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Need Help  ???

can anyone tell me if l can use chicken pellets the same as compost as l am finding a big problem getting manure of any kind

As a dressing yes, but not as much needed. To grow things like seedlings (multi-purpose compost) NO it is far too rich...

Thanks l will have to put my thinking cap on.  ???

Quote from: sims girl on March 07, 2009, 12:20:05
Need Help  ???

can anyone tell me if l can use chicken pellets the same as compost as l am finding a big problem getting manure of any kind

stick around here for long enuff, you'll get plenty of Bull-sh*t !! !  ;) :D

Quote from: tonybloke on March 07, 2009, 13:44:56

Quote from: sims girl on March 07, 2009, 12:20:05
Need Help  ???

can anyone tell me if l can use chicken pellets the same as compost as l am finding a big problem getting manure of any kind

stick around here for long enuff, you'll get plenty of Bull-sh*t !! !  ;) :D

what got to you? It was a genuine question you know

Hi sims girl

I'm sure Tony was joking  ;D

I guess he was inferring that  cow manure would be more acceptable than chicken pellets.

Talking of cows! have you asked your milk man if he has any manure or does he know anyone that has.

Blimey TeeGee,

I can't imagine a Scouse milkman even knowing that milk comes from cows, let alone that they produce manure.

Is is nice though being transported back to the late forties, early fifties when I used help!! the farmer on his rounds after the morning milking, with his horse and cart, and decanting the still slightly warm milk into jugs left on the doorstep.
I wish we could have afforded to take photographs in those days!

Quote from: Tee Gee on March 07, 2009, 15:23:06
Hi sims girl

I'm sure Tony was joking  ;D YES I WAS !!! ;D ;D ;D ;D

I guess he was inferring that  cow manure would be more acceptable than chicken pellets.
Talking of cows! have you asked your milk man if he has any manure or does he know anyone that has.

seriously, most towns / cities are surrounded by the 'my little pony' brigade, to them manure / horsesh*t is a waste disposal problem. look through your  thompson local / yello pages (other info books are available) for horse / pony stables, they usually glad to get rid, and may even deliver.
rgds, Tony ;)

Quotecan't imagine a Scouse milkman even knowing that milk comes from cows, let alone that they produce manure.

I think the inference was that you get the manure from the milkman's hos.

Ask on your local FREECYCLE... I did and got loads of bags of pure black stuff, 10 years old

Whereabouts do you live?  Are there any city farms nearby - usually they give away the stuff free - however you have to bag and collect yourself

We asked a local dairy farmer if he had any manure. We ended up bagging up 150+ bags of 4 year old manure. Wonderful stuff.
Janet

wish I was you daughters pet, if that's where it lives... 

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