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  1. RoyalChick

    Harvesting my Chicken Run Compost - Black Gold!

    Thank you for explaining - that is exactly what I do. I have a board running around the base of the run which contains most of it and the little that spills out isn't a big deal.
  2. RoyalChick

    Harvesting my Chicken Run Compost - Black Gold!

    I have the same situation - I put a roof on the run so it is very dry. I dump the water out of the waterers like you do, and sometimes I actually water the ground - particularly when it is hot as the chickens like the damp dirt to cool off in. Also when it rains heavily the dirt gets damp even...
  3. RoyalChick

    Harvesting my Chicken Run Compost - Black Gold!

    Yes, that is what I was wondering. The bedding in my coop and run just sort of absorbs all manner of organic stuff I toss in there - the chickens spread it around and eventually I come and dig some up and put it around the roses. It isn't as beautiful as what @gtaus shows - I don't sift I just...
  4. RoyalChick

    Harvesting my Chicken Run Compost - Black Gold!

    I love your set-up. I have had trouble really composting in my chicken run because the chickens don't just stir it up they spread it around. It all rots down eventually but it isn't the concentrated, heat generating decomposition process that I would get in a 'bin'. Do you just heap it up or...
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