The Secret of Happy Plants? It's in the Chicken Poop!

Here at The Happy Chicken Coop, we believe in using all of nature's bounty!
Today we'll share how to recycle the waste from your flock into powerful fertilizer for your garden.
Get the inside scoop on harvesting, preparing, and applying chicken manure to invigorate your plants and vegetables.
We'll walk through when and how much manure to use to avoid burning delicate roots.
You'll learn techniques like composting with carbon materials to create nutrient-rich fertilizing mixes.
We'll give tips to handle manure from both caged and free-range chickens.
Whether you've got layers, broilers, or a backyard mixed flock, that poop can produce abundant harvests!
Turn your coop clean out days into a chore with purpose.
Discover how chicken manure provides an all-natural, inexpensive, and highly effective way to fertilize your garden.
With our guidance, you'll tap into this underutilized resource and watch your fruits, flowers, and veggies thrive.

[@davidbass7593]

I put it straight in the garden been doing for 40 years no composting never a problem

[@Mike-px8rc]

GREATLY APPRECIATED....THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO EDUCATE.

[@MS-de7bb]

Thanks

[@JacquelineJaroffaith]

I do this. But I do it inside the coop and run. Mixed sand, D. Earth, and ash. I have made a lot of dirt and 🐔 💩 and 🦆 💩 too. Works wonder. Use coffee, grinder up eggs into powder, & tea grounds

[@noeditbookreviews]

There's a park near me with plenty of goose poop. I'm thinking about coming by with a bucket.

[@kurt2272]

I’ve done this very thing.

[@dboyMMA7100]

Damn dude, why you in such a hurry? Lol.

[@farmerdude3578]

Chicken poop is the best for a garden. Dont forget some lime.

[@GodLovesYouYesYou]

what is the lime for?
thx

[@farmerdude3578]

@@GodLovesYouYesYou whenever you put manure on soil it need lime to break it down. Manure is very acidic. Most people think lime is just to control ph in soil. But it most important use is to allow biological processes to grow. Also if you have some very poor soil it can become very productive in short time with manure, lime, and sugar. The life that is destroyed in that soil will explode. But you still need drainage. Wet soil kills. Put on small amounts of lime every year. I put 300 to 500 pounds per acre on my grass pasture for my goats. The now can use all the goat poop they spread. The grass grows like crazy thick and dense all season. Raising the biological activity is key to high productivity soil.

[@lilycardoso4679]

​@farmerdude3578 How much lime would you put in a raised garden bed?