poultry waste - Page 2

tjg911 · July 22, 2012

yeah i know chicken droppings are brutal!

the funny thing is yesterday i was at blue seal and they have chicky do do outside. i smelled the plastic bag and i could smell it but it wasn't real bad. i wonder once opened how strong it is?

would mice get into this? i could store it in the shed but mice are all over the place in there. from around december 20 for about 3 weeks i trapped about 45 mice before i cleaned them out. i started to set the traps again in the spring and got 21 more, total was 66... yeah i was counting! i just don't want mice eating it or burrowing into it all winter.

tom

janezee · July 22, 2012

OMG, that's a lot of mice! Ewwwww!

I buy galvanized trash cans for things that I don't want the mice in. Bird seed started me on it, since the mice and rats and whatever have no problem gnawing through the plastic cans.

j

Tom Atillo · July 23, 2012

I scored 40 bags of extremely pungent and damp chicken duty from a local store. Reg pricewas $4.00 a bag but I negotiated a $1.00 a bag price if I"took them all".

The bags were filled wet and had perforations (I suppose to help them dry?) To keep the peace with the neighbors I Covered them with a plastic tarp and piled dirt around the perimeter. This worked well to control the smell. I let them sit for 1 year.........when I opened the tarp one year later........the smell was just as bad. Now I just buy pelletized granular chicken poo.....Perfect Blend is the name and it works well with low smell until it gets wet. Apply before rain and it will dissipate!

clkeiper · July 31, 2012

I buy composted and pelleted chicken manure for my greenhouse and high tunnel plants and YES it does STINK. Just like chicken manure. I pulled chickens and worked for a local farmer gathering eggs as a kid and today as I was using it I was remembering it smelled just like when I was gathering eggs in a house that had not been cleaned on time.... UGH! Do not keep it in your house. It will stink it up to high heaven! I sincerely don't think mice would burrow into it, it smells awful and is very dusty.

July 22, 2012	#16
tjg911 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: zone 5b northwest connecticut Posts: 2,570	yeah i know chicken droppings are brutal! the funny thing is yesterday i was at blue seal and they have chicky do do outside. i smelled the plastic bag and i could smell it but it wasn't real bad. i wonder once opened how strong it is? would mice get into this? i could store it in the shed but mice are all over the place in there. from around december 20 for about 3 weeks i trapped about 45 mice before i cleaned them out. i started to set the traps again in the spring and got 21 more, total was 66... yeah i was counting! i just don't want mice eating it or burrowing into it all winter. tom __________________ I need a hero I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the end of the night He’s gotta be strong And he’s gotta be fast And he’s gotta be fresh from the fight I need a hero I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the morning light He’s gotta be sure And it’s gotta be soon And he’s gotta be larger than life

July 31, 2012	#19
clkeiper Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: ohio Posts: 4,350	I buy composted and pelleted chicken manure for my greenhouse and high tunnel plants and YES it does STINK. Just like chicken manure. I pulled chickens and worked for a local farmer gathering eggs as a kid and today as I was using it I was remembering it smelled just like when I was gathering eggs in a house that had not been cleaned on time.... UGH! Do not keep it in your house. It will stink it up to high heaven! I sincerely don't think mice would burrow into it, it smells awful and is very dusty. __________________ carolyn k

July 22, 2012	#17
janezee Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Whidbey Island, WA Zone 7, Sunset 5 Posts: 931	OMG, that's a lot of mice! Ewwwww! I buy galvanized trash cans for things that I don't want the mice in. Bird seed started me on it, since the mice and rats and whatever have no problem gnawing through the plastic cans. j

July 23, 2012	#18
Tom Atillo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Pacific N.W. Posts: 32	I scored 40 bags of extremely pungent and damp chicken duty from a local store. Reg pricewas $4.00 a bag but I negotiated a $1.00 a bag price if I"took them all". The bags were filled wet and had perforations (I suppose to help them dry?) To keep the peace with the neighbors I Covered them with a plastic tarp and piled dirt around the perimeter. This worked well to control the smell. I let them sit for 1 year.........when I opened the tarp one year later........the smell was just as bad. Now I just buy pelletized granular chicken poo.....Perfect Blend is the name and it works well with low smell until it gets wet. Apply before rain and it will dissipate!