Chicken manure, often called "black gold," provides one of the most nutrient-rich boosts for your soil. Different types of chicken manure exist, with variations in quality and composition. You can ...

The following is an excerpt from Holy Shit: Managing Manure to Save Mankind by Gene Logsdon (Chelsea Green, 2010). In his humorous, anecdotal manifesto, Logsdon imparts how to transform farm, pet and ...

The author’s hens stay on pasture during warmer months and then overwinter inside a greenhouse. Use chicken manure in garden to boost crops’ productivity, while also utilizing a greenhouse chicken ...

A reader wonders about the brewing process for making manure tea to use as fertilizer. Gary writes: My neighbor raises chickens, and she has an abundance of chicken manure that she is willing to share ...

WILMINGTON, Del. — The company that pioneered brand-name chicken — Perdue Farms — is now trying to work similar magic with a less-appetizing end of the poultry industry: the mixture of woodchips and ...

Whether you are a Louisiana poultry farmer or just keep chickens in your back yard, there may soon be a solution to the vexing problem of disposing of chicken waste, thanks to a research project ...

Is it safe to use chicken manure on flowers? We have been told not to use it on vegetables, but we were wondering about flowers. A big pile has been given to us. A: What great fortune! That's almost ...

Scripps Howard News Service Call me crazy, but I just love the smell of horse manure. In fact, I’ve been up to my dark brown eyeballs in manure all my life. From a childhood among horses to a career ...