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Old 09-04-2009, 03:01 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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In article , Bobbie
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Chicken manure is very strong, it would burn your plants, and there is
some question of a possible salmonella risk Add it to a compost heap
and it will help to hasten the process. Never use fresh but allow it
time to rot down with other compost.

Bobbie


When I first left school I worked on a farm looking after 400 hens in 20
mobile arks which were moved to fresh ground every day. The droppings
went straight onto the ground and the regrowth of grass afterwards was
amazing.

There was never any problem about the manure being fresh.

Roy.
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Roy Bailey
West Berkshire.