From: "Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Chicken farm pollution
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 10:15:36 -0500
I'm not sure what all is in commercial chicken manure, but I imagine
lots of it could be reduced to harmless by composting (and it's not
hard to get chicken manure hot).
Commercial chickens live on a steady diet of antibiotics. Tylan is added to
the water and I imagine that the food has additives, too. I've read some
studies that composting breaks down antibiotics, but I still wouldn't want
in in my soil. Given how they are raised, it can't be healthy stuff.