Chicken Poo and wood ash

Was down the plot today doing a bit of digging when  an non allotment guy came up and asked me if I wanted any of the above.  Not being one to turn down freebies of any description I instantly turned round and collected same.  4 bags of chicken poo and a bag of wood ash with a promise of much more to come. 

Now.  I have only had my allottment for about 6 months and I have very little growing in it.  I have very heavy clay soil with a ph of about 8 so I covered the allotment with about 3 or 4 inches of horse manure and rotavated that in.  Had it covered now for about 2 months and I am gradually pully back the plastic and digging/preparing beds for next year. 

The million dollar question is ....  What do I do with the chicken poo and wood ash?

Hi, I put my wood ash from my fire around my fruit trees and roses. I read somewhere that they like it.

As for the chicken poo, I dug some into my garden one autumn one year before we had anything in there. Was a bit inexperienced then and did not know you were meant to let it rot down. Nether the less my plants have done really well in that area of the garden this year.

A very recent thread here with a few tips on using wood ash.

As far as I know rotted chicken manure can be used just like any other manure, although it's possibly a bit higher in nitrogen than some others, which is no bad thing.
You are very lucky to have been offered both for free and completely out of the blue! 

In a nutshell - chicken poo will raise your ph a bit so spread it all over and dig it in. The wood ash is "Potash" and can be sprinkled on all fruiting and flowering plants in summer. Handful to a sq mt. is all you need. Strawberries love it!!

Wood ash is supposed to be good for onions etc.

I think you can add wood ash to the compost although I'm not sure of the recommended amount. We have chickens and their 'doings' go in the compost.

If your soil pH is around 8 you will likely increase it by adding those materials as both are on the alkaline side. That puts it on the high side for a lot of garden veg so you'd need to think about getting it down a bit.

Just out of curiosity, did you measure the pH with one of those two pronged things?

They are notoriously inaccurate so if you did I would suggest testing by a more reliable method before making a final decision.

I measured it with a chemical thing I got from B & Q