Made my day

[HDRider]

I just got a call from my chicken litter guy. It looks like he will be able to completely save me from the high fertilizer cost this year.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

How dare you post an agriculture related topic on a political discussion forum!

 

[EasTex]

How do you spread the litter and how much does it cost?

 

[Travlr]

How do you spread the litter and how much does it cost?

When I was in Arkansas the chicken companies had large spreaders mounted on semi Peterbuilts and Kenworths, and they charged a minimal amount. Pretty much fuel and labor costs to deleiver and spread.

 

[simme]

Here there is a shortage of shavings now. There is a tendency to clean out chicken houses when the litter can go directly on cropland or pasture - late winter or early spring and late fall are popular times. When a house is cleaned out, it is cleaned to the dirt and several inches of shavings have to be spread to insulate the new chicks from the cold dirt. A shortage of shavings leads to delays in cleaning out the houses. New chicks are placed on old litter instead. Which leads to less litter being available to spread on crops and pasture until shavings are available. Which will probably then lead to an abundance of litter at a time that is not best for crop or pastures. All due to the craziness of supply and shortages now.
I would expect that the price of litter would increase somewhat now due to higher costs in general, but particularly the high cost of fertilizer makes litter worth even more.

 

[TennesseeTuxedo]

I couldn't get crackers at McAlester's Deli for lunch today due to supply chain issues. How much longer until this nightmare ends?

 

[MurraysMutts]

And the straw shortage! Sheesh!

Local fried chicken place had no chicken!
Shut em down for a whole day!

 

[farmerjan]

Welcome to the "NEW NORMAL"... it is going to continue or get worse.....

 

[Redgully]

We used chicken manure for years, as kids it was our job to shovel it off the trailer around fruit trees. Used to come with dead chooks and all, but anywhere you put it grew like the wind. Now days here it is terrible, don't know why, but even the weeds around the pile barely get any greener. We stopped using it about five years ago.

 

[HDRider]

How do you spread the litter and how much does it cost?

One of the Mennonite chicken farmers is all set up. He has the big rigs to haul, a big front end loader and a big tractor spreader.

It is $42 a ton, all done

 

[greybeard]

If the H5N1 bird flu spreads, there won't be any litter or fried chicken.

 

[Lee VanRoss]

If the H5N1 bird flu spreads, there won't be any litter or fried chicken.

Time will tell if your prayers are answered or not,,,,