chickens in the city was Re: USDA Inspected

[Guest guest]

Heidi,

Thanks for bringing up your ideas about rototilling with a chicken

tractor. We live in an older, recently annexed part of our fair

city, and our yard is approximately 1/2 acre. Our goal for the

coming summer is to get some chickens, a fantasy I have entertained

for 2 years--and now we live someplace where we could legally have

chickens.

I wanted to know if you can share any info (on or off line) about

how best to process chicken manure so that it will not offend our

neighbors, how often to clean, how long to " age " the manure before

use in the garden, of if that is even necessary. Our neighborhood

would not enjoy total free range chickens as we are too " in " city

for that, but we are secluded enough that back yard chickens would

be ok.

Several years ago I read a book on the history of using human sewage

for crop fertilizer and was very impressed--not sure if this is the

right living situation to begin my experiment with *that* though!

Leann