herm0016
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how is your chicken litter aged and for how long? composting does not work that well here, we have been trying to compost ours. but its a pain, we have to water it, and its not hot enough for long enough to make it happen.
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how is your chicken litter aged and for how long? composting does not work that well here, we have been trying to compost ours. but its a pain, we have to water it, and its not hot enough for long enough to make it happen.
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That's the problem and why I don't usually use it. When I do get chicken manure I mix it with dead fallen dry leaves and make a pile in the winter. It gets watered naturally in the winter but it usually isn't ready until the next year (four seasons). Then I use sand and peat at about equal mixes. I can't say this is the best, just what I tend to do.
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Check what this guy is doing using fresh chicken manure... at 8:15 into the video and then again at 12:15 (to save you some time).
How to use fresh chicken manure in your garden and chicken update - YouTube
Never tried it and I wouldn't be as comfortable as this guy putting on my vegetables plants.