The Ultimate Guide to Composting with WORMS, BIOCHAR and CHICKENS

[@williamzegley2272]

Great video as always. waiting on the next in anticipation. God Bless from TN

[@therealprtrhsenteal]

Thanks for watching and I appreciate the nice thoughts. 😉

[@MeanOldLady]

I only have a few chickens on a 5 acre, permaculture yarden where there are many places for predators (mostly uncontrolled dogs, then the usual hawks, owls, possums & raccoons) to hide so I don't use my chickens to compost. I just bring the wood chips to their coop & run for them to work over instead & bury their cleanings in part of another wood chip pile for it to compost to use in the raised beds next year. I've gone through 3 8' wide x6' tall x 30' long wood chip piles going on 5 years with 8 pet chickens.

[@therealprtrhsenteal]

Wood chips are a fantastic choice for the coop and run. It is a perfect offset for all of the manure. It really helps with odor reduction and properly managed it will make the basis for nicely decomposed organic material. A really good solution for chickens in a smaller space if you don't mind managing the space. Thanks for sharing! 👌

[@DaniCultura]

Great job!! You are masters in this kind of job using chickens!! GREAT!!

[@therealprtrhsenteal]

Thanks for the kind words. 😊

[@johntheherbalistg8756]

I don't compost hot, but I absolutely use my chickens (it would be difficult not to). They're healthier and so are the plants I grow. You should see what my potatoes are doing

[@therealprtrhsenteal]

Awesome. Share a link to what those potatoes are doing. I would like to see. 👌

[@elusive323]

Ive started to do this now man in a similar way,its working good too.

[@therealprtrhsenteal]

Nice. Love to hear this. 👊

[@adriennegarcia2986]

That’s what I’m talking about !!

[@jeremyeleazar6628]

What is the purpose of the diatomaceous earth being added to your chicken coop? Great content!!!

[@therealprtrhsenteal]

Thanks! So glad you liked the video. In short, I use it for parasite control. Here is a video further detailing my coop cleaning regimen with a further explanation of how D.E. works. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJ-bm4ljmMikn9U Thanks for watching!

[@FarmerCheryl]

Gr8 Video! Will you be doing a biological analysis of your compost using a microscope like Dr. Elaine Ingham of the Soil Food Web School and performing DNA sequencing? It would be helpful to know the microorganisms in your hot pile and finished pile.

[@therealprtrhsenteal]

Yeah it would be nice to know for certain but I wouldn't know what I was looking at if I looked at it under a microscope. My approach to composting is the exercise of best practices combined with the application of time. I base this from what I learned observing how my dad did this on the farm back in the day and he had a fantastic garden and incredible yield every year for 45 years until the farm was sold in 2015. Elaine Ingham is a great teacher, soil expert and I someone who I respect as an authority. I on the other hand, am a livelong amateur soil builder and gardener content to derive my results from empirical rather than scientific evidence. I really appreciate the question and I am glad you liked the video. Thank you!