What do I do with chicken poop if i don't have a compost pile?

[gal_amy]

We just brush it out to the yard with thre pine chips.

i still smell a strong sense of pnemonia. the ground is still rock hard

 

[triplepurpose]

But composting is so easy and, truth be told, it's a really interesting thing to do. All that good manure is going to make large quantities of humus nutritious and fertile.

I have 4 piles so when I sift out some beautiful earthy humus that smells like fertility I can look over and get an immediate reminder of the tree limbs and bones and groady stuff from the back of the fridge and the slimy dead leaves that made it and the miracle that transformed it. I get really excited about that. No kidding! ... possibly because I'm much better at compost than the actual gardening. BUT my marginal gardening attempts would be that much more disappointing save for my lovely humus.

Oh, I couldn’t agree more! That comment wasn’t intended to disparage the wonders of compost humus in any way... only meant that classical compost methods aren’t totally essential for feeding the soil with manure.

 

[IamRainey]

Oh! Please don't think I was correcting you in any way. I'm a BIG fan of no rules and make it work for you. The more creativity and making it fit individual needs, the better!

Aside from that, I saw a note in my e-mail (can't find it here) that some people are dealing with frozen ground where the poo just sits exposed and doing nothing. Along with make your own rules goes we're all in different circumstances. So you (in the most general sense) do you and I'll do me! And hooray for all of us!

 

[Larry Rose]

It is illegal some places.
Apparently it is in the city of St. Louis.
In my classes at the community college inside city limits, I advise to compost. I got a letter from the city thanking me for teaching the poultry classes but told me to inform my students that it was illegal to have an open compost pile in city limits.

So get a compost bin. The kind that is Barrel shaped and sits on a frame that you can turn over periodically. Or use a 55 gallon drum that has a removable locking end/cover. Put it on an X-frame and rotate it manually. Drill some holes in it for air, because it needs air to work. Keep it moist for faster decomposition. This omits the "Open Compost Pile Violation". If it smells badly, add a little powdered Lime. Hope this solves your problem.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

So get a compost bin. The kind that is Barrel shaped and sits on a frame that you can turn over periodically. Or use a 55 gallon drum that has a removable locking end/cover. Put it on an X-frame and rotate it manually. Drill some holes in it for air, because it needs air to work. Keep it moist for faster decomposition. This omits the "Open Compost Pile Violation". If it smells badly, add a little powdered Lime. Hope this solves your problem.

Thanks. All good advice. But it isn't my problem. I have huge 3 stage piles in 3 sided bins. It isn't illegal here, I'm in a different city. It is the students who live in the area's largest city who have that limitation.
We have 92 different cities in the county plus the city of St. Louis. So across the area there are 93 different sets of rules.

ETA
That also means that one person may be allowed to have 4 hens while their neighbor across the street (in another city) can have none and another neighbor down the street (in still another city) can have unlimited numbers of chickens and roosters.

 

[culturalinfidel]

You could likely sell it on Craigslist. We put a posting for people to bring their own 5 gallon buckets and i filled them for 5$ a piece. And i have takers every time i list it. When i am in the mood to clean the whole coop i just repost it.

Or if you post it in the free section many people will come and haul it away. All of it!

Well, I know what I'm going to try next time I do a big cleanout!

 

[IamRainey]

Hope it buys you a bag of feed to start the cycle over again.

 

[Kuntry Klucker]

Bag it and throw it in the dumpster, or if you are scooping bedding too, you can burn it.

I was wondering about this. Do you know if it legal?

 

[Coopscraft]

Mix it with fish guts and put it in your neighbor’s dumpster.

 

[aart]

Bag it and throw it in the dumpster, or if you are scooping bedding too, you can burn it.

I was wondering about this. Do you know if it legal?

Which... the dumpster or the burning?
Guess it would depend on your locale and garbage service....or how sneaky you can be tossing it in someone else's dumpster(like a commercial dumpster).