Chicken Manure as Fertilizer

[ChickensXOXO]

First off, I wasn't sure what section this topic would fall under, so forgive me if I'm in the wrong section!

Now, we garden and such, and I'm wondering about how to use chicken manure as fertilizer -- in a way that won't harm the plants.

Like now, I'd like to use it for blueberry bushes. How close can you put it from the bush without hurting it?

Later, I would like to use it in the garden. So any advice would be helpful.


Thanks!

 

[chicklover16]

Usually chicken manure is too hot to put directly in the ground. stick the manure in a garbage back and let it decompose for a couple of months before using it.

 

[G-Man]

That’s funny I just had this conversation with my Dad.
He worked on a chicken ranch when he was a young man. One of his responsibilities was to clean up the hen houses and tend to the compost piles.
He was also instructed to make a “tea” with some of the manure.
He would shovel the manure into an old burlap potato sack with a big rock to weigh it down. Then he would place these sacks in large drums or garbage cans filled with water. After about a month or so they used it as a liquid fertilizer for the vegetable gardens and it didn't burn the plants.

I know I’m going to try it!

 

[MargaretAnneHK]

Yeah, the fresh is too much, it has to age/decompose a while. I have used it every year for my garden with great results though.

 

[keesmom]

There's a long thread on this subject here

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/624492/using-manure-for-fertalizer