Keeping Chooks on the same ground????

[Glutton4...]

...Methinks also that worms are more prevalent in alkaline soil, so by raising the alkalinity more worms will shift the surface detritus and incorporate it into the lower levels faster?...

Worms? In compacted Clay!?

[Hilary B]

I reckon that because chooks wee and poo in one dollop, the poo will be acid but the wee (white bit) will be alkaline and cancel out the acidity of the poo to the extent that the sum total will end up slightly alkaline?

Methinks also that worms are more prevalent in alkaline soil, so by raising the alkalinity more worms will shift the surface detritus and incorporate it into the lower levels faster?

Just a thought though! (Clever stuff this poo lark!)

Fresh poo is harmful to earthworms, it's only once it has been composted a bit that it becomes safe for them to work on. It has a massively high nitrogen content (lots of Uric acid, gradually changing into Ammonia, among other components), which is why it is a good compost activator. The bacteria that turn garden waste into good compost like nitrogen.

[Snadger]

Worms? In compacted Clay!?

Have you never played 'Worms'...............INCOMING!!!!!!!!!!

[Glutton4...]

Have you never played 'Worms'...............INCOMING!!!!!!!!!!

Snadge - I had that as my Mobile's ring-tone for over FIVE years!