[BOB3554]

My next door neighbour keeps chickens,in a pen, on a bed of straw.Each time he cleans it out he dumps it.If I had it off him,with the straw,would I have to keep it for a time before using it.Presumably I could put it in a composter with other green stuff and it would help it break down.In a one bin,plastic composter,which is all I will have room for,if I could turn it a couple of times,about how long would it take before being used?,
many thanks,Bob.

[richyrich7]

Yes you could rot it down not sure how long it would take that depends on a lot of variables but I'd say 6 months as an average. Make's good compost  

[compostqueen]

I'd get it as it will be very good stuff but it could take a while. No quick fix I'm afraid but it will be worth the wait

I admit to throwing some of the fresh stuff round my established rose trees during the summer, and they seemed fine on it     It looks a bit of a mess so I did the ones at the back of the border, the climbers and the larger varieties.  No sign of any harm having come to them so far  

[PAH48]

Hi...I dont personally know, but could it be stored in, old say compost
bags, for six or more months?
I'd hate to see it go to waste, as said many times on here, dam good stuff.
Bye PAH 'in

[richyrich7]

I've got 12 bin bags full of Guinea pig waste to fetch from a mates house, I'm running out of room for composting  :roll:

[Oscar Too]

Chicken muck is great stuff, but will need to be composted down before use.  If you put it straight on, you can either burn (literally) young plants, or cause weak, unbalanced, leggy growth from the high levels of nitrogen.  Build it into a proper heap, and leave it for several months.