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?

Judith

Judith in France wrote:
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?

Judith

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

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

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 Tue, 7 Apr 2009 14:40:33 -0700 (PDT), Judith in France
wrote:

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?

Judith

I have chickens, but always compost the droppings as it speeds up the
heap,and fresh can burn plants!
--
"Why can't I get huge amounts of money for screwing up??"

To reply direct rot13 me

bURRt the 101 Camper
200TDi Disco "The big purple one"
200 TDi Disco, "the offroader"
1976 S3 Lightweight

On Apr 7, 10:55*pm, Simon Isaacs
wrote:
On Tue, 7 Apr 2009 14:40:33 -0700 (PDT), Judith in France

wrote:
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?

Judith

I have chickens, but always compost the droppings as it speeds up the
heap,and fresh can burn plants!
--
"Why can't I get huge amounts of money for screwing up??"

To reply direct rot13 me

bURRt the 101 Camper
200TDi Disco "The big purple one"
200 TDi Disco, "the offroader"
1976 S3 Lightweight

Thanks Simon, I had a feeling that it should not be used fresh.

Judith

On 7/4/09 22:40, in article
, "Judith
in France" wrote:

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?

Judith

It needs to be diluted and not used 'neat'.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials online

On Apr 7, 11:52*pm, Sacha wrote:
On 7/4/09 22:40, in article
, "Judith

in France" wrote:
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?

Judith

It needs to be diluted and not used 'neat'.

--
Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials online

I am hoping then that it will speed up my compost bins as they are not
doing too well despite an accelerator being applied.

Judith

"Judith in France" wrote in message
...
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?

I use my fowl manure straight on the garden, but I don't put it onto tiny
seedlings or near the trunk of plants - I don't have time to faff about
heaping it up to 'age'.

IIRC, you have a moderate sized garden??? If that recall is right, you will
have somewhere in the garden where you could use the manure collected from 3
hens over a one week period without any danger to existing plants - just use
some common sense in where you apply it.

On Apr 8, 5:32*am, "FarmI" ask@itshall be given 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?

I use my fowl manure straight on the garden, but I don't put it onto tiny
seedlings or near the trunk of plants - I don't have time to faff about
heaping it up to 'age'.

IIRC, you have a moderate sized garden??? *If that recall is right, you will
have somewhere in the garden where you could use the manure collected from 3
hens over a one week period without any danger to existing plants - just use
some common sense in where you apply it.

Thanks Fran, good common sense, as you say. My garden is about one
third of an acre so not large. We have land opposite the house which
we have started to cultivate as a veggie and fruit garden, in fact
this is where the hens are kept.

Judith

"Judith in France" wrote in message
...
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 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