Fertilizing with chicken manure

Gardenboy · September 22, 2012

My learned my gardening techniques from my grandfather. He would use aged chicken manure and also rabbit manure. I have always used it for years also with great results. My question is? Recently one of the bags of chicken manure was very potent with "ammonia" or urine like smell within the bag. Is this still safe to use as a fertilizer? Does chicken manure over time go bad?? I grow in 15 gallon containers and just wondered if I should use this bag of chicken manure? Any info on this topic would be helpful.

September 22, 2012	#1
Gardenboy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL Posts: 784	Fertilizing with chicken manure My learned my gardening techniques from my grandfather. He would use aged chicken manure and also rabbit manure. I have always used it for years also with great results. My question is? Recently one of the bags of chicken manure was very potent with "ammonia" or urine like smell within the bag. Is this still safe to use as a fertilizer? Does chicken manure over time go bad?? I grow in 15 gallon containers and just wondered if I should use this bag of chicken manure? Any info on this topic would be helpful.