The sign of a true chicken addict.

[Happy Chooks]

I convinced my husband that I can justify having more chickens because chicken feed costs less than fertilizer. Therefore if I have more chicken poop, and I compost it, we won't have to buy fertilizer for the garden and it's organic. (organic fertilizer is $$$$$$$)


Well, it worked, and he bought me a compostumbler and he will be building me another coop in the spring.

 

[Countrywife]

Good girl!!

 

[mandelyn]

Awesome!

Do those tumblers work any different/better than the traditional compost "heap" or pile?

 

[3goodeggs]

That's how I got mine.

 

[chickenshagg]

That is whow my addiction started. I had read that chicken poop was the best organic fertilizer so instead of buying poop I bought the whole darn poop machine.

Now I am up to fifteen poop machines with plans to add more in the spring. Funny thing is that in addition to fertilizer the machines give some pretty tasty eggs!

 

[cap1717]

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Can I borrow you husband for a week or two? I need a new coop, too, and a composter would be great!

 

[StupidBird]

SO . . . to make this a better justification, for each 1,000 square feet of vegetable garden, how many chickens are needed to produce enough fertilizer? Or is there an N-P-K per bird per month figure?

 

[Happy Chooks]

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It's "supposed" to make compost in 14 days vs the 1 year it would take to break down in the heap.

 

[Happy Chooks]

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You laugh...............................but................................my garden is 40 feet by 80 feet.

So I NEED LOTS of chickens!