How to Mix Poultry Manure With Soil

Using Fresh Manure

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  Rake or shovel fresh poultry manure from your coop. Wear gloves whenever you work with animal manure. Fill a wheelbarrow with your poultry manure and move it to your compost pile.

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  Create a compost pile on the ground or purchase a composter. Whichever method you use, stack alternating layers of dried plant material with fresh plant material and your manure, which counts as "green," or fresh, nitrogen-rich plant material.

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  Run a lawn sprinkler on your compost pile for about 30 minutes to moisten it thoroughly. Cover it loosely with a tarp. The temperature will rise to 130 to 150 degrees F; check it with a temperature gauge designed for compost piles. After three days, turn your pile and wait for the temperature to rise again. Repeat this process three times.

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  Wait 45 to 60 days for your poultry manure compost pile to cure. Finished compost will smell like soil and have a dark, crumbly appearance. Dig in one part compost to every four parts of soil in areas where you plan to plant.