use for chicken & sheep waste?

[hairy11]

Hi,
I am wondering; is there any use for the waste that I clean up from the sheep and chickens?

I am piling it up and I thought it might make good fertiliser - like in my real garden.

Does anyone know if there is any purpose to it?

Thanks

[dogwalker1]

It's basically spilled food, scoop it up and dump it back into their feeding trough.

[TybeeMutt]

Unlike Cows, the chickens and sheep don't produce a fertilizer by product.

Kind of sad, because as you said in real life it makes pretty good fertilizer.

[hairy11]

thanks for the replies - appreciated.

I will think more of it as spilled food now. And I'll keep in mind the cow manure if I ever get to having cows.

Slow grind and hard work this farming business. However, I do like that it is a different style game. Also I live in a rural area and when the TV adverts come on for a new Case IH, or a sprayer, I take them more seriously now lol :)

thanks again

[TybeeMutt]

Originally posted by hairy11:

thanks for the replies - appreciated.

I will think more of it as spilled food now. And I'll keep in mind the cow manure if I ever get to having cows.

Slow grind and hard work this farming business. However, I do like that it is a different style game. Also I live in a rural area and when the TV adverts come on for a new Case IH, or a sprayer, I take them more seriously now lol :)

thanks again

Where I originally am from, its a mess. We used to have a John Deere service and sales dealership down town. We had a Case IH dealership and service center on the edge of town. We had a few independent dealers as well.

Then the independents focused more on non-agricultural equipment. The John Deere dealer went out of business. The Case IH wasn't long after. All the parts runs I had to make to the next county just for bearings, belts, gears, brackets, etc... Then they started running out of supply on hand, and we had to start ordering parts ahead of time.

Now there is a Fendt dealer in the area. I see equipment I know had to be trucked in. The businesses that are gone, the people gone, and all those memories will not be replaced.

Farming in America, just isn't what it used to be.

[hairy11]

wow. that's terrible, I like that farming areas has some space from people, unlike the city where you can be shoulder to shoulder. But when the population drops so much that you can't get a couple of teams together to play half arsed sport on the weekend and catch up for drink or whatever, it can mean the heart of a place is barely hanging in there. I grew up around farms, worked on them a little and always thought I'd like to try it sometime. But now I think it may be just too much hard. Plus lands not cheap etc etc south coast West Australia here

[TybeeMutt]

Originally posted by hairy11:

wow. that's terrible, I like that farming areas has some space from people, unlike the city where you can be shoulder to shoulder. But when the population drops so much that you can't get a couple of teams together to play half arsed sport on the weekend and catch up for drink or whatever, it can mean the heart of a place is barely hanging in there. I grew up around farms, worked on them a little and always thought I'd like to try it sometime. But now I think it may be just too much hard. Plus lands not cheap etc etc south coast West Australia here

I've been keeping up with Aussie land news. Can't do it on the main stream media.

God bless you and keep you. Your country is getting crazy.

As for losing the heart, yup. That pretty much sums it up. Going back to see family fills my soul with good memories and makes me ready to keep going for another year. With the price per acre at about 10,000 USD its impossible to get into farming. The small family run farms are taking the buy out and moving on. Its rough. Most farmers in America have at least a second job to make an income. If the farm can self sustain, then pay for a few upgrades as technology permits you're doing good.