Composting/mulching with chick litter
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 11:12 pm
Hello,
I have a lot of chick litter but the chicks have been fed on chick crumbs which have anti-coccidiosis treatments in it.
Is the anti-coccidiosis undesirable and will it persist for a long time or will it degrade ?
Is it ok to use this litter (woodshavings + ) in the compost heap and as mulch (like I have used ordinary poultry litter in the past) in the veg. and fruit garden ?
I'm ok on the high carbon content of the wood and the need for balancing with leafy/nitrogenous things when composting , it is just the anti-coccidiosis bit that I have been reading and worrying about !
TIA.
I have a lot of chick litter but the chicks have been fed on chick crumbs which have anti-coccidiosis treatments in it.
Is the anti-coccidiosis undesirable and will it persist for a long time or will it degrade ?
Is it ok to use this litter (woodshavings + ) in the compost heap and as mulch (like I have used ordinary poultry litter in the past) in the veg. and fruit garden ?
I'm ok on the high carbon content of the wood and the need for balancing with leafy/nitrogenous things when composting , it is just the anti-coccidiosis bit that I have been reading and worrying about !
TIA.