Where did they come from???

[staceyj]

I love the video! I am a crazy chicken momma, I just love my chickens I thank them for my pretty eggs. I know which girl laid which egg so I thank them personally. I don't do the baby talk.

I thank mine individually too! (Even if I have to chase them around the yard to do it) lol.

 

[staceyj]

I was actually just reading about this deep litter concept... I'm not quite sure about it...I'm sort of an OCD clean-freak-basket-case when it comes to waste management of pets...and the thought of just tossing poop in the run...and leaving it be sort of gives me the heebie-jeebies...

I compost mine in a tumbler.

 

[KettermanHillCoop]

I compost mine in a tumbler.

A cup? Not sure what you mean by a tumbler... I've never composted a thing. The thought of decaying stuff near my house just didn't sound appealing to me. lol So I'm really at a loss for understanding the concept.

 

[staceyj]

A cup? Not sure what you mean by a tumbler... I've never composted a thing. The thought of decaying stuff near my house just didn't sound appealing to me. lol So I'm really at a loss for understanding the concept.

I will go outside and take a picture. I was not willing to spend $200 for one of these but for $50 bought off craigslist I was willing to give it a try.

 

[rjohns39]

A cup? Not sure what you mean by a tumbler... I've never composted a thing. The thought of decaying stuff near my house just didn't sound appealing to me. lol So I'm really at a loss for understanding the concept.

If done right, compost will never stink. I use deep litter in my winter housing and it never smells. Now all I need are pigs to finish it in the spring.

 

[staceyj]

 

[KettermanHillCoop]

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Looks like something out of Star Wars... How does it work?

 

[pennyJo1960]

A cup? Not sure what you mean by a tumbler... I've never composted a thing. The thought of decaying stuff near my house just didn't sound appealing to me. lol So I'm really at a loss for understanding the concept.

simple composting letting whatever age for fertilizer we turn it weakly with a pitchfork
they do sell these darn things that you turn but like a box of plywood about 4 x 4 - 2 side by side animal ie chicken goes in one house goes in the other our first compost is ready to garden next year

 

[KettermanHillCoop]

If done right, compost will never stink. I use deep litter in my winter housing and it never smells. Now all I need are pigs to finish it in the spring.

That logic just escapes me...lol How can rotting stuff not stink? Flies...how are the flies? I hate flies...I mean...I HATE FLIES....

 

[staceyj]

They hold a ton.
60 gallons maybe.
I can't remember.
I bought them from a juice bar by the beach who didn't read anything about composting and the balance you have to achieve with "greens and Browns". What they were doing was just filling it up with waste juice pulps. Imagine the smell in the heat.
The guy who sold it to me said that it smelled like the back alley of a frat house and the flies were insane.

I gladly took it off his hands.
So far it's working. One side is amost ready to use. They other is only 1/3 full and will stay in there until deep into the summer probably.
So far no smell at all but I do try to balance what I put in there. And yes. Some wood chips are going in too.
They are breaking down pretty well because I'm adding a compost enzyme that is microbial and gives things a boost.