Chickens as domestic animals have a long history and likely originated in Asia somewhere around 8000 years ago. [1] They are common place on many farms and acreages providing a variety of services including food, waste disposal and their manure and bedding can be source of material for compost. On today’s Testing Garden Assumptions series video I am going to evaluate if chicken manure and bedding as a source of nutrients for your garden and if it is safe to use.

[1] History of Domestic Chickens:
http://archaeology.about.com/od/domes...

[2] Nutrient content of Manures
http://www.jswconline.org/content/57/...

[3] Fertilizer Burn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertili...

[4] Composting Chicken Manure to Kill Pathogens
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/...

[5] Mortality Composting
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10...

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