Sooo cute!!!!!!
Texas
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Cute!
Welcome to the Texas thread! I'm sorry about your hens. I hope your new flock will prosper.
Just gorgeous!
Howdy,
and Welcome to the Texas thread!
The Chick Addict
Crossing the Road
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Hello! Welcome to the Texas thread, glad to have you here!
ATXInstantFlock
Songster
So my jr chicken farmer and I had a super productive Sunday. Since we're all wimps now, we waited out the "chilly" morning temps and waited until it was in the 60s/70s in the mid afternoon. On top of the usual Sunday chores to refill their food/water, we decided the coop was getting a bit too poopy so I dumped out the contents of the coop and shoveled 3 wheelbarrow loads of chicken poop/dust out of the poultry pen and over to my little compost pile. We gave them fresh pine shavings for the nesting boxes, fresh pellets for the coop, and cleaned/refilled their oyster shells feeders, too. Not too bad for a roughly once/quarter activity. I think I overdid it with pellets last time, so I'm going to try just a single bag this time and supplement as we go.
There's only one problem. One of my doga keeps hanging out near the compost pile that's aging all the chicken poo, pine shavings, and pellets dust.
Argh, we have all these biosecurity protocols to avoid tracking chicken poop into the house and my dog goes and undermines everything! Argh!
P.S. if anyone has any particular helpful links on the best way to manage chicken poop into usable compost (potentially used for lawn top dressing, trees, and plant beds), they would be much appreciated.
There's only one problem. One of my doga keeps hanging out near the compost pile that's aging all the chicken poo, pine shavings, and pellets dust.
Argh, we have all these biosecurity protocols to avoid tracking chicken poop into the house and my dog goes and undermines everything! Argh!P.S. if anyone has any particular helpful links on the best way to manage chicken poop into usable compost (potentially used for lawn top dressing, trees, and plant beds), they would be much appreciated.
At lest hes not rolling somethings excrement and you don't notice till hes on the couch.So my jr chicken farmer and I had a super productive Sunday. Since we're all wimps now, we waited out the "chilly" morning temps and waited until it was in the 60s/70s in the mid afternoon. On top of the usual Sunday chores to refill their food/water, we decided the coop was getting a bit too poopy so I dumped out the contents of the coop and shoveled 3 wheelbarrow loads of chicken poop/dust out of the poultry pen and over to my little compost pile. We gave them fresh pine shavings for the nesting boxes, fresh pellets for the coop, and cleaned/refilled their oyster shells feeders, too. Not too bad for a roughly once/quarter activity. I think I overdid it with pellets last time, so I'm going to try just a single bag this time and supplement as we go.
There's only one problem. One of my doga keeps hanging out near the compost pile that's aging all the chicken poo, pine shavings, and pellets dust.
P.S. if anyone has any particular helpful links on the best way to manage chicken poop into usable compost (potentially used for lawn top dressing, trees, and plant beds), they would be much appreciated.
I don't even really try anymore on the bio except when going to TSC. Shoes for the chicken stuff and other shoes for other things. No dog here but cats and I can't keep them from walking in it.
Chicken poop is hot (high nitrogen content = ammonia). I mix mine with wood chips, leaves, amazon boxes, junk mail & other browns (carbon) to absorb & convert to garden gold. 10 gallons coop scoop to 10 gallons of wood chips in alternate layers. Best to wet it, but i wait for rain. Watering the compost will speed up the conversion.So my jr chicken farmer and I had a super productive Sunday. Since we're all wimps now, we waited out the "chilly" morning temps and waited until it was in the 60s/70s in the mid afternoon. On top of the usual Sunday chores to refill their food/water, we decided the coop was getting a bit too poopy so I dumped out the contents of the coop and shoveled 3 wheelbarrow loads of chicken poop/dust out of the poultry pen and over to my little compost pile. We gave them fresh pine shavings for the nesting boxes, fresh pellets for the coop, and cleaned/refilled their oyster shells feeders, too. Not too bad for a roughly once/quarter activity. I think I overdid it with pellets last time, so I'm going to try just a single bag this time and supplement as we go.
There's only one problem. One of my doga keeps hanging out near the compost pile that's aging all the chicken poo, pine shavings, and pellets dust.
P.S. if anyone has any particular helpful links on the best way to manage chicken poop into usable compost (potentially used for lawn top dressing, trees, and plant beds), they would be much appreciated.
For the dog, build a better fence.
TokoBird
Chirping
Back when I lived on a horse farm, we had a dog that LOVED to roll in the fresh horse manure over in the compost pile. She especially loved smushing her face and chest into it.So my jr chicken farmer and I had a super productive Sunday. Since we're all wimps now, we waited out the "chilly" morning temps and waited until it was in the 60s/70s in the mid afternoon. On top of the usual Sunday chores to refill their food/water, we decided the coop was getting a bit too poopy so I dumped out the contents of the coop and shoveled 3 wheelbarrow loads of chicken poop/dust out of the poultry pen and over to my little compost pile. We gave them fresh pine shavings for the nesting boxes, fresh pellets for the coop, and cleaned/refilled their oyster shells feeders, too. Not too bad for a roughly once/quarter activity. I think I overdid it with pellets last time, so I'm going to try just a single bag this time and supplement as we go.
There's only one problem. One of my doga keeps hanging out near the compost pile that's aging all the chicken poo, pine shavings, and pellets dust.
P.S. if anyone has any particular helpful links on the best way to manage chicken poop into usable compost (potentially used for lawn top dressing, trees, and plant beds), they would be much appreciated.
The only options that worked were:
1) Keep her on a leash, or in a fenced paddock with whatever larger animals she was meant to guard
2) Fence the compost pile so she can't get in.
3) Let her get gross, but she's not allowed back into the house until she has a proper bath OUTSIDE.
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