Poop? Chicken, rabbit, or cow?

Love your sense of poopy humor, Jim!

Thanks pirl, you're a sweetheart.

How sweet, Jim!

A neighbor has chickens so I'm curious: how long does the chicken poop have to age and should I mix it with anything? Do I keep it in a closed bag, back by the compost piles, or what are the rules about it?

"Give chicken manure time to age by spreading fresh poultry manure over your soil and turning the dirt at the end of the growing season to allow it time to decompose over the winter.

You can also try making "tea". Chicken manure fertilizer tea; sounds delicious, eh? To make fertilizer tea, scoop the chicken manure into a burlap bag. Then, throw a rock into the bag to weigh it down and place the whole thing into a 35-gallon garbage can. Fill the garbage can with water and let it sit for about three weeks. Once the three weeks are over, you will have nutrient-rich chicken manure fertilizer tea as the water becomes infused with the nutrients from the chicken manure. You can use this fertilizer tea to water your plants to give them a vitamin boost.
Your plants will love you for it. Here's to bigger tomatoes! "
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So I would think if you just put in the garden this fall it will be ready to go in the spring.
The 'tea' can be used right away.....as can Compost Tea.
My Dad, when I was a kid, I am 71 now, used to just , thinly spread it along the rows of the garden, but we had no internet back then.

Thanks, rentman. I could mix some of our compost with it and get more power to the bucket of tea. Great.

This thread has all the markings of SLUGS and BASIL.....grin. Those were fun, informative threads also. Jim is quite the songster, Pirl, and he plays the guitar...understand he is working on a new song..."Poo for Two"....pickin' on ya Jim, grin.

Now on 'House plants' POO Tea is a little (lot) smelly ... but the compost tea, (well it doesn't smell like strawberries), but it's not so bad. ^_^

Yes if we could get audio uploads This would Be a POOO ... POOO site.
You know , Jokes have been deleted, in the Joke form for a lot less that this....

You are so right, Rentman. I guess it just depends on how you are using Poo....grin

aww, over in composting, it is way worse than this. Talking about manure always seems to head in silly directions.

Those folks on composting are old hands at "Poo talk". this is Beginners POO 101, singing about it optional....grin

Can we write a poo song? How about "Amazing Waste"?

Sorry if that offends anyone. It's meant with all good intentions.

I'm laughing out loud at that Pirl, I may never be able to keep a straight face in church again.

Amazing waste, how sweet the smell..

...can save a gardener like me....
I once was lost but now I've found
poo will even save my tree....

Again, no offense intended

Amazing Waste how Sweet the smell, that comes from a wretch like MEEEE....
I once was sweet but now I smell....

I went to church...when I was a little boy.
Need to get out my guitar. Now where is that pick ?

Come on we need more verses...

I just picked up a bale of hay to feed my rabbits................................MORE POO is a coming ^_^

Way to go Moon

Rent, do you raise your rabbits for food or are they pets? I'd like to learn more about raising them, could I keep them in the greenhouse that stays warm in the winter?

I smelled that poo a'coming'
coming round the bin,
It ain't seen the sunshine
since I piled it all in....

Hit it Rentman.....lol

I grow tomatoes to Eat.
I raise rabbits to Eat.....Yummm taste like chicken. ^_^
I have two does and one buck, Adam.
They are NZW, a large breed, they have 5 to 7 babies 31 days after their date with Adam...
Last winter I did have them in my GH, but only because their water bottles (the metal tips) would freeze.
They can handle the winter out side with little trouble.
I will not put them back in the GH this winter...but will have to check their water at 3 AM, Oh what fun.
From the 3 adults and their babies I get more poo than I need. I am now drying it, packing it into Plastic bags for use in the spring and to give to a friend down the road.
They are live stock and need care each and every day, so I will have a 'Time Share Teen Ager' take care of them when we go on a Panama Canal Cruise Dec 10.
There is a lot of info on the web about raising them and , I find they are not much trouble for what they return.

PS Rabbits are quiet, not like chickens, cows. I live within the city and check the laws and the only thing I can't do is put the waist from butchering the into the garbage ????? No problem I dig a hole and into the ground they go. I remember my Dad burring fish 'garbage' that way.

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The first rabbits I butchered, my daughter asked for a rabbits foot, she wanted to dry them and make key rings, I gave her 12 and now every one has a Lucky Rabbits Foot.

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What happen to pjmerritt ??? he started the 'mess'

Pirl, I'd mix the chicken poop with the compost. Chicken poop is hot. Dad always kept chickens. Had his roost built where he could rake them out with a hoe into 5 gal. buckets. One spring when we were planting Irish potatoes, he decided that would be a good place to use the poop. Took a turning plow and opened the rows real deep. He then put about 2 inchs of poop in, raked dirt over it and planted the taters. Course the poop went through a heat and warmed the ground up and in a few days the taters were up and going. Got about six inchs tall and the roots got down to the pure stuff, the next day all 10 rows of potatoes were dead.

Don't mind if you pick at me Moon, know you got a thing for "Jims."

Sure hope they don't sing "Amazing Grace" before I preach Sunday.

They'll wonder why you have such a big grin on your face, Jim!

You are so right, I do like my Jims....grin I hope they don't either....I can just see you having to excuse yourself to the congregation........like to hear your explanation though....lol


Rentman, I think pjmerrit wanted an answer and when he got that answer he went off to shovel a little poo. Either that or he was so impressed by the wealth of information, he became a subscriber and joined the Compost Forum.....but I could be mistaken......grin

Jim this reminds me of a funny story at work...I have to get the kids to bed but I'll be back to tell you.....

On pins and needles, Lynnie. You should have seen me the time I was marrying a young couple and asked the man, "Will you have this woman to be your lawfully bedded wife." Hard to over come that.

For a preacher you have a wee touch of the devil!

I'm guessing his answer was YES! I love fun weddings.

I said, "I think I said that wrong." He said, "I kinda like it." Even the bride had a smile on her face. Did I mention the wedding was in a barn.

were the hay bales full of funny tomatoes?

The only fruit I saw was "road apples."

Sorry I disappeared on ya'll and I am glad ya'll had such fun with my question...I disappeared because my internet wasless inportant the the rent and electric lol. I did however use the rabbit poo and wow nice mators greens and fall squash.. The it froze but this year I am ready more. Thank to you guys..Oh and I got cheaper internet lol...Thks again..
oh ps I am female..luv reading all this ya'll

Welcome back pj, we sure understand about bills, one of the reasons many of us are enlarging our gardens and piling on the poo.

Welcome back PJ. Sorry, screen names aren't printed in pink or blue, so we guess....OOPS! Glad you got things in hand so you could come back to play...GRIN

Hi everyone! Dont mean to hyjack this thread but I have a Poo question for all of you. I see all the good replies about rabbit poo which i have a continueous supply of but I also have Goats. So wot does everyone think about useing Goat Poo immediately in the garden and in potted plants mixed in the soil?

Hi Archsquash. Goat manure is considered to be a "hot" manure , much like cow manure, but not as likely to burn as uncomposted chicken manure.

That being said, I found conflicting info on whether it could be used fresh or required composting time. Here are a couple links with what I found out.

http://usagardener.com/breaking_ground/composting_manure_and_fertilizer.php

http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/composting-basics/goat-manure-fertilizer.htm

http://www.gardenguides.com/115817-compost-goat-manure.html

Hi all,
I am a newbie here. I have 2 indoor rabbits. The droppings end up mixed with a a bit of pellet food, hay, pine shavings and urine. Can I take all of this and compost it and till it into the garden before planting? How long to compost?

ds, you can till it in right away, or side dress when you have plants growing. Rabbit doesn't have to age.

Welcome to DG, ds!

Cathy is right.

Thanks themoonhowl, those sites were informative but as you said contradictive. I was just curious. Ive composted both the goat and rabbit, placed it in the garden in the fall and tilled it in in the spring and used them in spring with out composting and Ive had fabulous luck with them all ways with no probs so I guess ill keep doing wot im doing. Thanks again, all information is helpful.

You are welcome Archsquash. We have never composted manure from the goats, rabbits or the guinea pigs here , but when offering "advice" to another gardener I prefer to explore both sides so they/you can make an "informed" decision. GRIN

We picked up a load of rabbit poop today, I'm happy, the veggie garden is happy, my dog wants to be happy rolling in it, so we had to put up the fence.