I'm thinking about getting a compost bin for the chicken poop. Can someone please give me a brief dummies guide to composting?
So if I'm understanding it correctly my current plan is this: every week I rake the floor of the run (which is dirt). I use sand inside my coop so I sift poop with a kitty litter scoop daily. I collect the dirt and the poo in a bucket all week and then dump it in the composter and wet it down with some water. Turn the composter once a week.
We can still add yard trimmings and kitchen scraps, right? I use it inside the coop and mix it with the sand. Also, what do you do with the sand if you use it? I clean out the old sand and replace it with fresh sand about every 6 months. Can we dump it in the grass in the yard or is that not advisable since we mix sweet pdz with the sand?
I have a feeling I'm making this way more complicated and confusing than it needs to be.
So if I'm understanding it correctly my current plan is this: every week I rake the floor of the run (which is dirt). I use sand inside my coop so I sift poop with a kitty litter scoop daily. I collect the dirt and the poo in a bucket all week and then dump it in the composter and wet it down with some water. Turn the composter once a week.
We can still add yard trimmings and kitchen scraps, right? I use it inside the coop and mix it with the sand. Also, what do you do with the sand if you use it? I clean out the old sand and replace it with fresh sand about every 6 months. Can we dump it in the grass in the yard or is that not advisable since we mix sweet pdz with the sand?
I have a feeling I'm making this way more complicated and confusing than it needs to be.