I ahve some questions about manure

Rockporter · March 25, 2014

So I scored some horse, goat and chicken manure for my square foot gardening mix. The goat and the chicken manure are in clumps and the lady said she isn't so sure the chicken manure is actually composted. She said she didn't get to set it on the ground with anything because she had a knee surgery. I don't know how to check if this stuff is actually composted or not.

The horse manure looks real good, everything is dry and there are no clumps in it.

I have a cement mixer that I was going to use to mix all the compost with but am unsure if I should actually use the chicken manure or not. Seems to be a lot of chicken feathers in it, do those actually compost into nothing but dirt?

March 25, 2014	#1
Rockporter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Texas Coastal Bend Posts: 3,205	I have some questions about manure So I scored some horse, goat and chicken manure for my square foot gardening mix. The goat and the chicken manure are in clumps and the lady said she isn't so sure the chicken manure is actually composted. She said she didn't get to set it on the ground with anything because she had a knee surgery. I don't know how to check if this stuff is actually composted or not. The horse manure looks real good, everything is dry and there are no clumps in it. I have a cement mixer that I was going to use to mix all the compost with but am unsure if I should actually use the chicken manure or not. Seems to be a lot of chicken feathers in it, do those actually compost into nothing but dirt? __________________ In the spring at the end of the day you should smell like dirt ~Margaret Atwood~ Last edited by Rockporter; March 25, 2014 at 09:01 PM.