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:thumbsup Sounds like a good plan. It's a shame to have to buy compost when you have chickens and a chicken run that can produce more compost than you could use in a year. Adding all those organics to a section of your uncovered chicken run will turn that material into compost before you know...

I have been sifting chicken run compost this past week, mixing it with topsoil 1:1. I use that mix to top off the last 6-8 inches of my raised garden beds. It really works well for me. I snapped a quick picture of me dumping grass clippings into the chicken run. The chickens will scratch...

👍 That's great that you have so many people contributing to your compost project. Sounds like you will have lots of material to work with in the run. You should have a really nice mix with all those leaves and grass clippings.

The chicken run compost I took out of the chicken run was already composted down to a rich, dark, black color. If you like the smell of dirt, it had a great earthy smell. Very nice for compost. Picture of one wagon full of chicken run compost harvested from the chicken run this year.... In...

I have been busy making pallet wood raised beds, sifting compost, and filling/topping off my garden beds with a mix of high quality Red River topsoil and chicken run compost mixed 1:1. I improved my setup this year by having the topsoil and chicken run compost both at the cement mixer compost...

:clap It's really great to hear stories about people doing good deeds that are also beneficial to them. That's a true win-win. The cemetery gets cleaned up by the scouts doing a good deed, and instead of dumping all those leaves in a landfill, you can use it in your chicken run to make compost...

:clap Yes. When I first got my chicks, I was concerned that they would get bored out in the chicken run. So, I tried a number of chicken toys for their amusement. Nothing really worked and the toys went unused or became obstacles to go around. They were more interested in digging up the grass...

Just when it starts to feel like spring might come, we got another 3 day blizzard shutting down the schools, canceling most activities, and dumping about 1 foot of new snow on us. It could have been worse, but the storm tacked north of us in it's final approach. My raised garden beds are 16...

I had hoped to start some seedlings this year inside the house, using my chicken run compost to mix in with other potting material to make soil blocks. But some of seeds I bought indicate I need to start them 8-10 weeks before our last frost date. For me, that's like next week. Unfortunately, I...

:idunno I don't consider finding a better way to complete a job as being lazy. I mean, you can chop down a tree with an axe, and work really hard. Or, you can use a chainsaw and fell the tree in a couple of minutes. :lau Years ago, I heard a joke about an aging pitcher that was getting...

:thumbsup That is an awesome setup. Very well done. Very informational. Looks like a perfect demonstration for anybody getting into composting. I love how you used the wire frame on the wheelbarrow to show people how easy it is to get into shifting your compost. I did that for years and years...

I can tell you that my run setup is simply 2X4 welded wire fencing on T-posts and I have bird netting stretched over the top. I live on a lake, and we have hawks and Bald Eagles overhead all the time. The bird netting has prevented any aerial attacks for over 4 years that I have had chickens...

At least we can load up a trailer full of free wood chips at the local county landfill. So, that is one positive. For the first 2 years with chickens, I used wood chips in both my chicken run and the coop. But the last 2 years I have switched over to using paper shreds in the coop, and when I...

Glad to hear this idea has value to you. I can attest to the fact the chicken run composting system is the best way of composting that I have used. The chickens do most of the work and they love it! I just have 2X4 welded wire fencing on T-posts, as well. So, I am not too concerned about any...

I think I would enjoy in-person meetings with other people interested in community composting. I guess I'll have to settle for posts back and forth here on the BYC forums. Last summer I was out at our county landfill. People bring loads of yard waste out there, like leaves, grass clippings...

Thanks for the insight. I might try the welded wire fence ring this year. I think that would give the grain a little more time to sprout and grow. I think I might just pull out the grazing frame I put in there last year. Or, maybe I'll add more wood to the frame to have it sit higher above the...

Please keep this thread updated on that experiment with sprouting your spring peas in the compost. I'd really like to hear how that works out for you. I made a nice grazing frame for the chicken run last year, thinking grass would grow up through the hardware cloth and the chickens would have...

Please keep this thread updated on that experiment with sprouting your spring peas in the compost. I'd really like to hear how that works out for you. I made a nice grazing frame for the chicken run last year, thinking grass would grow up through the hardware cloth and the chickens would have...

:clap That sounds like a great plan. I would love to do that, too, but I live on a lake and we have hawks and Bald Eagles overhead all the time. I would not have any chickens left if I let them outside the run with no protective cover. I have a small creek running through my property, and I...

:clap Nothing better than having a backyard garden right next to the backyard chickens! That's why I am moving my garden efforts from the main garden to my backyard right next to the chickens. Less effort all the way around. Sift the compost at the chicken run and wheel the cart to the raised...