On 2011-06-04, PrecisionmachinisT wrote:

"Ignoramus5230" wrote in message
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On 2011-06-04, Karl Townsend wrote:
On Sat, 04 Jun 2011 08:29:57 -0500, Ignoramus5230
wrote:

By the way, regarding a fertilizer. What I find is that chicken poo
works absolutely best when it comes to vegetables (technically
fruits), such as tomatoes. Back when I had chickens, I had 8 foot tall
tomato plants, full of tomatoes.

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I'll second that. I get a semi load every year. I also get a semi of
turkey litter, not as strong. I grow the best strawberries in the sate
of MN and this is one of the secrets.

BTW, the kids are sprinkling dryed and pelletized chicken poo on the
first year plants as i write this. We put a 2000


Chickens are worth their feed, merely from the fertilizer value.

I actually have chickens this year also (leghorns, a huge mistake). I
will definitely save every bit of litter.


Buff Orphingtons have a pretty good temperament esp if you like
letting them out to wander and forage during the day.

I don't.

I had New Hempshire Reds last time, they were awesome, very calm,
friendly, and docile. These Leghorns are very flighty and scaredy.

In addition, they are not quite as hardy as far as cold weather goes.

Green chicken manure from a poultry farm smells bad.

Uncontrollable automatic gag reflex bad, in fact.


I have no problems with that smell, I kept some manure mixed with
water in a bucket, for 3 weeks. It did smell quite a bit, but I am
okay with that.

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