In this video, I show you what has happened to the chicken compost making ring 3 months after its first use and how the kitchen scraps have broken down.
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I really love this. So intuitive. Using what you have and making something of it. It's a win for me and, for you.
Something different.
Some really good ideas.! The chickens are super workers, perhaps they'll eat some ticks as well! A fellow could really just live off one container & one could let one container go fallow while one gets soil built, perhaps. Then a small catfish pond! Do the ducks have a pond? They want their share of the corn!
Kingfisher!
awesome you're diggin'it well you chickens do too and to my opinion thats most important
have a great day Mark
Yesssss…. my precious…. compost….
Do you get Koalas around there with all that eucalyptus around?
I feed my chickens kitchen scraps but it never occurred to me to put them in a confined area so I could easily gather the compost. Definitely trying this! It looks like the sides are too high for ducks, but ducks are great in the garden too. They love cleaning up bugs and last years leftovers!
That is a very good idea, I can't to see how it turn out at the end of the experiment.
Man, where does it stop? You have advice on so much stuff. It's at odds with a couple of other channels (don't panic – yours is far and away the one I watch the most).
Citrus is OK for compost, but not worm farms yeah?
I love composting tutorials ..always fun to learn new ways : }
This is exactly what I do, I also chuck in ash every now and then from burning off stuff around that’s a fire hazard
Excellent
Dude, I love ya, but it's MULCH not MULSH
Makes the chicken very happy 😉
I love it….I always throw scraps to my chickens, but I never thought about doing it this way. I will have to look into it….thanks for the tip.
Way to go Mate! I save our scraps also and they go to the compost pile. Way I see it your getting back minerals and fertilizer you used to grow those beautiful Vegies. Jessie USA Oh yes do you raise cantalopes and watermellons at all. If you do do a video on the watermellons. I gave up completely on those two. Jessie Arkansas USA
Big fan from the Philippines, Sir. 🙂 Keep up the good work. And the humour is great too.
You shouldn't add the poor soil to the compost.Much of the poor soil is likely sand, which won't chemically break down any further. It is already depleted of nutrition and adds nothing substantial.
Small pieces of meat are OK, but take a long time to break down and may attract undesirable animals. I wouldn't allow bacon as there is too much fat and salt, which will slow the decomposing, plus it is a waste of good bacon.
BTW, the title made me think you'd buried some chickens. Although, maybe feathers might make a good compost matterial.
What's that little guy @ 3: 30?
G'day Mark, I must say that you are an absolute genius in the garden. I follow your tips and now I am going to make a compst ring with my own chooks. Thanks for the lovely videos that we can follow.
This is much better than worm farms and more practical.
Greetings from France, i love your channel and learn a lot from it, thank you so much!
brilliant idea…going to make a ring for my future chickens…thanks Mark
Love your Videos
Actually what i was thinking is if u put egg shells in there you will end up with an egg eating chook and they are hard catch out
A friend of mine did a similar thing and planted their fruit trees in the spot of the ring. Every time they wanted to plant another tree they would move the ring and the chickens prepared the ground for them. A great idea!