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Chicken Litter - First Time
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<blockquote data-quote="simme" data-source="post: 1676294" data-attributes="member: 40418"><p>Chicken litter is great fertilizer. It is variable quality/strength depending on the source (type chickens, age, conditions in house, etc). Litter fresh out of a fairly dry house is best. Litter that has been stored a long time in a stacking shed will have been through a heat and not as good. Litter that has been very wet will not be as good and will smell like crap - much more than dry. Some places will compost dead chickens in stacked litter in a shed. That litter sometimes will have incomplete composting and have a danger of botulism for cattle on the pastures where it is applied. </p><p>Best to spread litter just before a rain. Similar to chemical fertilizer, spreading it during a dry spell can burn the existing grass a little and can lose some of the nitrogen to the air. Spreading it just before rain will minimize smell and maximize effectiveness. If you are putting it on tilled ground, incorporation will help effectiveness. But, most people don't incorporate, but most use here is on pasture or minimum till crops. Dry fine litter will make a heck of a dust storm when you spread it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="simme, post: 1676294, member: 40418"] Chicken litter is great fertilizer. It is variable quality/strength depending on the source (type chickens, age, conditions in house, etc). Litter fresh out of a fairly dry house is best. Litter that has been stored a long time in a stacking shed will have been through a heat and not as good. Litter that has been very wet will not be as good and will smell like crap - much more than dry. Some places will compost dead chickens in stacked litter in a shed. That litter sometimes will have incomplete composting and have a danger of botulism for cattle on the pastures where it is applied. Best to spread litter just before a rain. Similar to chemical fertilizer, spreading it during a dry spell can burn the existing grass a little and can lose some of the nitrogen to the air. Spreading it just before rain will minimize smell and maximize effectiveness. If you are putting it on tilled ground, incorporation will help effectiveness. But, most people don't incorporate, but most use here is on pasture or minimum till crops. Dry fine litter will make a heck of a dust storm when you spread it. [/QUOTE]
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