On 09/04/2013 10:51 AM, Janet Bostwick wrote:

>> I used to work with the son of an egg rancher. His dad was always
>> striving for better efficiency. When he learned that chickens excrete
>> a lot of the nutrients they take in, he excavated under the chicken
>> houses and put in catfish ponds. Farm-raised, mmm-hmm good!
>
> chicken manure is excellent for your vegetable garden as well. It is
> just that it is "hot" and needs to be aged before used so that the
> plants don't die of nitrogen burn.
> Janet US
>



You just have to be careful how you use it. A friend of mine moved into
a house not too far from here and started a vegetable garden early in
his first spring. He dug a trench about two foot deep and put fresh
chicken manure in and then planted raspberries, asparagus and marijuana.
I was surprised to see that he had actually had a small group of
asparagus that year and a bountiful crop of raspberries. The pot was
amazing. His theory was that things would grow up to get away from the
chicken shit.