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Back to Eden Chicken Run Composting! SO EASY!
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Paul Gautschi of Back to Eden fame uses chickens to compost food scraps and garden waste. I've been doing the same thing for years after seeing his method. Today I harvest five gallons of lovely compost from the hen house and show you how. With my simple compost sifter (a bent piece of hardware cloth!), it's easy. Chicken composting is the way to go for low-work compost. Just throw everything compostable into your hen house or chicken run and then let the chickens eat it, manure it, turn it, eat it again, and then - voila - you're ready to sift and take it to the garden!
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This is exactly what I wanna do in my back yard this will be my first time doing this.
I want to apply the same type of concept to muskovy ducks.....thanks for sharing.....it’s amazing how much free food inputs are out there if you only ask...also your compost book is a very helpful guide...money well spent...thank you...🦆🐌
We have done this for over a decade; calling it deep litter composting. Joel Salatin talks about this. There is a great benefit of letting the chickens compost this in their chicken house. Then we use it in making our own potting soil.
the incredible chicken...livestock with super powers!
Done watched all 32. Your wife is also sweet and kind. Love to see her in the videos as well.
I'm jealous of your flat-footed squat.
Dude, I'm doing the back to eden thing in my in ground swimming pool, ie., 10 chickens, wood chips, scraps, anything organic pretty much goes into it. I've watched a few of your videos on the anaerobic compost tea this morning (the deep end of my pool is filled with about 2'-3' of free wood chips (actually the entire pool is filled like that) because I have hundreds of gallons of deep brown anaerobic "tea" that collects after a rain here (not often I live in the desert). Anyhow, I'm inspired to see the great results you're getting. Dreaming of moving somewhere tropical in a few years too! (puerto rico). Keep up the Good work.
Fantastic! We love the deep mulch gardening/no dig method for sure, but my in-laws chickens (free range!) eat EVERY THING. So we have definitely learned some things... like making your chickens work for you, instead of letting them destroy all your hard work. How important it is to cull unwanted birds (I don't like killing animals any more than the next guy, but I have CRIED over eaten plants that I thought I had protected well from them, and the in-laws won't have anyone culling except the local birds of prey, and night time raiders! =( )
Anyhow, Everyone keeps telling us our homesteading, self-reliance, self-sufficient dreams are TOO MUCH WORK... but you CAN make things easier by using your noodle. Which is why I'm addicted to your videos now haha!
Yes - culling is important, as they'll just eat up your resources otherwise. I'd rather eat them.
And you're right, you can make things easier by looking for patterns and working with them instead of against them. Glad you're here and enjoying the videos.
Is there no concern about bacteria present in raw chicken manure going on food plants? I've read it should be hot composted or left to sit for many months to avoid bacterial contamination.
holy mackerel ! Great soil !
I'd rather have my chickens in a safe space and let them make compost and eat how they love to eat. I like a large area in their coop for foraging and compost making. I've also just added several comfrey around my coop for feeding the chickens and adding to my( their) compost.
Awww...sweet baby chick adding her two cents in the background! Almost time for turkeys to hatch? 👍
Yep. Saturday is the turkey due date.
It’s a wonderful idea to make use of community compost, something I’ve come across often, but I just can’t imagine cake and cookies going into my chickens and eggs. Obviously there is something I don’t know and would like to learn please. How could that be healthy?
Gardening gold there!!
Heck yes.
many great tips...
hello, I have a question. I got chickens about 4 months ago to help with composting. I've been letting them eat bugs from the compost and throwing my compostable kitchen scraps in their run. A couple days ago I found 2 roundworms in their bedding. I am very worried now that I have roundworms in my soil. I've been told not to let the chickens eat out of the compost to prevent worms. I see you and other gardeners allowing your chickens in the compost and also using your bare hands in the compost that has manure in it. How can you be sure your soil is free of roundworms, or why are you not concerned? My whole reason for getting chickens is for composting. Also how do you deal with your chickens getting worms?
Won't lie I turned into an 8 year old kid when I seen the chick lol
I put all my inlaws' sycamore leaves this year in my run. Mine is uncovered, and as it has been raining here in CA it is not nice and dry like yours! Summer it should be great compost though:)
The rain will help it break down much faster - it'll be great.
Do you have a digital copy of the book? I live in france. Thx
IGreat idea! and I really like your shoes, what brand are they?
You need a catcher underneath that's the same size as your screen, so you could put the screen at an angle and let stuff dance on down the slope. Edit: I'd get a big tote from a YS/thriftshop and modify it.
Do you need to maintain that nitrogen to carbon ratio doing it this way? Or does the chicken manure provide enough nitrogen to break everything down?
The ratio isn't really all that important - it will all break down eventually. And I do think the manure speeds it up. Thanks for stopping by, Shirley.
How long does it take to compost down? Also the compost you take out will that be replaced by all the scraps you put in? Sorry if this sounds stupid. We are thinking of getting a coop for just maybe 3 chickens and was wondering how it's done! Thanks for the vid!
You don't sound stupid at all.
It takes a few months to break down, depending on how many chickens you have. Just a few weeks if you have a lot. We only have seven birds right now. When I used to have 35, they would tear up compostable materials very rapidly.
Just keep piling in leaves, grass and kitchen scraps over time and they'll turn it into compost.
I live in Gainesville and just started putting in a garden. I also picked up three of you books! Great videos, man.
Which church did you go to in Gvegas?
Thank you - much appreciated.
We attended Redemption OPC. redemptionopc.org/
Great church, great people. I miss it a lot. I'm technically still a member - can't give it up.
I grew lots of veggies in chicken poo compost.
Good stuff! Do you have wire or concrete on the bottom of the chicken run to protect them from predators? I like how your run is an open air one. I'm guessing this keeps the smell down??? Thanks for sharing.
The wire goes a little below the ground. Main predator here is dogs. Yeah, there's almost no smell. The leaf layers help a lot with that too.
David The Good Thanks for your reply.
Does this compost burn plants?
No, fortunately! The manure gets worked through with the soil and compost so it's not too hot.
raw chicken poo on the garden? you don't compost it fully?
It's mixed in with soil and finished compost, so yep - I just throw it on.
Heck, I've side-dressed crops with straight chicken manure. Just can't put too much on or it will torch things.
btw I moved from South Florida to North Florida near Lake City. I got 5.25 ac and am excited to start a new! I'm looking for inputs for the garden ie starts, seeds, compost, fill whatever I can get my hands on do you know of any places locally here?