Interesting - I have some gallon sized jars that just might be good for that... I'll have to do a test to see if the results show up good enough to show anything first though. Thanks for the idea
The manure we buy is like 10% manure (I even doubt it has that much!) and the rest is peat and wood chips, etc. When I but manure, I want pure manure not garbage. I can mix peat and wood chips if I needed to. You can't even buy good shit anymore! Thieves everywhere!
Black Kow is horrible. I stopped using it because of the amount of actual trash mixed in. Torn up black plastic bags, pieces of ceramic pottery, nails and screws, the tail end of a matchbox car and the final straw was when I found an unwrapped condom in one of the bags! The company apologized for any "inconvenience" and assured me that because of how long the product had aged there was no risk of disease I didn't think there was, but when I'm buying compost I don't expect it to include toys, rusty hardware, glass, plastic bags and birth control.
@@TheBackGardenYardchicken manure has calcium because chicken poop contains grit which chickens must eat in order to digest their food as they have a crop and a gizzard. The grit is always a form of calcium.
I think it might depend on if the product was rained on and how many times. Minerals can leach out of a bag like they can leach out of bare soil on the ground. Last time I got black cow, my car stank for a couple of days lol
My personal experience with the different products agrees 100% with your statement. And from batch to batch I also have found huge differences in the amounts of debris in the bags. This was my first time seeing and trying the Chicken Manure, and I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of this batch.
That is a wonderful video. I will add it to the description of this video. Now I see why I instantly could detect the higher quality of this composted manure. Thanks for the link!
Nice.
Could you try this in a jar to watch the layers and amounts settle out?
Like a soil test.
Interesting - I have some gallon sized jars that just might be good for that... I'll have to do a test to see if the results show up good enough to show anything first though. Thanks for the idea
Hey, I have a fire pit lid just like the one you are using to sift.Good gardening hint!
Indeed, it really works great as a soil sifter...
The manure we buy is like 10% manure (I even doubt it has that much!) and the rest is peat and wood chips, etc.
When I but manure, I want pure manure not garbage. I can mix peat and wood chips if I needed to. You can't even buy good shit anymore! Thieves everywhere!
I better get my husband to check our cow manure. Never thought about that. Thank you 😊
Yes, that's what I have found in most bags I have bought. That's what inspired me to test them to see what really is in the bags. Thanks for watching.
Black Kow is horrible.
I stopped using it because of the amount of actual trash mixed in. Torn up black plastic bags, pieces of ceramic pottery, nails and screws, the tail end of a matchbox car and the final straw was when I found an unwrapped condom in one of the bags! The company apologized for any "inconvenience" and assured me that because of how long the product had aged there was no risk of disease
I didn't think there was, but when I'm buying compost I don't expect it to include toys, rusty hardware, glass, plastic bags and birth control.
So did you grow in each kind to find out what grows best in what?
No, I haven't done such a test as it would be very hard to measure results. I'm basically just testing for what's in the bags.
Thanks for the video and information I notice they have different numbers so the chicken manure is hotter correct?
Yes. Has more nitrogen and phosphate, but a bit less potash. It also has 2% calcium. Maybe they are crushing and adding eggshells?
@@TheBackGardenYardchicken manure has calcium because chicken poop contains grit which chickens must eat in order to digest their food as they have a crop and a gizzard. The grit is always a form of calcium.
@@connecticutwormsgardens That makes perfect sense, thanks
I think it might depend on if the product was rained on and how many times.
Minerals can leach out of a bag like they can leach out of bare soil on the ground.
Last time I got black cow, my car stank for a couple of days lol
Yea, even the "earthy smell" is a smell, so the odor free claim is not exactly true
The company knows best. They don't want it far to hot then intitled babies will cry about that.
You are exactly right. Too much manure in the mix and it would burn the plants.
Imo there isn't much consistency with products and its kinda luck of the draw
My personal experience with the different products agrees 100% with your statement. And from batch to batch I also have found huge differences in the amounts of debris in the bags. This was my first time seeing and trying the Chicken Manure, and I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of this batch.
Just get your own chickens then you'll have sht and eggs.
That's true, but we have zoning against chickens...
This video shows the process for the chicken compost
th-cam.com/video/d8xsyc7q-Zk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=gETiD3lyNAKJJPpH
That is a wonderful video. I will add it to the description of this video. Now I see why I instantly could detect the higher quality of this composted manure. Thanks for the link!
@@TheBackGardenYard You're welcome, they are local to me and I buy it in bulk every year.