How To Make Fast Compost - Composting With Chickens
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- Composting Chickens - Using Chickens To Make Compost - Compost Chicken Manure, Deep Litter Method Chickens, Compost Chickens, Permaculture Chickens, Composting with chickens
Our backyard chickens can produce a ton bag of chicken compost every six to eight weeks, in this episode we demonstrate the method of harvesting chicken compost. Composting using chickens and using the deep litter composting method you can pasively create a large amount of chicken compost. Rotary soil sieve
The organic matter mixed with chicken manure creates a nutritious mix to create fertile soil. Unlike in the US it is illegal to feed kitchen scraps to chickens in the UK #Permaculture #compost
How To Make Fast Compost - Composting With Chickens
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@@mndi89 it's good if you can keep a rooster but if you can't it doesn't cause any issues in terms eggs. I just have hens I used to have a rooster but my neighbours complained to the council.
G’day mate just found your channel. I recently got 12 chooks I live in suburbia but am starting my urban farm. Just wondering mate, why on earth can you not feed your kitchen scraps to the chooks in the UK.? This seems absurd to me.
It came about after the 2001 Foot and Mouth outbreak in the UK and Europe. The EU then clamped down on it. Whether that's changed or will change now we're no longer part of the EU I don't know, but it seems that the UK had changed very little of what came about due to draconian EU rules/laws so I won't hold my breath!
I was impressed to see your children helping you out. More gardeners in the making!
I'm very lucky, they really do make my life easy
Children are helping their father, it is really nice! Good health to everyone!
I think it's so important for them to be involved
Great to see an example from the UK. This is exactly what I want to do when I get chickens so it's brilliant to see it in action! Thanks.
There's some changes I want to make this year if I eventually get round to rebuilding the coop
I like your busy backyard and the family team working together.
thank you, the kids really help make things so much easier
Proper knowledge. Proper family unit. Proper man!
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Teaching on so many levels!
It's so important to have the children involved, we grow a garden but more importantly we grow the next generation
Excellent information. Lovely to see children helping
Beautiful family garden, and so productive and every square meter of your garden used for food production and children's playground. All the family is doing such a great job. Thank you for all the handy tips. Great channel.
سبحان اللہ وبحمدہ
سبحان اللہ العظیم
I love that it's a bit close to a free way to feed your hens and compost all of your waste from the garden to make new soil for your garden and grow even more.
You are a good father
I'm an avid composter with a large garden & I came across this vid a few months back & gave it a go. I'm a total convert to this method, it works a treat. I have several "open cast compostings" going on around my veg plot some I've used already with success. I use a lot of wood chippings from cuttings, cardboard, weeds, grass etc & leave it a day or so to burn off any seeds & turn it when the mood takes. I'd highly recommend your method for any size of garden.
Not sure what you mean "leave it a day or so to burn off any seed" - could you say a bit more about that?? Thanks
Can't thank you enough for these amazing videos!!!!!
You’re an inspiration mate. It’s so sweet see how passionate you are and you working with your family. Keep it up!! I’m definitely subscribing
Thanks Peter for the support
Great lesson on composting. We are in the US in a rural area with free range chickens. We often put grass clippings into their pen, but they are only in there a short while in early morning as we let them out to roam around during the day. My poor husband has been trying to make compost by putting it in a pile and turning it himself. I'm going to send him the link to this so he can see how to let the chickens do a good bit of the work.
We have a lot of foxes so the chickens are only allowed out when we're out. I do have the conventional compost pile but that's to handle the overflow, one of my jobs this year is to redesign the system to make it easier to work
@@MyFamilyGarden Luckily, the foxes never bother the chickens here as there are plenty of wildlife, however, coyotes can be a problem. We had to put a top on the run to keep them and the raccoons out.
Your foxes must be a different species in the US! I'm in a rural area in the UK and there's plenty of wildlife but I've lost all my poultry (not just chickens) to foxes.
I enjoy watching your videos!
That is a lot of compost! I'm seriously considering getting some chickens. Thank you!
They're well worth getting, they really do a lot of work
Great content mate I didn’t know it’s illegal in the uk to give chickens garden scraps you learn something every day new subscriber here
Yeah they went a bit ott after the foot and mouth crisis
Hi Monty. I agree that the girls are so useful at producing compost. Chickens really are ace - eggs, friendship and compost. Take care. Mags
Totally agree Mags, they're the perfect garden buddy
Just found this channel. Love it. Hi from down Under...
Oh so love your sweet little assistants....
Jazak Allahu khairan brother really informative
Barakallah Feek, they're hard workers Alahmdulillah
Fantastic....
Thank you for sharing how to make compost....My Family Garden. Your Childrens are beautiful and healthy. Alhamdulillah....
Stay blessed and Assalammulaikum....
Jazakallh khair, i love them heping in the garden
Present your wonderful presentation point by point please
Brilliant! Well thought out. Thank You for sharing.
Great idea getting the chicken's to do the work for you, thanks for sharing
They're brilliant compost machines
The famous chicken machines. Great. Like
They're absolutely brilliant little compost mashines
Just got some chickens, so will definitely be doing this. Excited 😜
that's great news, wishing you lots of success
MasyaaAllah. I just got this ide last week, and just bought baby chicken to raise as worker later. Meanwhile, setting up their "work site" for composting.
Seeing your video made me so optimist for the result. Thank you so much
Jazakallahu khairan
i had 14chickens at the time of this video but some have died now.
The mistake i made when i set my area up is i didn't make the door big enough for a wheel barrow, so just think about the access requirements as you set up
Just found your videos... they are awesome. I am now subscribed. Please don't change a thing! Keep your video style just like it is.. (too many people start using long, fancy intros... and over-powering background music.) Great content. Great style. Great helpers! Keep it up!
I couldn't agree more. I find background music intolerable.
Hi Monty, A great video you can certainly get plenty of compost doing it that way, I saw you little clip on tellly Friday and I remember watching it when you first put it up, Stay safe and Take care.
Thanks Ronald, really happy with it the chcickens really work quite hard. Hope you're keeping well
Your content is brilliant!
I appreciate that!
Good stuff, I use a lot of chicken compost, and also regularly make chicken poop soup for my vegetables... 👍
Great video. Once again i love your style of gardening.Letting your chickens chicken,great stuff.
I rotate my chickens over a series of raised beds with a moveable coop and omlet fence. I love the results.
I do very similar, I've got a video called digging with chickens. I need to rebuild the chicken coop, hopefully with a new design to make things much easier
Genius!! Never thought of doing this! X
Assalaamualaikum wa rahmatullah, jazakallah khyr..., this idea is great and going to be implemented.. we spend money on cow manure I think this is a very good way to make use of chicken manure..
Walaikum salaam, jazakallah this is a pretty good way of making a lot of quick compost, good luck
Enjoying your videos! I can’t believe y’all can’t give your kitchen scraps to the chickens over there. That is a crazy law. I’d be doing it anyway.😂
I've been chucking garden waist in with my chickens for years to get rid of and to give the girls some stimulation but never thought to take it out again for compost, great idea. Subscribed, looking forward to you next nugget of information.
If you throw in the right ingredients they can turn the compost around really quickly
My chickens are awesome ! Your are nice too! Can’t wait to get my girls working
Loved this! I'm piling leaves into our chicken pen right now due to autumn. They shred them in no time.
Awesome, try adding grass to the mix the final product will be much nicer
Excellent tutorial Monty and I have started composting in my paths to help get a better material.
♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Thans Terry, Do you know howie from food forest permaculture? he does something called a pathway soil bank, quite cleaver.
@@MyFamilyGarden I am subscribed to him, but very rarely watch as he doesn't comment on mine very often as you know I support those who support me, will have a look and get a few tips from him.
♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.
Great video. Been watching tons, and I"m going to implement this with my chickens. Salam!
I love your blue barrel compost sifter gadget. Have you made a video on how to make one? I use the very small soil riddle to sieve my compost and it is soooooo labour intensive and the sieve keeps getting blocked.
My PC was damaged and unfortunately i lost the footage for that, i keep meaning to do some sort of explanation of the build
I am also interested in this ,please provide more information.regards
I would also like to see that! Can you please build another one so that we can see it?
Would love to see as well!!!
Great video, I really like the DIY drum sifter!
Thank you, it's really made life easier
I’m definitely going to try this as we’ve got 3 compost bins that are overflowing
Chickens are brilliant little composting machines
Such a great video, thanks for the info. Great to see the kids getting involved, mine love helping to. As a Brit now in Australia, I'd never heard of that law around chicken scraps, such a dumb decision!
What a fantastic video, your just the sweet urban farming family. If you live in tall building and your "garden" is just a balcony, could you make compost in that with just dead leafs? and a scoop of dirt?
Thank you so much. My personal favourite method of composting without ground space is via worm composting or setting up composting plant pots
@@MyFamilyGarden I want someone like you as my neighbor
Salam to you all. I'm hooked on your videos. Please can I ask? I have wanted chickens for a while, how much space shall I allow for their coop, I have a small/medium garden. When is best to get them, and do you ever have a fox problem? جَزَاكَ ٱللَّٰهُ خَيْرًا
Walaikum salaam, that's awesome. My coop is 4 metres by 2.5 metres I used to have 15 chickens in there but now down to 6. I've lost about 6 chickens to foxes in 10 years most when free ranging or involving really young birds. So as long as the coop is secure I think they'll be fine
Thank you for this great tip!
Before you pull out all the "weeds" (Dandelions are one of the most HEALTHY plants on this planet!) start looking up what their benefits are for your health!! You will be AMAZED!
That’s a great system and you get eggs!
Klaus
Thanks Klaus, I need to fix the chicken pen up, it's starting to fall apart hopefully make things a bit easier
Wow a good idea how to become a gardener.
it's really good for the garden
Good job my brother, I have tons of chicken compost I to throw all my leaves, grass, and food in chicken run, stay safe stay six feet and be blessed
thanks man, they're so good at making compost to use
thank you so much for this video.
Hiya Mothin, I agree about chickens being one of a gardeners best friends. Please can I also add to that list a kettle that's quick to boil?! Great video, nice one.
Guess what, my daughter has learned how to make tea!
The kitchen scrap law is total BS!
Great video liked and subbed. I learned a lot.
It would mean so much could be saved and not wasted, but the govt are worried about potential risks of disease...
I've started using rice husks for my chicken bed. How many weeks should I wait until sifting the bed?
This guy is a genius
Jazakallah Khair
Omg yes! I was looking for this!
I love your homemade trommel! I've been looking for ideas to make one here and hadn't considered cutting out a barrel. I can't wait until we get chickens next year just been looking for ideas on composting systems and setups. Hoping to build the chicken area over winter if we get a mild one like last year. Thanks.
I had that idea for a while but couldn't figure out how to get the hand crank to work, but then I came across some metal tubing and voilà...
Snap, that's one my jobs for this winter
@@MyFamilyGarden How many chickens would you need, do you think 10 is enough for that kind of quantity of compost?
You'll get a lot of eggs from 10 chickens, at the time of this video I think I had 14 hens
Thanks for that Monty, a game changer for me! I have just dug some new flower beds and wondered what to do with all the turf and weeds. My chickens are about to become compost machines lol :-)
Brilliant! Just by chickening they can really help
Great video and thanks for letting know about chicken scraps I had no idea.
I love your compost sieving barrel did you build it yourself?
Wish I had a bigger garden for more 🐓🐔🐔, I have less chickens then you and try to make compost. Great advice thanks for sharing.👍😃
If you set up the system right even a small space can produce a lot
Great job. Nicely done.
Thank you very much!
Hi, another great video. We have chickens but not thought of doing this before seeing y,our video. Do you buy your wood chips or make your own? Cheers John
Hi John, they're fantastic at breaking stuff down. I get them free from a tree surgeon or make them my self from hedge clippings etc
MashAllah another great video 👍👍
Jazakallah Khair
I make mine by mixing chip bark with organic chicken manure pellets
And leaving for a few months
Weather and worms do their work
Manage around 5 tonnes
MashAllah my kids enjoy helping as well
So many great ideas in this 1 video, il defo pinch these ideas 👍👍👍
Pinch away 👍👍👍
This is amazing!! Thank you so much for sharing this idea!! :)
You're very welcome, glad you like it
You have got an exciting way to make compost.
Thank you
Genius.
Fantastic as usual.
Glad you think so!
Great video Monty, you are all clued up about composting! I'm now wondering how much compost I could get out of my chicken coop! 🤔 It's certainly worth a go although I only have a hand sieve so 1 tonne may take me a while 😂
what can i saw i love my compost. I used to have a DIY square hand sieve before i made this one last year, used to take ages lol
Hi from Ireland. Great video. I've just subscribed.
Thank you so much for this! Can you grow vegetables with this?
Yes, absolutely, it's what i grow most of my veg in
Great idea brother. Salam
Thanks for watching
How many chickens do you have? Kids look like they're feeling good about contributing, good job
So informative may Allah bless you brother
Ameen, jazakallah khair. if you like compost here are some of my tips for making fast compost th-cam.com/video/itQBY5J_sh8/w-d-xo.html
Great video. One recommendation would be to allow your compost contact with the ground. It will allow for a more "living" product. Just my theory.
Great suggestion! Storage becomes an issue, the good thing is that the compost doesn't sty in the bag for long
Assalamu Alikkum..
Ramadan Kareem
Hope you and your family doing great...
Beautiful garden...enjoyed with a full watch...
walaikum salam, Jazakallah, Ramadan Mubarak
Hi, love your videos. Thank so much for posting. Where did you get the design for the compost sieve? Or maybe you could just post some video of the one you have so we can see the whole thing, please? Cheers, Amanda
I'm having to go back to the idea of creating some of my own fertility on site because I simply can not find affordable quality compost in bulk. You have a great thing going there that I want to give a shot. I'm also beginning to experiment with some cover crops. Good work friend!
I think you really need to, can't rely in buying in compost it just gets too expensive. good luck
tq bro...takbiiir
brilliant
Great video buddy love the sieve idea
that trommel has served me really well
Is that the Omlet portable fencing your using ? Worth buying ? Great video , im going to do this this year ! Thanks
Thanks for this Amazing video.
Did you add every day materials or simply at the begining?
Add materials whenever you have them
Also chickens are super sweet and loving animals too. So they’re amazing pets. And if you need extra calcium (like with tomato plants) you can grind up the egg shells and mix them in with the soil
Great video and what a fantastic source of compost and natural fertiliser!!! I've only just discovered your brilliant channel and I'll be binge watching all your videos👍Love that your kids are so into it too... The next generation of organic gardeners has arrived!! Now, I'm off to see if I can persuade the missus to let me get some chickens 😁 Thanks
Hi Gary thanks so much, chickens make a brilliant gardening companion just don't let the get near your veggies because they'll eat everything lol. I hope you can get some 😉
Love your videos so helpful
Love the way how's your kids help 🙏 🙏🙏 thank you My brother
You're very welcome, I think it's really important to have everyone involved with where their food comes from
Luvd ur video......i have chickens and a few rabbits...access to lots of leaves and aged hay. Growing food at home is my favorite thing to do.....am experimenting iin my hoop house with greens this winter. Unfortunately i am in zone 4b.......very cold without much sun for 4-5 months. Keep up the awesome job!!!
Have you thought about using a hotbed, it's something i use to extend the growing season, i think it would work perfest in a hoophouse. th-cam.com/video/rCzO-iZgcBA/w-d-xo.html
Great video buddy.
Just one thing i too have chickens we run 12 layers and just like you i collect their poo and composted waste. BUT.... just bear in mind that chicken poo is VERY HIGH in nitrogen with not a lot potash and phosphates.. so as an all round fertilizer you will need some p.and k.
Great advice great video.. 👍👍👍
thanks so much, i use a few composting techniques so i get a good balance of macro and micro nutirents. The good thing about this method is the woody material which is being composted contains most of the nutrients needed especially once brokedn down. I make a lot of my own bone meal which helps add phosphorus and potassium th-cam.com/video/Kf1CLrf2vvU/w-d-xo.html
Brilliant....I do a similar thing but I need your sieve lol....
lol, unfortunately lost the footage of making that
My Family Garden well it’s great that your showing people how to get free compost even if you haven’t got a big sieve like yours... I’m just using my hand held seive .. works great and gives me some great compost.. FOR FREE...
Masha Allah good job dear 👌👍 keep it up
Jazakallah Khair, Ramadan Mubarak
I just seen the religious cape on my brothers head and i wanted to stop and say Asalamulikum. May Allah shower his blessings on you and your family. Stay safe.
Ameen, jazakallah Khair
Ameen. Assalamu alaikum from Manila, Philippines! Lovely family, lovely garden. May Allah bless you, brother. Thanks for sharing!
Good morning Mothin. I have made the move and am in the process of setting things up right now. It will be a while before I get that type of results. What is the reasoning for not giving kitchen scraps to the chickens? Shredded paper for the coop bedding. I like that. Thanks. Stay safe. Best wishes Bob.
Hi Bob, congratulations. I want to rebuild the coop it's starting to fall apart. The British authorities think that there is a risk of meat contaminating the chicken food so could cause disease...
Hello, I love this video as it encouraged me to do something similar to you. I too have been using my chickens to make compost in their run for the past few months. I have a compost heap made of pallets with a little gap that they can get in and out of; they end up spreading it all over their run floor so I'm not really sure that there is any point to having that in there. However, I have been adding their poop from the coop into it (rhymes!), but I am wondering if this is a good idea? Because, if they have any parasites in their poop if I were to worm them surely I am reintroducing the parasite? I got our chickens in Spring so I haven't as yet wormed them. Their run is big enough for me to keep the compost heap in without giving them access to it, so maybe I should give them all the garden waste to break up and later add that into the compost heap with their poo, and permanently block off their access to it? I'd really appreciate your thoughts. I love the plans you have for your new run and can't wait to see the results. As you asked for comments I would say access to the eggs from outside of the coop is essential for us, because my youngest son feels happier getting the eggs that way, otherwise your new run sounds similar to our set up. Thanks for creating this channel, it's inspiring, Liz.
Hi Liz,
I have a few composting systems set up to do different things. I don't like the idea of leaving the chicken poo in the run so i remove all the bedding weekly and compost it seperately with my kitchen waste in my worm bin. There is a risk of disease and parasites, the woodchip in my run is over 1ft deep but i wouldnt be comfortale leaveing there mixed with poo for a year or so like some people do. There's a lot to type so i'll try and cover some of this when i do the video when the new set up is complete
@@MyFamilyGarden Ahh thank you I think I agree with you. Luckily I can adapt my composting system so I think I'll get on that. I'm really looking forward to seeing your latest videos, thank you so much for creating this channel, there aren't that many people I can ask these questions too!
Hello, your enthousiasm and practical sense is inspiring, thx! How much woodchips per year do you use?
Thanks Isabelle, i recieve about 5-10 deliveries of woodchips a year
@@MyFamilyGarden like 5 to 10 trucks?😉😁
@@isabellevanassche6108 something like that, I take as many deliveries when they're available so they cover when they're harder to get
Really helpful..where did u yet ur chickens from btw?
Do you ever have problems with rats due to keeping the chickens and, if so, how do you minimise them? I only ask as I'd love to get some chickens. Very good video my friend 👍
Great video.
thank you
just found this channel and love these videos! I'm in London and wonder how you deal with foxes with the chickens? They're everywhere here and I have considered (when I get chickens) putting them on the flat roof of my house when it's re-done as a living roof with a wild flower meadow up there. I have so many foxes around that the poor chickens would have to live in something like Fort Knox otherwise.
In the last 10 years i've lost 5 chickens to foxes and that was mostly when they were free ranging during the winter time. It's very possible to keep the pen secure. I'm planning on re duilding that run because it's fallen into disrepair. I like your idea of the roof chickens
Cool video loads of nice compost. Do you know if you can keep a rooster in residential areas in the UK? Thanks subbed
It all depends mostly on local council regulations, but saying that i nearly got an asbo for keeping one from the council