Texas

[TammyTX]

My chicken poop sits for about 6 months or longer. I only have to clean about twice a year under the roost because of my coop set up. Then all poop goes into the compost bed where it sits for at least a month, sometimes several before I use it.

One thing I will caution you about is making sure you don't have nitrogen heavy mixes. I grew sweet potatoes that were BEAUTIFUL this past summer...unfortunately, only the vines were beautiful because I had too much nitrogen which produces wonderful foliage, but not so much fruit. If I had been grown a leaf crop everything would have been great.

So, use your chicken poop, but also use plenty of brown ingredients like leaves, hay or DRIED grass clippings. Green clippings can be used too, but again, nitrogen.

 

[Ms Jellybean]

Snow on Tuesday????? Better makesure i find mine and the kiddos gloves

I went to a garden class this morning! You should have gone, it was put on by the collin county master gardeners and was soooo helpful. And it was free..lol
I dont see my beds being ready this weekend...as we still have done NOTHING to prepare.
They said onion should be in this week or next week:/ id REALLY like some onions this year so im trying! Lol

Yep, chance of snow. The forecast for the upcoming week is not pretty.

You could aways start the onions in a big pot and then transplant them into your garden. Just a thought.

 

[Brookshire11]

My chicken poop sits for about 6 months or longer.  I only have to clean about twice a year under the roost because of my coop set up.  Then all poop goes into the compost bed where it sits for at least a month, sometimes several before I use it.

One thing I will caution you about is making sure you don't have nitrogen heavy mixes.  I grew sweet potatoes that were BEAUTIFUL this past summer...unfortunately, only the vines were beautiful because I had too much nitrogen which produces wonderful foliage, but not so much fruit.  If I had been grown a leaf crop everything would have been great. 

So, use your chicken poop, but also use plenty of brown ingredients like leaves, hay or DRIED grass clippings.  Green clippings can be used too, but again, nitrogen.

thanks!
Yeah i just went and raked up all my leaves/dead dry grass and piled it. Lol. I think oys a bradfotd pear that i have out back. My only tree..lol but i love it
Got excited and thought it was a cherry tree because during the ice storm it looked like it had cherries growing lol

 

[ronniewayne]

Hi all!! I'm in Georgetown, North if Austin. I have newish small flock and am looking into going all out Wyandotte. Who raises, sells, breeds, etc Wyandottes in Tx and wheres the best places to purchase good blood lines?

I would try txmja or something close to that a few pages back she posted pics from the bluebonnet classic with some show winning slw and glw. she is in north tx somewhere I think. welcome to byc

 

[hensfortherapy]

I love the way Murphy is looking in this one. They are getting back to their adventurous selves. Murphy flew over the chicken fence to explore the yard, even though the gate was open. Juliette went through the gate and then they explored my daughter's play house. It was so fun to watch them wander around.

Which breed is Murphy?

 

[Brookshire11]

Yep, chance of snow.  The forecast for the upcoming week is not pretty.

You could aways start the onions in a big pot and then transplant them into your garden.  Just a thought. 

Thats a good idea! I have a rectangular planter i could put them in!

 

[hensfortherapy]

Hi 8isenuff,
I am not too far from you in Liberty Hill. I too would love to find Wyandottes. I bought what I was told were Wyandottes, but they ended up being Brown Leghorns. Funny thing was I did not even realize it or think about it for a year and a 1/2.

This white one is suppose to be a Rhode Island White, but I have my doubts. Maybe a single comb variety.

 

[granthamkk]

Which breed is Murphy?

Both are welsummers, not show quality but lovely personalities and they lay beautiful eggs.

 

[gameandmore]

So I will be going to the stock show tomorrow for the poultry show... My sister went today and she said all the birds were so beautiful and she's not even a chicken person! So I can't wait!

 

[lovingmyhens]

It doesn't take much to start a compost pile.  I've started them with nothing more than a six foot length of fence zip-tied into a tube and anchored to the ground with a couple of sticks.  Just start filling it up with dried leaves, grass clippings, kitchen waste and chicken poop. 

It also doesn't take much to grow things like herbs and lettuce.  A packet of seeds and some dirt and a coffee can with holes poked in the bottom. 

If we wait until everything is perfect to start, then sometimes we never start. 

So true so true!