. Seems to do the trick, but at the end of the summer it gets turned over into another bin. We are lucky enough to have room for 2 bins to rotate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Pottage my chickens would LOVE to go in the compost bin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 It all goes in a compost bin, along with the household veg waste and weeds, but no grass. I do struggle sometimes to get it to rot, but a bucket of water from time to time seems to do the trick. The aubiose and the cosy chick rot down okay, but it does take a while. When I get it right the bin rots down as fast as I fill it. It's been 3/4 full since June, and no smell. It's also growing mushrooms - some spore must have got in from the kitchen waste I guess - not that I fancy eating them, but it clearly a thriving eco-system. Grass goes in the wheels bin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Grass needs a good mix around otherwise it settles in squidgey layers. YUK! It gets a bit of a stir every time something else is added - but it does give off a terrific amount of heat when it goes in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsunset Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Just ordered and received a second organic bin from our local council (was chuffed to find it was free as organic) as having a lot of chooks means a lot of poop. Was struggling in the summer with one esp with grass cutting etc as well. Cleaning three houses fills one and leaves no room for garden stuff. I know it's good for the garden but I have excess so new bin has been Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 I have just had a request for chicken poo from someone who lives near my next house once we have moved house. The mind boggles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
