black grass from layer muck

[henman]

A farmer says he has black grass from appliying my hen muck. We do not use any straw in our poulty sheds ,If there was black grass in my feed what the chances of it going throw the hen whould it still grow

 

[ollie989898]

A farmer says he has black grass from appliying my hen muck. We do not use any straw in our poulty sheds ,If there was black grass in my feed what the chances of it going throw the hen whould it still grow

If you aren't using straw as litter then I would suspect he has obtained blackgrass from somewhere else. There will be no end of takers for your poultry muck, don't fret about it.

 

[Wisconsonian]

if the feed was pelleted, I'd think the heat would kill any seeds. If the feed wasn't pelleted, the hens might have avoided the weed seed and it would certainly grow.

 

[Skintagain]

if the feed was pelleted, I'd think the heat would kill any seeds. If the feed wasn't pelleted, the hens might have avoided the weed seed and it would certainly grow.

Had a lovely crop of docks from hen mash in past

 

[ollie989898]

Had a lovely crop of docks from hen mash in past

How?

With docks being easy to deal with in an arable crop I'd be taking the chicken litter anyway.

 

[Skintagain]

How?

With docks being easy to deal with in an arable crop I'd be taking the chicken litter anyway.

On grass lines of docks from spreader no dock present before hand

 

[Jon]

A farmer says he has black grass from appliying my hen muck. We do not use any straw in our poulty sheds ,If there was black grass in my feed what the chances of it going throw the hen whould it still grow

He could have had blackgrass for a year or two without realising, in small numbers, that have now produced something that can be noticed.

 

[ollie989898]

On grass lines of docks from spreader no dock present before hand

The value of the muck far outweighs any cost of grassland herbicide. Easily removed at the seedling stage anyway.

 

[Skintagain]

The value of the muck far outweighs any cost of grassland herbicide. Easily removed at the seedling stage anyway.

Maybe so if you aren’t bothered for clover

 

[ollie989898]

Maybe so if you aren’t bothered for clover

If you are putting poultry muck on grassland any clover will become a sideshow.

 

[Skintagain]

If you are putting poultry muck on grassland any clover will become a sideshow.

Hen muck on in spring then clover takes over?

 

[ollie989898]

Hen muck on in spring then clover takes over?

No, there is so much nitrogen in the hen muck it won't make much odds what the clover does.

 

[Skintagain]

No, there is so much nitrogen in the hen muck it won't make much odds what the clover does.

Well we used to get a fair bit over winter and spread it in spring not short of clover.

 

[henman]

hen muck encourages clover we use plenty and there is more and more clover

 

[Aircooled]

Hen litter supports clover very well because it’s slow release. Weeds also.