[Sarajevo]

I emptied 1000lbs of horse manure out of the back of the truck, and have another 1000lbs in the trailer. I made a pile of the load from the truck and was wondering how bad my back would ache after spreading it, then I saw the chickens at work. The pile is almost flat already, and they're working on emptying the trailer all by their selves. Right where I need it too!

I need a couple more loads of manure to refill the raised beds. I'm hoping the rancher I get it from has some piles of fresher manure. Less weight and it'll help loosen the underlying soil better.

[sockmonkey]

I saw the chickens at work. The pile is almost flat already, and they're working on emptying the trailer all by their selves.

I love chickens. How are your chicks doing?

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

Sarajevo:" The pile is almost flat already, and they're working on emptying the trailer all by their selves. Right where I need it too! "

When i had chickens , I planted a number of "Spagetti Squash" for feed for chickens.
When split open, and fibers separated by a fork , the seeds and spagetti fibers served as a supplmental vegetable feed for the chickens
it kept them in the garden looking for more (spagetti ) 'worms' , seeds , and random insects in the garden.
I never did see the chickens (Rhode Island Reds) do any damage to the crops in the garden, and it kept the insect population down.
Also , their scratching in the garden kept the garden soil level, and prevented new weed growth.

[Augie]

Chickens are pigs with feathers. They eat anything and everything. If I didn’t have chickens I probably wouldn’t need to get manure from the neighbor lady.