chicken poop

[selfprofider]

I have just discovered a new organic source which I plan to use on some of my grows in/out this year. I line in an area in which quite a few chicken barns have resently began operations. A friend of minw=e works at one and showed me some scapings they get off the barn. It is composed of 1/2 shit and 1/2 empty rice hulls. Anyone know of info on the compessition of the hulls and there relitive breakdown period? The shit will be loaded with N I know that but seems to me that I will have to be sparing in application for fear PH problems Any Ideas for using this stuff and maybe things to watch out for. I can get this stuff by the tons. maybe a marketing Idea? Oh the rice hulls are from the feed that they give them. Later

[Number]

Chicken shit is loaded with phosphorus. We have a lot of problems in the Chesapeake Bay because the phosphorus from all the farming ends up in the water causing pollution. Pfisteria outbreaks and fish kills are sometimes in the news, and phosphorus is the main source for the chain of events that lead up to an outbreak. Chicken shit has more than double the amount of P than cow manure. Hope it works out for you.

[Captain Canibus]

Don't use it fresh. It'll burn your plants. If you compost is with leaves, grass clippings and add it to soil it will be a good fertilizer.

[shiva boy]

cc is right ... very very hot. definately needs some time to breakdown but is a very good veg fert

[eric.]

Captain Canibus is right..compost that stuff

[guest123]

rice husks are excellent for conditioning the soil , added with chicken manure you cannot go wrong , .. i have used the mix many a time and it needed no composting prior to the use , i simply dug it into the beds and broadcast some on top , mj is a plant that will take all the nutes you give it in organic form , easy at first to get them used to it , remember this is one of the fastest growing plants in the world , it needs feeding to realise that sort of growth rate ,,,, i ve seem them grow up to 6 inches in one day ...... youll find chicken shit with a heap of feathers in it , to be one of the highest nitrogen packed lunches for a mj plant .. they love it ...

[Unregistered]

did you ever use chicken poop? there's no update?