Your explanation made me to subscribe your channel. Thanks for uploading such informative video in detail and easily understandable manner. Love from India.
Well,it makes sense when you scoop ur cop and chicken yard ur gonna put it in a pile, do you ADD anything to the pile? how do you keep smell down when you scoop??? I dont recall my grandmother even composting think she burnt hers, but its been a Lotta years...need more details...thanks
Not sure if you responded to comments: we use sand in our coop so we go in each morning with a cat litter scoop then put it on top of the compost pile which is mostly leaves, the chickens scratch at it and about once a week we turn the pile. Well now that I need to allow time for the compost to turn before spring I’ve started putting the manure in 5 gal buckets. Since it’s in buckets im not sure how to make it cold fertilizer now. Will it turn on its own? Should I fill it half & half with water? Do I need to leave a head space to allow the bucket to burp? Could I just make it its own compost pile & let it get dry & dusty help please 🤷♂️
We thought we would just put the deep litter (chicken manure + pine shavings) into the bed. We put it in on Oct 1 and will plant in mid Feb. Will this work?
It should. That should be enough time for the chicken manure to break down where it won't burn plants. Chicken manure has high amounts of nitrogen which is why we (and other gardeners) recommend not putting it directly on your garden beds during the season. It's sort of concentrated and needs lots of carbon (like pine shavings, leaves, chips) to help it decompose. We prefer to put our chicken manure in our compost pile, usually in October too, and let it decompose and mix with other materials there. But as long as you have plenty of shavings to mix with the manure, it should be fine in your bed.
What is ur website I didn’t get the link? Thanks for the video I’m new to composting but have had chickens for years I want to use even my retired egg layers for something good! I would love to learn more!
Good evening mam I got a small grocery bag of chicken manure from my local farmer. I got it in june, as soon as I got it I dried it in hot sun 90 degrees for 2 days. Now my question is , is it safe to compost it? I live in a condo. Can I compost it in a container?
I’m currently in the process of growing boysenberries in my backyard and I just ordered some chicken manure from Amazon prime and I can’t wait to to add them to my plants and now I’m watching this to get an idea of I’ll need to do when it arrives to my house. So you to understanding, you can’t just add them to your plants, right??? You have to compost them and then add them? Although, I hope the pack of manure I’ll be getting comes with instructions.
Hi Carlos. Not sure what to tell you. I have never bought chicken manure before. I didn't even know you could get it from Amazon. I guess you can get just about anything from Amazon. We do always compost our chicken manure before adding it to our garden. Straight manure is high in nitrogen and can damage plants if too much is added directly. I would definitely compost manure from Amazon. Not sure where the manure comes from, but unless I was absolutely sure it came from an organic farm, I would want to send it through my own system first. If the manure came from a factory farm, it is likely that the chicken wasn't eating organic grain and probably didn't have access to real chicken food (bugs, worms, grass, weeds, and other vegetation) and the chickens may have been treated with antibiotics and growth hormones. You certainly don't want to introduce that to your garden soil. Composting the manure first will take care of most of that. I wish I could tell you more, but like I said, I have never bought manure before. I am definitely going to look up chicken manure on Amazon and see what the deal is so I can be better informed if this question ever comes up again. I will let you know if I learn anything and have better advice.
My Family Garden - Thanks! We use deep bedding in their winter coop (inside our family’s barn). It starts composting near the bottom and when we clean it out in spring, that material is perfect for a hot compost bin or sheet mulching. What about you? Have you used your coop as a compost bin?
@@GardensThatMatter I use my run to compost wood chips, the get them ready to be used in the garden in about 6 weeks. The bedding from inside the coop area I use for either hot compost or the very bottom layer of no dig beds
I think seeds prefer more neutral for starting media. Too much nutrients in starting media and it can damage young seedlings or inhibit sprouting. Not sure if it is tooooo much though.
Dust wood chips? Not sure what you mean. We use flake pine shavings in our chicken coop and yes, we put it in the compost. Wood chips are fine, but they do better the smaller they are. And sawdust is fine, although it needs to be spread out and mixed with other materials so it doesn't clump. Does this help? If not, reply with an explanation and we will try to give a better answer. Thanks for your question and for watching.
@@GardensThatMatter i meant the powdery stuff from sawmill, the thing we get after cutting lot of wood. We used to use it for the floor of chicken coop to avoid smell and also we used it as maure when the powder get too dirty
That would totally work. Like coarser sawdust, it might clump, so mixing it it with other materials would be ideal. And I assume, since it is from a sawmill, the wood is not treated. Pressure treated wood (sawdust) has chemicals that are harmful to the microbes in your compost. But it sounds like your are good. This dust should break down rapidly since the particles are so small.
Yes, you can, however, worms do not like it hot in the compost, so if your pile heats up with the chicken manure, the worms will exit (or move to where it is cooler) and wait for it to cool down before they reenter. In our system, we pile up the bedding and manure into a bin and let the composting process happen the regular way allowing the bacteria and fungi to do the main work. Then when the pile cools down (and bacteria dies off) the worms and other critters come into the pile to finish it off.
If I am using composted chicken manure for tomato plants that will take 5 months for their life span. How many times do I have to add chicken manure during this period.
I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong, I’m sure the ratio from carbon to nitrogen is wrong because I wasn’t really measuring I was just throwing stuff into my garbage bin to try to compost it. I have two 32 gallon trash barrels that I want to try to compost in. I have a small bucket so I’m wondering how ever the amount of green material in it I have to do the same amount of browns in like a 3 to 1 ratio three buckets of brown to that one bucket of green. Will that ratio work?? This is confusing me and I’m ready to give up. It’s been over a Week since I started it and it hadn’t even begun to get warm yet
Hi David, don't get discouraged. Just like most things in life, composting takes some practice to get to perfection. You can do it. Like you said, It could be the carbon to nitrogen ratio (not enough green), it could also be not enough moisture, or it could be that you need to inoculate your pile with some microbes from finished compost or native soil to get it going. Have you watched our Quick Start to Composting Video series? In video two (starting at about minute 12) I talk about carbon to nitrogen ratio and how to calculate the ratio by volume. This might help with that part. With moisture, your pile needs to be like a wrung out sponge (not too much water and not too little). Usually, if it is not getting warm, it has too little. Too much moisture can make your material mat down and sometimes will start to smell. One thing we usually do is when we add food scraps or other green material to our pile, we add a scoop of finished compost or some garden soil on top before we cover the scraps up with a layer of brown. This introduces microorganisms into your pile right in the fuel they need to reproduce. That is what makes your pile heat up, the energy from the bacteria eating and reproducing rapidly. If you don't have enough bacteria in your pile to start with, it takes a while for them to reproduce to a population that heats your pile. If you don't have finished compost or garden soil, you can use plain soil, although it may not have as many microorganisms in it. One way to tell if soil has good microbes in it is if there are worms in it. If there are worms, there is likely food and likely other microorganisms that can be transferred to your pile. Like other living things, the bacteria need air too. That is one reason why we turn our pile after it cools down or if the pile has been sitting a while and starts to settle. Turning adds a flush of air, gives you an opportunity to check moisture level, and mixes up the food (green) so it can be accessed by bacteria. If you haven't seen our Quick Start to Composting playlist, here's a link. ua-cam.com/play/PLSGk426DySd9a6BG3bHm42yb5dGhEc73a.html The videos are longer than most gardening videos on youtube (it takes almost an hour to watch all 3) but we wanted to explain comprehensively the art of composting so people have an understanding of the whole process, including the science. If the videos aren't your cup of tea, and you prefer reading, my composting ebook is free until the end of April on our website. Here's a link to our shop page where you can use the code GROWJOY at checkout to get free access to the ebook (Happy Garden Guide to Composting). www.gardensthatmatter.com/shop/ It has the same information that the Quick Start videos do. Don't give up David. You got this. And we got your back. After you review some of the things I have said, and after watching the playlist or reading my book, let us know if you figure out how to correct your problem. If not, we'll go back to the drawing board. Hope you and yours are safe and happy during this crazy time we are in.
Probably not, if it is broken down to soil. But if it is still recognizable as leaves and manure, it would be better to compost it first, just to make sure. Even if it doesn't burn your plants, if it is not broken down enough, it can tie up the nitrogen in the soil. Decomposition needs nitrogen too and it will take priority over the nitrogen the plants need.
Oh wow. That's kind of hard to answer. We have so many different garden areas and we plant in spring, summer, and fall. For our perennial areas, once a year. For our annual beds, twice a year (spring and fall), however, the last couple of years, we have been rotationally planting fall cover crops in some beds and fall/winter vegetable crops (under low tunnels) in others. So, in the beds where we plant cover crops, we do not use compost for those. We save it for the low tunnel vegetables or for spring plantings after we terminate the cover crops. Have you watched our cover crop video? ua-cam.com/video/PhDXCbxWTp8/v-deo.html Compost is such a valuable resource and our garden is so big that we are always stretched for having enough. Cover crops help us bridge the gap. I hope this answers your question. Thanks again. Happy Gardening.
@@GardensThatMatter Thank you. I'll check out the cover crop video. I've been loving my compost, but have discovered (via soil tests) that it is WAY high in P and K to the point that my garden beds are at about 400 for P and 150-200 for K. Thanks, again, for the reply.
@@opencoop4268 Hmm. That's interesting. Did your "soil" test that high in P and K before adding compost, or is it just the compost that is testing high?
@@GardensThatMatter , just the annual beds tested high. They tested pretty high when we bought the house in 2014. Since then I have mostly added just homemade compost and the numbers just keep going up. Tested some almost finished compost and it the phosphorus was almost 1000!! Maybe from chicken manure. Currently researching what could be happening.
Good question, Honovaa! Since chicken manure is "hot" (nitrogen-rich), I suggest pre-composting the chicken manure mixed with shredded leaves or other carbon-rich "browns." This will give you partially-decomposed material that's not as "hot" but will be full of good bacteria and fungi that are perfect food for worms. If you just have a few birds and a little manure...or if you have a large worm bin setup...you could definitely add chicken manure. You just don't want to overwhelm the system! I'd add a few shovelfuls at a time, mix in some extra bedding, and keep an eye on the moisture level.
I don’t have chickens and would never use manuer, so I’m grossed out by this video and will wash my veggies from now on. But I am new to composting, I haven’t even started. This video is still appreciated because it’s teaching me the nitrogen to carbon ratio.
If I have to mix pure ( in case the chicken house has no dust or grass and I have to just scoop out as it is) chicken manure with other organic Matter like dry hay before composting it. What should be the ratio of the chicken manure to the hay?
Hi Anne Marie. Yes, technically dog and cat poop can be composted, however you do not want to use the compost in your vegetable garden. Any manure from a meat eating animal (including humans) can run a risk of pathogens in the compost and you do not want to introduce this near any food crops. Manure from cows, horses, and chickens is great, because their diet does not consist of meat. We compost dog poop and cat litter in a separate compost bin way far away from our other compost bins and garden.
@@jasmynesartstudio Actually, anyone CAN compost their own poop. We used to have a composting toilet back before we had kids, (and maybe will again when kids are bigger), the question is "should you use this compost in the garden"?. We strongly recommend not using this compost on food crops. Now, your question about being vegan and composting human waste. The question really is "is it safer than composting human waste from meat eaters"? This is a good question and one that, unfortunately, I cannot give you an answer. I do not know and have not read any research on this question. Perhaps the book "The Humanure Handbook" would have some insight. I read it years ago, but cannot remember if there is any information about specific diets in dealing with human waste and compost. Here is a link to the book if you would like to check it out. humanurehandbook.com/contents.html If you find out an answer to your question (from a credible scientific source) let me know, I would love to learn about this too. Thanks for the question.
If you want to be sure, you can use a compost thermometer to monitor and manage the temperature. Human pathogens are killed if 131°F (55°C) maintained for at least three consecutive days. (Since our internal temperature is 98°F, 131 is hot 🔥 for those organisms! But it is "cozy" for the thermophilic bacteria breaking down material in an active pile.)
Sorry, that was a very generic video. Very vague. So, I was looking for a way to easily remove the waste from the coup and process it for fertilizer. What to mix it with, how and where to store it. Does it need a dry or damp area to store. I will not follow any of your videos and they are just as vague as if I was explaining how to do laundry by showing you dirty clothes then clean clothes. Thanks for wasting my time. 🔥🔥
Why is it so hard to find a chicken manure/pine bedding UA-cam video for dummies? I watched the entire video & didn’t learn a thing. Not one single thing u said was helpful lol. I have no doubt that you make beautiful compost from chicken manure & that your video was created to help others...it just didn’t help me. But thank you for trying.
So glad I found this video! I need to learn how to get my farm fully sustainable ♥️
Same! I need to make my chickens pay for their own food 🤣🤣🤣
@@yaima0901 😆 absolutely!
Incredibly helpful information. Thank you!
What If I use sand in our coop? Can we still compost the chicken manure?
Can I just bury it and plant over it. Let it rot under ground then later the plant roots reach the soil
Have done this even in bottom of large pots, by the time roots reach it has somewhat decomposed
Just acquired a chicken manure supply(can't have them on my property). This helps.
Your explanation made me to subscribe your channel.
Thanks for uploading such informative video in detail and easily understandable manner.
Love from India.
You're welcome. Glad you found it useful. Never been to India but would like to someday. Thanks for the love. Happy Gardening.
I subscribed! So happy I found your channel!
Thank you for your brief explanation
Hi. How long does it take to turn the chicken waste into manure?
Thanks.
I let it sit in a open pile for 6 months or so
Excellent video with lot of information
How do you know it's ready to use in the garden ? How long does it take to decompose? Do you add anything else ?
Thank you so much! This truly helps!
How long after composting is the chicken manure ready for use.
As long as the carboj to nitrogen ratio is held, about 6 months. Or 3, if you deep hole your plants
When is black and smells like soil in the forest
I've thrown it right on the garden
Well,it makes sense when you scoop ur cop and chicken yard ur gonna put it in a pile, do you ADD anything to the pile? how do you keep smell down when you scoop??? I dont recall my grandmother even composting think she burnt hers, but its been a Lotta years...need more details...thanks
Awesome Video!!!
Thank you.
I came for an 'how to' video and was expecting some kind of tutorial but nope. Please re title your video.
with my chickens i move them all over different places on the grass when i move them i give the grass a good watering after
Not sure if you responded to comments: we use sand in our coop so we go in each morning with a cat litter scoop then put it on top of the compost pile which is mostly leaves, the chickens scratch at it and about once a week we turn the pile.
Well now that I need to allow time for the compost to turn before spring I’ve started putting the manure in 5 gal buckets. Since it’s in buckets im not sure how to make it cold fertilizer now. Will it turn on its own? Should I fill it half & half with water? Do I need to leave a head space to allow the bucket to burp? Could I just make it its own compost pile & let it get dry & dusty help please 🤷♂️
We thought we would just put the deep litter (chicken manure + pine shavings) into the bed. We put it in on Oct 1 and will plant in mid Feb. Will this work?
It should. That should be enough time for the chicken manure to break down where it won't burn plants. Chicken manure has high amounts of nitrogen which is why we (and other gardeners) recommend not putting it directly on your garden beds during the season. It's sort of concentrated and needs lots of carbon (like pine shavings, leaves, chips) to help it decompose. We prefer to put our chicken manure in our compost pile, usually in October too, and let it decompose and mix with other materials there. But as long as you have plenty of shavings to mix with the manure, it should be fine in your bed.
Thank you for sharing
Great video
thanks for the video great info.
What is ur website I didn’t get the link? Thanks for the video I’m new to composting but have had chickens for years I want to use even my retired egg layers for something good! I would love to learn more!
Hi Emily. Would love to have you in our community. Here's a link to our website:
www.gardensthatmatter.com/
Happy Gardening.
How soon after the chicken manure has been dropped can I take it from the chicken house to start composting.
Great job.
Good evening mam
I got a small grocery bag of chicken manure from my local farmer. I got it in june, as soon as I got it I dried it in hot sun 90 degrees for 2 days.
Now my question is , is it safe to compost it? I live in a condo. Can I compost it in a container?
I’m currently in the process of growing boysenberries in my backyard and I just ordered some chicken manure from Amazon prime and I can’t wait to to add them to my plants and now I’m watching this to get an idea of I’ll need to do when it arrives to my house. So you to understanding, you can’t just add them to your plants, right??? You have to compost them and then add them? Although, I hope the pack of manure I’ll be getting comes with instructions.
Hi Carlos. Not sure what to tell you. I have never bought chicken manure before. I didn't even know you could get it from Amazon. I guess you can get just about anything from Amazon. We do always compost our chicken manure before adding it to our garden. Straight manure is high in nitrogen and can damage plants if too much is added directly. I would definitely compost manure from Amazon. Not sure where the manure comes from, but unless I was absolutely sure it came from an organic farm, I would want to send it through my own system first. If the manure came from a factory farm, it is likely that the chicken wasn't eating organic grain and probably didn't have access to real chicken food (bugs, worms, grass, weeds, and other vegetation) and the chickens may have been treated with antibiotics and growth hormones. You certainly don't want to introduce that to your garden soil. Composting the manure first will take care of most of that.
I wish I could tell you more, but like I said, I have never bought manure before. I am definitely going to look up chicken manure on Amazon and see what the deal is so I can be better informed if this question ever comes up again. I will let you know if I learn anything and have better advice.
can you use use chicken manure that is possibly infected with coccidiosis in compost?
Do the compost to bin before rainy season starts and you don't have to water the bin
Thank you for clear explanation.
It's a clever idea with the chicken tractor. Have you tried using your coop as a compost pile?
My Family Garden - Thanks! We use deep bedding in their winter coop (inside our family’s barn). It starts composting near the bottom and when we clean it out in spring, that material is perfect for a hot compost bin or sheet mulching. What about you? Have you used your coop as a compost bin?
@@GardensThatMatter I use my run to compost wood chips, the get them ready to be used in the garden in about 6 weeks. The bedding from inside the coop area I use for either hot compost or the very bottom layer of no dig beds
My Family Garden sounds like a great system!
Curious the stores freak out but have u tried to compost your chicken manure and use it in part of your mix to start any seeds inside?
I think seeds prefer more neutral for starting media. Too much nutrients in starting media and it can damage young seedlings or inhibit sprouting. Not sure if it is tooooo much though.
Can i put in dust wood chips in the compost?
Dust wood chips? Not sure what you mean. We use flake pine shavings in our chicken coop and yes, we put it in the compost. Wood chips are fine, but they do better the smaller they are. And sawdust is fine, although it needs to be spread out and mixed with other materials so it doesn't clump. Does this help? If not, reply with an explanation and we will try to give a better answer.
Thanks for your question and for watching.
@@GardensThatMatter i meant the powdery stuff from sawmill, the thing we get after cutting lot of wood. We used to use it for the floor of chicken coop to avoid smell and also we used it as maure when the powder get too dirty
That would totally work. Like coarser sawdust, it might clump, so mixing it it with other materials would be ideal. And I assume, since it is from a sawmill, the wood is not treated. Pressure treated wood (sawdust) has chemicals that are harmful to the microbes in your compost. But it sounds like your are good. This dust should break down rapidly since the particles are so small.
@@GardensThatMatter thank you
I read cedar sawdust can give chickens respiratory problems, but I'm no expert.
Hi how we use the poultry waste for our citrus gardun
How long does it take to compost?
If you do the bedding to bin method, could you compost the chicken manure with worms? Thanks for any info you have.
Yes, you can, however, worms do not like it hot in the compost, so if your pile heats up with the chicken manure, the worms will exit (or move to where it is cooler) and wait for it to cool down before they reenter. In our system, we pile up the bedding and manure into a bin and let the composting process happen the regular way allowing the bacteria and fungi to do the main work. Then when the pile cools down (and bacteria dies off) the worms and other critters come into the pile to finish it off.
@@GardensThatMatter thank you!
If I am using composted chicken manure for tomato plants that will take 5 months for their life span. How many times do I have to add chicken manure during this period.
I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong, I’m sure the ratio from carbon to nitrogen is wrong because I wasn’t really measuring I was just throwing stuff into my garbage bin to try to compost it. I have two 32 gallon trash barrels that I want to try to compost in. I have a small bucket so I’m wondering how ever the amount of green material in it I have to do the same amount of browns in like a 3 to 1 ratio three buckets of brown to that one bucket of green. Will that ratio work?? This is confusing me and I’m ready to give up. It’s been over a
Week since I started it and it hadn’t even begun to get warm yet
Hi David, don't get discouraged. Just like most things in life, composting takes some practice to get to perfection. You can do it.
Like you said, It could be the carbon to nitrogen ratio (not enough green), it could also be not enough moisture, or it could be that you need to inoculate your pile with some microbes from finished compost or native soil to get it going.
Have you watched our Quick Start to Composting Video series? In video two (starting at about minute 12) I talk about carbon to nitrogen ratio and how to calculate the ratio by volume. This might help with that part.
With moisture, your pile needs to be like a wrung out sponge (not too much water and not too little). Usually, if it is not getting warm, it has too little. Too much moisture can make your material mat down and sometimes will start to smell.
One thing we usually do is when we add food scraps or other green material to our pile, we add a scoop of finished compost or some garden soil on top before we cover the scraps up with a layer of brown. This introduces microorganisms into your pile right in the fuel they need to reproduce. That is what makes your pile heat up, the energy from the bacteria eating and reproducing rapidly. If you don't have enough bacteria in your pile to start with, it takes a while for them to reproduce to a population that heats your pile. If you don't have finished compost or garden soil, you can use plain soil, although it may not have as many microorganisms in it. One way to tell if soil has good microbes in it is if there are worms in it. If there are worms, there is likely food and likely other microorganisms that can be transferred to your pile.
Like other living things, the bacteria need air too. That is one reason why we turn our pile after it cools down or if the pile has been sitting a while and starts to settle. Turning adds a flush of air, gives you an opportunity to check moisture level, and mixes up the food (green) so it can be accessed by bacteria.
If you haven't seen our Quick Start to Composting playlist, here's a link.
ua-cam.com/play/PLSGk426DySd9a6BG3bHm42yb5dGhEc73a.html
The videos are longer than most gardening videos on youtube (it takes almost an hour to watch all 3) but we wanted to explain comprehensively the art of composting so people have an understanding of the whole process, including the science.
If the videos aren't your cup of tea, and you prefer reading, my composting ebook is free until the end of April on our website. Here's a link to our shop page where you can use the code GROWJOY at checkout to get free access to the ebook (Happy Garden Guide to Composting).
www.gardensthatmatter.com/shop/
It has the same information that the Quick Start videos do.
Don't give up David. You got this. And we got your back. After you review some of the things I have said, and after watching the playlist or reading my book, let us know if you figure out how to correct your problem. If not, we'll go back to the drawing board.
Hope you and yours are safe and happy during this crazy time we are in.
Excellent video..toot toot :)
Thanks.
That was sarcasm right!?
@@leighatkins22
Yea i loved it. It was great. It must have been something worth watching for you too...i see you come back for another look! Pmsl
I harvested some chicken run soil (leaves and manure that broke down to soil). Will it burn plants planted directly into it?
Probably not, if it is broken down to soil. But if it is still recognizable as leaves and manure, it would be better to compost it first, just to make sure. Even if it doesn't burn your plants, if it is not broken down enough, it can tie up the nitrogen in the soil. Decomposition needs nitrogen too and it will take priority over the nitrogen the plants need.
I'm wondering if you add compost once or twice a year (or more) to your garden.
Oh wow. That's kind of hard to answer. We have so many different garden areas and we plant in spring, summer, and fall. For our perennial areas, once a year. For our annual beds, twice a year (spring and fall), however, the last couple of years, we have been rotationally planting fall cover crops in some beds and fall/winter vegetable crops (under low tunnels) in others. So, in the beds where we plant cover crops, we do not use compost for those. We save it for the low tunnel vegetables or for spring plantings after we terminate the cover crops. Have you watched our cover crop video?
ua-cam.com/video/PhDXCbxWTp8/v-deo.html
Compost is such a valuable resource and our garden is so big that we are always stretched for having enough. Cover crops help us bridge the gap.
I hope this answers your question. Thanks again.
Happy Gardening.
@@GardensThatMatter Thank you. I'll check out the cover crop video. I've been loving my compost, but have discovered (via soil tests) that it is WAY high in P and K to the point that my garden beds are at about 400 for P and 150-200 for K. Thanks, again, for the reply.
@@opencoop4268 Hmm. That's interesting. Did your "soil" test that high in P and K before adding compost, or is it just the compost that is testing high?
@@GardensThatMatter , just the annual beds tested high. They tested pretty high when we bought the house in 2014. Since then I have mostly added just homemade compost and the numbers just keep going up. Tested some almost finished compost and it the phosphorus was almost 1000!! Maybe from chicken manure. Currently researching what could be happening.
Wow!
Excellent video. Thanks for this information...I'm heading to your website.
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Nicely done. Didn't stink.;0)
Can I add chicken manure to my worm compost bin?
Good question, Honovaa! Since chicken manure is "hot" (nitrogen-rich), I suggest pre-composting the chicken manure mixed with shredded leaves or other carbon-rich "browns." This will give you partially-decomposed material that's not as "hot" but will be full of good bacteria and fungi that are perfect food for worms.
If you just have a few birds and a little manure...or if you have a large worm bin setup...you could definitely add chicken manure. You just don't want to overwhelm the system! I'd add a few shovelfuls at a time, mix in some extra bedding, and keep an eye on the moisture level.
I don’t have chickens and would never use manuer, so I’m grossed out by this video and will wash my veggies from now on. But I am new to composting, I haven’t even started. This video is still appreciated because it’s teaching me the nitrogen to carbon ratio.
That's how good soil is made you obviously are not aware of gardening it's just how it's done people call it other things but that's what it is
If I have to mix pure ( in case the chicken house has no dust or grass and I have to just scoop out as it is) chicken manure with other organic Matter like dry hay before composting it. What should be the ratio of the chicken manure to the hay?
I am doing the same thing. Unfortunately i don’t know the right ratio.
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Can dog poo be used in the compost?
Hi Anne Marie. Yes, technically dog and cat poop can be composted, however you do not want to use the compost in your vegetable garden. Any manure from a meat eating animal (including humans) can run a risk of pathogens in the compost and you do not want to introduce this near any food crops. Manure from cows, horses, and chickens is great, because their diet does not consist of meat. We compost dog poop and cat litter in a separate compost bin way far away from our other compost bins and garden.
@@GardensThatMatter What if you are a vegan? Can you compost your poop then?
@@jasmynesartstudio Actually, anyone CAN compost their own poop. We used to have a composting toilet back before we had kids, (and maybe will again when kids are bigger), the question is "should you use this compost in the garden"?. We strongly recommend not using this compost on food crops. Now, your question about being vegan and composting human waste. The question really is "is it safer than composting human waste from meat eaters"? This is a good question and one that, unfortunately, I cannot give you an answer. I do not know and have not read any research on this question. Perhaps the book "The Humanure Handbook" would have some insight. I read it years ago, but cannot remember if there is any information about specific diets in dealing with human waste and compost.
Here is a link to the book if you would like to check it out.
humanurehandbook.com/contents.html
If you find out an answer to your question (from a credible scientific source) let me know, I would love to learn about this too. Thanks for the question.
@@jasmynesartstudio maybe this helps www.reddit.com/r/vegan/comments/8dapx0/just_a_hypothetical_vegan_poop_question/
How do you know when pathogens are killed
If you want to be sure, you can use a compost thermometer to monitor and manage the temperature. Human pathogens are killed if 131°F (55°C) maintained for at least three consecutive days. (Since our internal temperature is 98°F, 131 is hot 🔥 for those organisms! But it is "cozy" for the thermophilic bacteria breaking down material in an active pile.)
Sorry, that was a very generic video. Very vague.
So, I was looking for a way to easily remove the waste from the coup and process it for fertilizer.
What to mix it with, how and where to store it. Does it need a dry or damp area to store.
I will not follow any of your videos and they are just as vague as if I was explaining how to do laundry by showing you dirty clothes then clean clothes. Thanks for wasting my time.
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Why is it so hard to find a chicken manure/pine bedding UA-cam video for dummies? I watched the entire video & didn’t learn a thing. Not one single thing u said was helpful lol. I have no doubt that you make beautiful compost from chicken manure & that your video was created to help others...it just didn’t help me. But thank you for trying.
Useless vid. Just an ad for her website. No info on how to compost at all...
Useless only talk and talk , nothing practical
Can ash be used to balance it out?