What to do with Chicken poop?

[Leesa Blank]

What does everyone do with their chicken poop? I've been reading a TON and have decided I want to use sand. I have horses so I know all about picking poop up every day. My question is, what does everyone do with their poop that DOES NOT have a compost pile? I do not have the room or desire to do that (I don't garden, we barely have a lawn), nor do I have the room to have a "manure pile" like I do with the horses at the barn. Thanks!

 

[PD-Riverman]

What does everyone do with their chicken poop? I've been reading a TON and have decided I want to use sand. I have horses so I know all about picking poop up every day. My question is, what does everyone do with their poop that DOES NOT have a compost pile? I do not have the room or desire to do that (I don't garden, we barely have a lawn), nor do I have the room to have a "manure pile" like I do with the horses at the barn. Thanks!

I am the wrong one to answer this because of hatching 1000's of chicks and having poop piles as big as cars-----why can't you just send it out with the trash if you do not want to add it to your flower beds or give it to a neighbor with a garden----he would Love it!?

 

[Leesa Blank]

I didn't know if it was illegal to throw it in the trash?

 

[lazy gardener]

I never have enough chicken poop, so I am not able to answer this question. I might bag it up in old feed bags and offer it to my gardening friends.

 

[LexsPeeps]

Is it safe to add fresh chicken poo to the garden or will it burn the plants?

 

[aart]

What does everyone do with their chicken poop? I've been reading a TON and have decided I want to use sand. I have horses so I know all about picking poop up every day. My question is, what does everyone do with their poop that DOES NOT have a compost pile? I do not have the room or desire to do that (I don't garden, we barely have a lawn), nor do I have the room to have a "manure pile" like I do with the horses at the barn. Thanks!

What do you do with your horse poop pile?
I'd just toss the chicken poop on the horse poop pile.
How many chickens will you have?

I don't do much gardening nor do I have a compost pile,
so I give all my chicken poop to friend who do have a compost setup and a large garden.
Have 4 buckets that we rotate 2 at a time.

 

[Wandercreek]

I'm one of those that regards chicken poop as a bonus rather than a problem to deal with. I second the notion of giving it away to a gardening/composting friend. It's a valuable fertilizer. If you don't have such friends, an add on craigslist will probably get you more takers than you can share with.

Or just dig a small hole in the back corner of your lawn and put it in there. It will decompose quickly.

 

[Leesa Blank]

My horses are not at my house, and unfortunately any neighbors that I do have, have animals of their own. If I dig a hole, is the smell horrible?

 

[lazy gardener]

It should not be bad at all.

 

[Wandercreek]

My horses are not at my house, and unfortunately any neighbors that I do have, have animals of their own. If I dig a hole, is the smell horrible?

Covered, no. You shouldn't smell it at all.