Quote: Originally posted by Little_Ghost_again | Quote: Originally posted by unionised | Having given our ghostly friend a while to play with chicken shit, I will now point out that their metabolism is different; they don't produce urea
and he may be barking up the wrong tree.
It's possible that the uric acid will be converted to nitrate by some bacterium or bacteria.
If it stinks of ammonia you should be OK
(that's not a phrase you get to use very often. |
You have just given away three facts about yourself!
1) you have never had an allotment! allotment holder bug chicken keepers non stop for chicken shit. A
2) you have never ever ever cleaned out a medium to large chicken house!! if you dont do it often or use the deep litter method your eyes STREAM with
the ammonia
3) You dont know the white bit in bird poo is urea
Chicken shit is world class fertilizer because of its extremely high nitrogen
content.
Go visit a chicken farm man you can the ammonia for miles!! |
I never had an allotment- but I have a garden. I buy cheap fertiliser based on urea. I'm not prepared to make a big song and dance about using
"organic" fertiliser.
I grew up in a house next to a field full of chickens- but they were free range. I have been in a shed with 2000 young chicks- I don't remember it
smelling that bad (it was 40 years ago so I might not recall) Perhaps they cleaned it out more often
and, as has been pointed out, when I say that bird metabolism is different, you might want to look at my reputation here and check your "facts" before
telling me I'm wrong.
The last time I had occasion to check it was in the related issue of iguana droppings- it's a long story. |