New composting room off the chicken run

[Dukeofhawg]

I think the ladies like it. We put all or table scraps and garden trimmings in here..... They use their dinosaur claws to break it up and eat what they like.


And, yes, they are spoiled...

 

[iyaibeji]

That sounds brilliant.
Can you give some details on the size and build of it?
I am very interested in doing something similar.

 

[aart]

Reminds me of a concept drawing I saw using the chooks to help process the compost in between annually rotating garden plots. Chooks spend one summer in garden plot on right also with access to compost in middle behind coop, then switch the following year.

 

[RollinWithTheStones]

That's awesome, I'm moving my compost into the run this summer. Hopefully I'll go from a 10'x10' run to a 50'x12'

 

[foulplay]

would you be able to do it with chickens on pasture? like bring the compost to them in a crate or something made of skids.

 

[foulplay]

Like this?

 

[RollinWithTheStones]

That's what my compost is currently, 3 pallets nailed together with a few boards across the top. They get in there all the time and have a field day. I put a lower side on the front so it was easier to get my wheel barrow to it and dumped.

 

[busymadre]

Thought about starting a "pallet" type compost, but was told they would easily rot. Aren't you afraid the pallets will rot?
FYI: If you go on Craigs List, the "FREE" section sometimes has pallets available.

 

[foulplay]

Thought about starting a "pallet" type compost, but was told they would easily rot. Aren't you afraid the pallets will rot?
FYI: If you go on Craigs List, the "FREE" section sometimes has pallets available.

We have used the compost piles with the skids and they last two or three years depending on how good of shape they were before.

 

[RollinWithTheStones]

Thought about starting a "pallet" type compost, but was told they would easily rot. Aren't you afraid the pallets will rot?
FYI: If you go on Craigs List, the "FREE" section sometimes has pallets available.

My pallet composter is going on 3 years and aside from some boards falling off, it's holding up fine. I had pressure treated pallets though. I have also seen some people make them out of pallets and then line them with some heavy duty plastic (like the kind for lining a pond) and that worked out okay.