What to do with litter in the winter?

[momofonly]

So here's another question about dealing with the snow cover of winter. I'd like to change the litter in the coop regularly instead of using the deep litter method. We have a compost pile for yard trimmings, but it is buried or mostly buried in snow for most of the winter. So what can I do with the soiled litter in the winter?

I was thinking that maybe putting it in a big trash can until I could dump it later would work, but that would probably really stink. Maybe I could put it in the municipal trash, just like I do with the cat litter and wintertime dog poop?

Any ideas? Thanks!

 

[Ridgerunner]

Why not pile it on top of the snow in the compost pile?

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

I'm going to put mine around my fruit trees. But we don't usually get much snow, and sometimes none at all. What about a compost BIN? So that you don't see the mess.

 

[CoyoteMagic]

Get a couple of plastic trash cans and shovel it into those. It will build up heat and break down, over the winter. You can use it in gardens come spring.

 

[jaj121159]

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Make sure you let it breakdown first or it will burn up the tree. Fruit trees are especially delicate.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

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Make sure you let it breakdown first or it will burn up the tree. Fruit trees are especially delicate.

TY for the advice!

 

[Orchid]

You can just throw it on your compost pile as you normally would; in the spring the snow will melt and composting will continue as usual.

 

[HeritageHens]

You could put an ad on Craigslist and someone will gladly take it off your hands! I do this for the rabbit rescue organization and get about 6 large bags weekly. You can spread rabbit poop immediately as it doesn't burn but I compost it anyway.

 

[The Kibble Goddess]

Gosh, it would drive me nuts to have that much organics leaving my place. It's warm enough here most winters that the compost keeps going. If not, I just keep heaping it up and it takes off in the spring. I have a 3 bin composter and it takes a year to fill one bin as with the summer heat it cooks down quick in the summer.

 

[KBChicks]

Our compost pile is about a football field away from the coop. DH has a giant toboggan he'll load up with chicken poo & hay to drag down & put on top of the snow-covered compost