chicken poop

[cassier]

Has anyone ever heard of or tried chicken poop for fertilizer like worm poop?

cassie

[kid a]

Nope, sorry! Do you use it as fertilizer for other plants? Does it come liquid?

[janet_a]

i wouldn't use it (or any other manure) raw; you may also want to compost it first.

[BillC]

Hi cassier, you will only find out if the chicken stuff works by experimenting with it. I would personally stick to worm tea as it seems to have been proven by the number of posts which approve it.

Bill

[butt0n]

Chicken manure is pretty potent stuff even when broken down. I'm not so sure it would be good to use for orchids...just my opinion.

[solay]

Hummm...don't know. I have two chickens and they do their business in the yard. Never thought of putting it on the orchids though. May be kinda smelly. I think worm tea is better since it has no smell.

[cassier]

I was just wondering as someone gave a friend of mine a bag full. The person giving it is an orchid grower. My friend didn't know why he gave it to him and did not ask (shame). I personally use worm tea and told my society about it last night. They were very interested in the processes and results.
cassie

[solay]

I guess you can try it on a new NOIDS and see what happens. I'm too lazy to extract the liquid and stuff. Let us know if you decide to try it.

[Greenhouse Gal]

Cassier, I would find out a lot more about this poo before using. First, yes, buttOn is right. Chicken poo is very strong and needs to be composted and still way diluted.

Unfortunately that is not the only concern. The following citation came across my desk just this week:
Article Title:
Arsenic In Chicken Production
A common feed additive adds arsenic to human food and endangers water supplies

Published:
April 9, 2007 Volume 85, Number 15 pp. 34-35

Article Location:
Chemical & Engineering News: Government & Policy - Arsenic In Chicken Production

From Chemical & Engineering News
Chemical & Engineering News
A service of the American Chemical Society.

IF the chickens were fed only pure grains or free range without any supplemental feed, fine, but that is VERY RARE these days, in this country. Almost everyone uses commercial feed.

[Hummer344]

chicken, horse, and beef manuer has to be composted before using. Putting it on fresh will burn most plants. Your tender orchids will not do good with it straight outta the chicken. Beware.

[kid a]

Originally Posted by Greenhouse Gal

Cassier, I would find out a lot more about this poo before using. First, yes, buttOn is right. Chicken poo is very strong and needs to be composted and still way diluted.

Unfortunately that is not the only concern. The following citation came across my desk just this week:
Article Title:
Arsenic In Chicken Production
A common feed additive adds arsenic to human food and endangers water supplies

Published:
April 9, 2007 Volume 85, Number 15 pp. 34-35

Article Location:
Chemical & Engineering News: Government & Policy - Arsenic In Chicken Production

From Chemical & Engineering News
Chemical & Engineering News
A service of the American Chemical Society.

IF the chickens were fed only pure grains or free range without any supplemental feed, fine, but that is VERY RARE these days, in this country. Almost everyone uses commercial feed.

Wow! That is scary. I hate meat because of stuff like that! (I'm not a vegetarian anymore)

[Greenhouse Gal]

If the chickens are truly USDA certified organic, most reputable certifying agencies are aware of these problems and would not allow this sort of feed. Still....that anyone does this....

[AndreaM]

I read an article the horse manure works great on Cymbidiums. There are so many good orchid supplements/fertilizers that I don't know if you need to use chicken manure.
Andrea

[digitalgate]

i use chicken, goat poop. I rotate between organic and inorganic fertilizer. When you use
them?. he... he. a skill to be discover... However, poop has gave me mites problem which
i hated it till today. So i roast them before i use them.

[cassier]

My friend told me a few days ago that he started to use the chicken poop. He said that it was composted. He puts 2 tbls in 1 gallon of water. He is using it on his paphs and they seem to like it.

[solay]

I wish I had the time and patience to do all that. I guess it must be good for the orchids since your friend is doing well using it.

I do let my chickens run around my backyard and do their thing though. I'm sure their poop fertilizes the other plants.

[maninair]

We have so many pigeons here in Mumbai. Can I use the pigeon poo if it is composted on my orchids.

[digitalgate]

Originally Posted by maninair

We have so many pigeons here in Mumbai. Can I use the pigeon poo if it is composted on my orchids.

i remember pigeon poop have certain virus that is harmful to human. I suggest
you don't touch that. Bird flu may be?

[fred]

myself I use Dynamic lifter ( chicken poop ) on some of my orchids diluted with water like a weak tea mix I soak the Dynamic Lifter for 24 hours before use
then strain the mix before use.
It does stink a fair bit though.

I also use Dynamic Lifter on my Cymbidiums also I just place the pellets in a small pile on top of the medium and with each watering I spray the Dynamic Lifter as well.

I would not recommend doing this inside the house

[orchidlover55]

I've never used Chicken Poop before. I use rain water and it does real good. I hardly every fertilize mine, mostly my Cattleya's because they are in firbark only. But my Phals,Dens,Oncidium's and Vanda's love rain water then when I do fertiize them I use Orchid Fertilizer. I have heard of using cow manure though they said that was good

[Kaci Lu]

I have cows, horses, chickens, and rabbits. (they all Poop) According to all I have learned all but the rabbit poop should be composted. They can burn any plant. Rabbit, however is much cooler on tender plants and can be used directly. Anybody know anything about rabbit poo on orchids? This is all new to me. I already have composted 'tea' for my garden. It's cow and rabbit. Chicken is too hot. Pig is even hotter.

[englandfx]

LOL! all this talk about poo is cracking me up xD

[Sugar Magnolia]

Oh dear... I used chicken poop once 12 years ago and never again! I'm sure it's wonderful stuff, but I was swarmed with gnats and flies for a couple days until I got rid of it all. Luckily it was in a couple container plants. My mom loves using horse poop tilled into all the gardens. I'm sure there's a huge difference between the containers and tilling it into the soil... I just know chicken poop smells terrible. My bf is scared of the worm tea because of our last manure episode. lol.

[Sugar Magnolia]

Originally Posted by kid a

Wow! That is scary. I hate meat because of stuff like that! (I'm not a vegetarian anymore)

Kortney, come back to the Veggie side! We miss you!! lol

[sunshine]

I grew up on a farm and there was always plenty of poo. Cow, chicken, horse
poo should be left alone for a couple of years to compost. Like Hummer said
it will burn tender plants as to the high nitogen content. That is why it is spread in the spring and the fall on fields and gardens. There is one thing to say about using cow or horse poo, You will have a good crop of weeds My grammie used to use rabbitt poo on her strawberries
and did she ever have nice strawberries. I haven't been doing orchids all that long but I don't think I would take the chance of using farm poo on my chids.
First is the smell and I don't want my home smelling like the barn and 2nd would be losing my chids.

When manure sits outside and compost for a year or more it's great in the garden. Now using it fresh the results are kinda scary. It will burn and kill sensitive plants and you will have a nice crop of weeds. There's several dairy farms where I live and every spring and fall you can tell when their spreading
manure on the corn and hay fields. Phew