Chicken Manure

Abstract

The value of manure as a source of plant nutrients has long been recognized, and poultry manure is a concentrated plant food containing two to three times as much nitrogen, three to five times as much phosphorus, and about the same amount of potassium as other farm manures. In addition to being a valuable source of plant nutrients, chicken manure is an important soil conditioner, and it increases the soil's moisture-holding and nutrient-holding capacities.