Chicken shit

charface · May 21, 2018

Im trying to order a couple yards of soil and while they have several mixes available they all contain composted chicken shit.

Here is the mix im looking at
Pasted

A blend of aged, screened sawdust, dairy compost, Mt. St. Helens volcanic sand, compost, fir fines, peat moss, composted chicken manure, gypsum and iron. Great for vegetable gardens and flower beds. Drains well to keep root crops, like dahlias, bulbs, and carrots, healthy even with frequent watering. It can be used for seeds, turf topdressing, vegetable gardens and flower beds that like a higher pH and will be watered regularly. 7.0 pH.

I have to assume they added a safe amount and as long as I don't feed until later in the season this will work.

I would feel better about it though
If you looked at this mix and let me know.

They have other blends with ph of
6.3 or 7.4 Instead of the 7.0 above

mista sativa · May 21, 2018

As long as it’s composted, you should be fine. I top dress my plants with chicken manure compost all the time. They love it.

charface · May 21, 2018

Thank

mista sativa said:
As long as it’s composted, you should be fine. I top dress my plants with chicken manure compost all the time. They love it.

Thank you

Dmannn · May 21, 2018

I typically 25% of my total soil mix is composted chicken manure.

charface · May 21, 2018

Dmannn said:
I typically 25% of my total soil mix is composted chicken manure.

Wow, well im sure im safe then.

molten · May 21, 2018

Chicken manure compost has a nice, stinky fragrance to it, too. Sorta smells like a Sour D plant.

charface · May 21, 2018

molten said:
It's got a nice, stinky fragrance to it, too. Sorta smells like a Sour D plant.

Lol, my favorite

molten · May 21, 2018

charface said:
Lol, my favorite

Terpy inputs give you stinky weed bongsmilie

charface · May 21, 2018

molten said:
Terpy inputs give you stinky weed

I recently heard somewhere something about soil microbes helping to create terps. I wish I could remember where so I could really pay attention this time.

charface · May 21, 2018

Googled,
I guess i might have read into it that they were adding to the actual plant terps. Now I think I was wrong. Lol
It happens..... Alot.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/04/170413190718.htm

nmibud · May 22, 2018

In my opinion the best manure is rabbit composted with grass clippings.Rabbit has the most nutrients,and is easy to compost!

molten · May 26, 2018

Rabbit and goat are not hot and won't burn, no composting required.

Tim1987 · May 26, 2018

Any manure from a grass eater, is like gold.
Worms love the digested grasses. So do all the microbes. Its loaded with all the gut bacteria as well.
But it has to be fully composted. Otherwise its quite anaerobic. Burns plants. Starts rot. Attracts pests. Doesn't drain well.

nmibud · May 27, 2018

It just works better with the added grass,never tried goat poop.

NaturalFarmer · May 27, 2018

Much of the commercially sold chicken poop will check out as organic but looking further into it one may not choose that route if they don't want it to be from perdue. They have expanded operations significantly over the past few years.
https://americanfarmpublications.com/perdue-composting-venture-full-speed-ahead/

molten · Jun 22, 2018

nmibud said:
It just works better with the added grass,never tried goat poop.

Goat poop is awesome, won't burn. I would collect the straw from where we sequestered the babies overnight and that stuff was fire. The urine was immediate available and would green up plants nicely, with the poop pellets hanging around and acting as a more slow release fertilizer.

Miyagismokes · Jun 23, 2018

mista sativa said:
As long as it’s composted, you should be fine. I top dress my plants with chicken manure compost all the time. They love it.

I use chicken in my base mix, haven't had a problem.
The the bags of it I get are labeled 3-2-2, which seems pretty hot, even for chicken shit

Richard Drysift · Jun 25, 2018

I like using Charlie's compost brand shiken poop...it's tha shit son. You don't need very much either to get a nice deep green on the leaves. I drop about a 1/2 handful in the bottom layer of every final size bloom container.

Miyagismokes · Jun 25, 2018

Richard Drysift said:
1/2 handful in the bottom layer of every final size bloom container

Shit, I use half a bag... But I'm outdoor in 200gal pots.

hillbill · Jun 27, 2018

Walmart sells an “Organic Garden Fertilzer” which is composted poultry manure and feather meal 7-1-2 close out prices start in August I think. Been using for years and is great stuff. I use in mixes and top dress.

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