I've been composting for a little while (prior to getting chickens), and my main motivation for it was actually to reduce trash AND to reduce food-in-trash which would attract pests.
However, I read somewhere that "they" said you can only put vegetable kitchen scraps into compost. Which is what I have been doing. Mainly because "they" know much more about composting than I would.
Last Fall I cleaned out my fish garden pond and added the muck at the bottom. That stuff was thick, black, and AMAZING!
Now I have chickens. I am thinking of doing something like this https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/composting-with-chickens although a little more small-scale.
I've been reading threads here about composting with/for chickens. One comment said "I throw meat bones out to my chickens and they are picked clean!"
So does that mean it is okay to put meat products in my compost pile which my chickens are working?
I know chickens are omnivores. I never really fully understood why "they" say you can not put meat products into compost.
I would love to be able to do this, since that would essentially eliminate my food "garbage" and also the whole "pests in the garbage" thing.
However, I read somewhere that "they" said you can only put vegetable kitchen scraps into compost. Which is what I have been doing. Mainly because "they" know much more about composting than I would.
Last Fall I cleaned out my fish garden pond and added the muck at the bottom. That stuff was thick, black, and AMAZING!
Now I have chickens. I am thinking of doing something like this https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/composting-with-chickens although a little more small-scale.
I've been reading threads here about composting with/for chickens. One comment said "I throw meat bones out to my chickens and they are picked clean!"
So does that mean it is okay to put meat products in my compost pile which my chickens are working?
I know chickens are omnivores. I never really fully understood why "they" say you can not put meat products into compost.
I would love to be able to do this, since that would essentially eliminate my food "garbage" and also the whole "pests in the garbage" thing.