Chicken Poo

[Sunbeam]

Hi there

This is my first posting on the Grapevine! I keep chickens - 2 who live in the trees & roam around the garden & 3 battery rescue girls. The Battery Pack are living in a converted dog kennel on a bed of wood shavings & I have been told their poo makes fantastic fertiliser & have noticed it can bought in pellet form- can I add the fresh stuff to my compost heap?? I assume if I did I'd have to sort it out of the wood shavings??

[Peter]

No, you do not need to sort it out, provided you balance the quantity of wood shavings with green stuff, lawn mowings are ideal.

[andrewo]

You can add it directly to your compost.

[poultrychat]

Hi Sunbeam - got any spare rays? I've have a few more chooks than you and can assure you that their droppings are brilliant fertiliser, straight in the compost heap

[Sunbeam]

super - i'll be out there clearing out their house this afternoon - then I'd better put the new lawn mower to the test! Many thanks