Composting Chicken Manure

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UrbanCrestFarm

UrbanCrestFarm

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May 22, 2013
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With 20 chickens, I have a lot of chicken manure and straw bedding for the compost pile. Anybody know what a good material would be to add to the compost for countering all the poop? Thanks!
 
Chicken manure is a "green" and straw is a "brown"...perfect combination for a compost. We also add grass clippings, leaves, pine needles, garden clippings and dead plants, egg shells, coffee grounds, shredded paper (stay away from printed paper) and just about anything else we can think of, but stay away from any meat, dairy products, dog and cat poop.
 
I heard no meat and no citrus in the compost so I have added some old cheese and pasta with cheese. Is this bad then since it's dairy?
 
I compost a bunch of citrus since I have 7 trees, just chop it into big chunks and mix it in with the wood shavings, chicken poop, grass clippings, cuttings, coffee grinds, and other green kitchen waste, if you have enough other items in your compost, a little pasta won't hurt. I wouldn't add anymore cheese though, unless you bury it in a huge pile.
 
I have never heard to not put citrus in the compost. I wouldn't put cheese in the compost but also wouldn't bother digging out a small amount that got in there. I often figure a lot of the scraps I put in my compost get snacked by some vermin anyway.
 

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