Chicken Muck...

Selectamatic

Member
Location
North Wales
Hello,

I've been offered some chicken muck. It wont cost me much, and am keen to take it.

I will spread it on some stubble ground and plough it in.

Am I doing the right thing? Is there anything to worry about? Roughly, how much to the acre should I be spreading...?

Thanks for your help.

:)
 

quattro

Member
Location
scotland
Hello,

I've been offered some chicken muck. It wont cost me much, and am keen to take it.

I will spread it on some stubble ground and plough it in.

Am I doing the right thing? Is there anything to worry about? Roughly, how much to the acre should I be spreading...?

Thanks for your help.

:)
Definitely good stuff
Layers muck 3-4 ton per acre
Don’t know about your timings
 

Al R

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
West Wales
Yes, 3-4t/acre if yearly or 10t/acre if one off every few years.
black grass can be a problem.

@henman will know more about nutrient values and application rates though
 

neilo

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Montgomeryshire
@Selectamatic is in Wales, and I think the new Autumn spreading rules only apply in England.
All of Wales is now in an NVZ (although being challenged by the NFU in court), but rules are being phased in.

Botulism is only a risk if spread on grassland, certainly not on arable land.

Crack on if it’s cheap enough, which it should be these days. £5/t or less locally now.
 

CPF

Member
Arable Farmer
Little bit of information about chicken muck .I used to be in the chicken muck business. This is what I put together to give to all my Customers about nutrient values In the product. If I were you I would store it and put it on a growing crop in spring now with the new regulations coming in. I would not be ploughing it down it’s too far away from the root system you would not put fertiliser on and then plough it down .
 

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Little bit of information about chicken muck .I used to be in the chicken muck business. This is what I put together to give to all my Customers about nutrient values In the product. If I were you I would store it and put it on a growing crop in spring now with the new regulations coming in. I would not be ploughing it down it’s too far away from the root system you would not put fertiliser on and then plough it down .
Fertiliser does not smell or leach nutrients into the air as much as chicken muck though hence its best to Plough
 

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