Chicken Composting

[Runawaylobster]

I was just reading the article about composting with chickens and I had an idea. Currently my run has sand in it but i have to buy it and get it delivered which gets crazy expensive. BUT I have a lychee orchard and I am knee deep in dead leaves all the time, so after reading the article i put 2 and 2 together and came up with 14...... can I compost some of these leaves in the chicken run??

 

[goldfinches]

As long as they aren't poisonous. (I googled and couldn't figure it out.)

I actually just started doing the same thing. I got 14 bags of leaves from my sister's yard and filled my run with them. The chickens love scratching them and it should begin composting and enhancing my soil. I hope to plant some shrubs for them after it's been improved.

 

[Runawaylobster]

Thats awesome,

I don't think they are poisonous because they range out in the orchard and they seem OK

thank you for the googling.

can't wait to try it

Lesley

 

[goldfinches]

Thats awesome,

I don't think they are poisonous because they range out in the orchard and they seem OK

thank you for the googling.

can't wait to try it

Lesley

Wonderful! Yes, dump them in there. It's wonderful.