Quail droppings as fertilizer?

[Kaya1]

I'm just curious to see if anyone has any experience with using their bird waste as a fertilizer, or if anyone knows the best way to process their waste, other than just dumping it in the trash?

 

[JaeG]

Quail poop needs composting just like chicken manure before use in the garden, otherwise, as it decomposes in your garden it will produce enough heat to damage your plants. I think duck manure is the only one that can be used fresh without a risk of burning your plants.

This was quite a good site about different ways you can compost: https://www.google.com/url?q=http:/...BAVgQFggTMAI&usg=AOvVaw2ciu-5WWibDSuXDwU-nwP_

 

[Kaya1]

Quail poop needs composting just like chicken manure before use in the garden, otherwise, as it decomposes in your garden it will produce enough heat to damage your plants. I think duck manure is the only one that can be used fresh without a risk of burning your plants.

This was quite a good site about different ways you can compost: https://www.google.com/url?q=http:/...BAVgQFggTMAI&usg=AOvVaw2ciu-5WWibDSuXDwU-nwP_

Thank you. My birds often poop in their water dishes, and I've been pouring the poop water on our flowers. They're blooming like crazy now!

 

[JaeG]

Thank you. My birds often poop in their water dishes, and I've been pouring the poop water on our flowers. They're blooming like crazy now!

A little won't hurt (as you've discovered to your plants benefit). I did like the idea of making 'poop tea' from that article too. Much faster than piling it up and waiting a year for it to break down.

 

[purslanegarden]

Poop tea or water with just a little bit of poop, has been diluted enough that you could pour it on the ground of a nearby plant. What people usually mean by not using something hot and fresh is, for example, when you clean the bottom tray of a quail pen and you take all that stuff and just toss it in one big pile at the base of a rose bush, thinking that it will help the flowers. That could hurt the bush instead.