Manure from a Stud Farm

[vikkib]

In my never ending quest for muck I've emailed a load of stables, horse riding schools and a couple of stud farms in my local area.

So far only the stud farm has replied and has offered some free muck.

I was very eager to go and get a boot load until a friend of mine mentioned something about hormones that might be in the muck.

Has anyone any experience with muck from stud farms or any knowledge that might be handy here? I know nothing of the horsey world so not sure if they would be using anything that could cause potential problems in the future!

[Snadger]

In humans, male wee is ok its the female of the species that secretes dodgy stuff!

[Jeanied]

You may need to consider the possibility of Q fever infection from manure obtained from a stud farm. Rare but not unknown.

[Aberdeenplotter]

Pile the muck up and let it cook out any bacteria. The heat generated can be quite phenomenal.

[Aberdeenplotter]

ermhh can something be quite phenomenal or is like unique, it either is or it isn't?

[VirginVegGrower]

Phenomenal I reckon AP - all that heat from so much sh£t...no wonder it's warm in the Houses of Parliament
My compost pile is steaming thanks to chicken poo...almost burnt my hand at the weekend.

[chris]

It never ceases to amaze me when I lift the lid off my daleks the 'whoosh' of heat I get. Cooling down now, as I can't (be bothered to) turn them.

[veggiechicken]

Think I'll bring my Dalek indoors then and turn off the heating.

[baldrick]

Think I'll bring my Dalek indoors then and turn off the heating.

excellent idea. nobody would notice in my house unfortunately.

[veggiechicken]

Why don't we keep our Daleks in the greenhouse to keep it warm?

[chris]

I would if I had the space, but the space mine would take up would be 3-4 tom plants

[chris]

Plus I suppose.... they're even hotter in the summer

[VirginVegGrower]

I have found my open topped composter made from pallets by Mr VVG to be hotter than my Daley compost units. I bought a pitchfork, with which to turn it more regularly and it appears to be working well. Easier to water and pee on too (not by me )

[BroadRipple]

Aberdeenplotter, shouldn't that be 'pheremonal'?
am very impressed VVG that your heap gets so hot (sounds weird, you know what I mean though). Mine is never much more than warmish (sounds weird and actually a bit pathetic).

[SarzWix]

I have 2 daleks, one on top of the other. Worms and slugs live in the gap between the 2, and the inside one, which we fill up with kitchen waste, is always really warm. Even when we were at minus 18 last winter, it didn't freeze in there

Manure from a stud farm - why don't you ask them? I'm sure if you apologised for being being a pain, and said you were concerned about hormone or medication residues, they'd set your mind at rest. I don't think breeding horses are routinely fed hormones though.