Chicken manure for the gardn

[cloverof4]

What and how does anyone use there manure for their garden?Please give me some feed back as Im a longtime gardener but have never used chicken manure now I have hen and think I just might thanks

 

[ChooksinChoppers]

just one hen though? havnt you heard of chicken math? in any case chickens do better with a buddy or two

 

[Axle Quails]

lol chicken math is addicting lol

i went out and bought another baby bantam haha so i got 3

and

And alot people do use chicken manure - i do sometimes

 

[pdsavage]

several ways to do it this site will explain it better then I can

How to Use Chicken Manure as Garden Fertilizer

http://www.ehow.com/how_4800618_use-chicken-manure-garden-fertilizer.html

 

[Gardengirl 2011]

When I clean out the pen and chicken run(I only have 3 hens) I just shovel everything into the wheelbarrow and toss it far enough away from the plants as to not burn them with the manure. Chicken manure runs hot, so it's actually suggested to compost it first. I'm lazy about things like that though and topdress the sides of the rows or in between plants.

 

[Axle Quails]

i just dig mine in to the ground and let it rot in haha

Im lazy

 

[MamaRoo]

During the winter I spread the coop cleanins on my garden bed, kinda like mulch. Stop around February so it has time to mellow before planting. I also have kitchen cupboards from a remodel that I'm making into raised beds. During the summer I dump the coop crap in these to slowly build up soil so I can eventually plant here.

 

[KristyHall]

welcome to BYC

i agree with the others. it is best to compost it first. mix it with plenty of plant matter so it won't burn up too fast and destroy some of the vital nutrients plants need in the process

 

[fuzziebutt]

It will burn the plants. We keep it in a pile during the summer, and in the fall hubbo tills it into the garden, then tills again in the spring.


And I also just wanted to say "Coop Crap". Neato!