"Judith in France" wrote in message
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I have an Eglu which has a tray at the bottom which slides out for
cleaning. The booklet suggests once a week and I am wondering whether
I should put the droppings into the compost barrels or can it go
straight onto the earth between plants without scorching?


It's far too fierce to put on raw. Put the droppings into the compost and
leave them for a year.
I have lots of chickens and I do this.
I once put fresh chicken poo on my rhubarb. It seemed like a good idea at
the time but it killed it stone dead.

Tina

On 8/4/09 21:26, in article
, "Judith
in France" wrote:

On Apr 8, 2:38*pm, Aries wrote:
On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 01:45:55 -0700 (PDT), Judith in France wrote:
On Apr 8, 8:25 am, Aries wrote:
[12 quoted lines suppressed]

Thanks Val, all advice gratefully received. *I am feeling pretty
grotty today and will turn off the computer soon but I would like to
email you a little later on to ask some advice on something relating
to the chooks if I may?

Judith

Sure - I'll be working on my new lappy later on this afternoon. *We've been
out and about this morning as I needed new photos for my passport renewal
and one of two other bibs and bobs too. *Going out into the garden now for
a spell as it's gloriously warm and sunny - must make the most of it.

Sorry to hear you are feeling unwell - what's the problem ?
--
We're so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us
that we don't take time to enjoy where we are.http://ariesval.co.uk/val/

Hi Val, I am just home. I am suffering from some sort of infection,
nothing too important, running eyes and nose and itchy eyes, I
wondered if it was an allergic reaction to the chooks but Edward has
seen to them today so maybe it is just a common cold with a
temperature.

I was planning to have a quiet day. Edward was working at the
hospital when I got a phone call from a friend whose wife was in the
Clinique at Issoire for the dreaded colonoscopy as she has been having
problems. He asked if I could come as the doctor wanted to see him at
a certain time and his French is not up to it, they only recently came
to live in France. I warned him that I could be infectious but he was
so worried that I went and kept a distance from him, her and the
doctor. I duly translated the results and now I am about to crawl off
to bed. I will email tomorrow with regard to the chooks, who gave us
2 eggs today, I wonder when we will get 3?

Judith

Your chooks are doing very well re cackleberries already. It usually takes
them a while to settle in and get laying IMlimitedE.
When we had hens, we had 12 and reckoned on about 10 eggs a day. Then it
would be a cold snap or Concorde would bang overhead, or a car would
backfire, or something would happen and there would be no eggs at all for a
bit. But on the whole, they were proper little machines and we were giving
them away to anyone who stood still for ten seconds!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials online

In article , Bobbie
writes

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.
--
Roy Bailey
West Berkshire.

Roy Bailey wrote:
In article , Bobbie
writes

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.

Have you ever noticed just how luxurious the grass is after a bitch has
peed on it a few times, hosed down it produces a wonderful verdant
growth, undiluted it leaves a horrid brown scorch mark. I would imagine
the same is with chicken manure, if dropped constantly in the same area.
My chickens are free range and likewise the droppings go straight onto
the ground, admittedly I do rake over any badly soiled areas but
generally they have caused no damage. Try putting those same fresh
droppings on or around fresh tender plant growth and the results could
be extremely damaging. My hens are Black Rock, perhaps it is the kind of
manure. Perhaps your hens produce plant friendly manure. Not many hens
do. Judith has not mentioned the breed of her hens, just the colour.


Bobbie.

Have you ever noticed just how luxurious the grass is after a bitch has
peed on it a few times, hosed down it produces a wonderful verdant
growth, undiluted it leaves a horrid brown scorch mark. I would imagine
the same is with chicken manure, if dropped constantly in the same area.
My chickens are free range and likewise the droppings go straight onto
the ground, admittedly I do rake over any badly soiled areas but
generally they have caused no damage. Try putting those same fresh
droppings on or around fresh tender plant growth and the results could
be extremely damaging. My hens are Black Rock, perhaps it is the kind of
manure. Perhaps your hens produce plant friendly manure. Not many hens
do. Judith has not mentioned the breed of her hens, just the colour.

Rhode Island Reds??

A popular breed without a doubt, but not the only 'red' chickens
available. I hadn't heard that Rhode Island Reds produce plant friendly
manure, but it could be so. I do know that Black Rock are bred from
Rhode Island Red and Barred Plymouth Rock strain.
I also have horses and goats, I wouldn't put their manure straight on
the garden either but by composting it along with garden and kitchen
waste, after a period of time I get a highly viable black crumbly
compost that can be used on both the vegetable garden and the flower beds.

Bobbie

Martin wrote:
On Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:29:34 +0100, Bobbie wrote:

Have you ever noticed just how luxurious the grass is after a bitch has
peed on it a few times, hosed down it produces a wonderful verdant
growth, undiluted it leaves a horrid brown scorch mark. I would imagine
the same is with chicken manure, if dropped constantly in the same area.
My chickens are free range and likewise the droppings go straight onto
the ground, admittedly I do rake over any badly soiled areas but
generally they have caused no damage. Try putting those same fresh
droppings on or around fresh tender plant growth and the results could
be extremely damaging. My hens are Black Rock, perhaps it is the kind of
manure. Perhaps your hens produce plant friendly manure. Not many hens
do. Judith has not mentioned the breed of her hens, just the colour.
Rhode Island Reds??
A popular breed without a doubt, but not the only 'red' chickens
available.

I think they were mentioned before she purchased.

Ah I see, sorry I misunderstood.

Bobbie

I once got a pile of chicken ssss manure- about two cubic meters from an egg factory - one of those places with wire cages. I piled it up and gave it a light covering of soil to keep my neighbours happy with the smell. It eventually dried down to a couple of bucketsfull which I speread down a row of raspberries. They loved it and it stopped them straying all over the garden. The crop was also tremendous.

Bigal

In article , Martin
writes
On Thu, 9 Apr 2009 15:01:44 +0100, Roy Bailey wrote:

In article , Bobbie
writes

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.

Maybe because the land is chalky in your part of the world?

The farm was not here but at Burnham, Bucks. I can't remember if the
soils was chalky there.

Roy.
--
Roy Bailey
West Berkshire.

On Apr 8, 10:40*pm, "Christina Websell"
wrote:
"Judith in France" wrote in ...

I have an Eglu which has a tray at the bottom which slides out for
cleaning. *The booklet suggests once a week and I am wondering whether
I should put the droppings into the compost barrels or can it go
straight onto the earth between plants without scorching?

It's far too fierce to put on raw. *Put the droppings into the compost and
leave them for a year.
I have lots of chickens and I do this.
I once put fresh chicken poo on my rhubarb. *It seemed like a good idea at
the time but it killed it stone dead.

Tina

Thanks Tina. I cleaned them out yesterday and found an egg shell!!
Today will be the first day that I am letting them out of their
grazing cage, to roam free, I just hope they come back tonight.

Judith