How to properly use chicken manure?

[Stainless]

My friend gave me about 100lbs of chicken manure the other day. They had several hundred tons delivered to their farm. They use it to spread over their hay fields.

What I'm trying to figure out now is how to properly use it in my gardens. I don't really need it right now because I've already purchased plenty of Tomato Tone but it would be a nice edition to some of my raised beds later in the season or at the beginning of next. It's pretty clumpy as if it was scooped or shoveled off of the floors of the chicken houses.

Any advice?

[Stainless]

[Gardeneer]

It look ok to me .
You can always use some as top dress, scratched into the soil. I think it is already composted and should be safe. If you don't use it this year, try to protect it from rain.

[Tracydr]

Looks like it's nice and aged. Good stuff! I use it like it's organic fertilizer, side dressing plants. Extra for the squash and corn, less for the legumes.

[AlittleSalt]

Made me think of one of my uncles. He was always spreading chicken manure about town

But seriously, I've read countless times, that composting chicken manure is the safest way to deal with it. Composting takes time, and well, you have the time.

[Gardeneer]

An observation:
Chicken manure should not be deadly. They (chickens) roam around the gardens and backyards and drop their thing all the time. LOL
But if they compost dead chickens, that is another issue.

Gardeneer

[AZGardener]

You can also buy it aged and bagged at the nursery. BUT- I don't know about adding it to a growing garden? Maybe after the season? Thoughts??

[Gardeneer]

Originally Posted by AZGardener

You can also buy it aged and bagged at the nursery. BUT- I don't know about adding it to a growing garden? Maybe after the season? Thoughts??

Actually , I prefer not to use bagged chicken manure. I have found lots of chicken bones in them. That is disgusting.

Gardeneer