Thursday, April 9, 2009

Chicken Guano PeeeeeeYeeeewww!!!

Today I decided to transfer Ezelle and Ester into their new home. Their former home had a dirt substrate and I layed hay in their so that they can do their business and eventually I can use their guano in the garden. Well today friends was the day and ohhhh the earth could have not smelled any better because there $#!%! Stinks. I figured I was doing good with the smell because we never smelled them. The guano (poo) had neutralized and broke down all the shavings in the cage. It was an excellent system that worked in a very short period of time.

I had to hurry up and work fast with this stuff because my wife was dry heaving all over the place. I admit it was bad but this is from a guy who likes the smell of skunk and ate a whole Dorian fruit without breaking a sweat. The guano was intense and I threw all of it into my working pile of compost and turned the compost over onto it. I hope my worms enjoy it. I will soon tell. Because when I turned the Compost over they were literally having an orgy in that place. I hope I brought the tequila for the party instead of the koolaid. Time will tell and in a few days I will see how the guys are doing. But for now Ezelle and Ester are happy in their home. I will modify there pen later on this year so that they have an outdoor run and hopefully I can sneak a Nigerian dwarf goat into the yard without my wife knowing;)

4 comments:

ChristyACB said...

She's gonna notice the goat! LOL!

ATW said...

LMAO!!

Melissa ~ Mom to 6 said...

Yes they do stink! Our meat birds are inside our house right now as the night time temps are too low for them to be outside. I can't wait for them to be relocated! But that poo is incredible for the garden. I like the coop - the slatted windows look cool!

Joe Barfield said...

Sign me up for a goat!

2 goats per residence are legal in San Antonio, but there has to be 100 ft from their pen to the nearest "domecile or residence." That's a problem for my yard. Maybe if I get a goat small enough it will make the distance farther. Where do I find a goat that measures -20 feet?

We currently have chickens, but their poop doesn't stink as far as I can tell...