what bag fertiliser after hen muck?

kingping007

HI GUYS AFTER SPREADING HEN MUCK LAST BACK END AND NEXT WEEK, WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST BAG FERTILISER TO USE FOR GRAZING? AND SILAGE AND WHAT AMOUNT ? THANKS

Mooooo

I take it it wasn't ploughed in, I would be very wary of botulism risk

alps

What.....hen muck and grazing???

freedominacup

kingping007 wrote: »

HI GUYS AFTER SPREADING HEN MUCK LAST BACK END AND NEXT WEEK, WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST BAG FERTILISER TO USE FOR GRAZING? AND SILAGE AND WHAT AMOUNT ? THANKS

Roundup. Plough and reseed.

Panch18

kingping007 wrote: »

HI GUYS AFTER SPREADING HEN MUCK LAST BACK END AND NEXT WEEK, WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST BAG FERTILISER TO USE FOR GRAZING? AND SILAGE AND WHAT AMOUNT ? THANKS

Are you serious?

Plough the muck in

_Brian

I thought it had to be ploughed in now ??
Didn’t think it could be spread and grazed/cut.

Don’t think it would be worth the risk, look at the disaster in Fermanagh few months ago.
Know someone in Monaghan who lost 20 cows few years back after buying bales from a neighbor.

Farney Farmer

_Brian wrote: »

I thought it had to be ploughed in now ??
Didn’t think it could be spread and grazed/cut.

Don’t think it would be worth the risk, look at the disaster in Fermanagh few months ago.
Know someone in Monaghan who lost 20 cows few years back after buying bales from a neighbor.

If it’s from laying hens I don’t think it’s as dangerous. They are housed on slats so shouldn’t be any dead birds in it. Broilers are a different story. Complete no no!

memorystick

Farney Farmer wrote: »

If it’s from laying hens I don’t think it’s as dangerous. They are housed on slats so shouldn’t be any dead birds in it. Broilers are a different story. Complete no no!

Is this where the bacteria comes from and not the actual scutter itself?

Farney Farmer

memorystick wrote: »

Is this where the bacteria comes from and not the actual scutter itself?

Yes. It’s the toxins in the carcasses that cause the problem as far as I know.

MickeyShtyles

Farney Farmer wrote: »

Yes. It’s the toxins in the carcasses that cause the problem as far as I know.

Every days a school day!

Nekarsulm

Farney Farmer wrote: »

Yes. It’s the toxins in the carcasses that cause the problem as far as I know.

There's no problems with duck slurry, is there?
(Apart from the smell!)

Farney Farmer

Nekarsulm wrote: »

There's no problems with duck slurry, is there?
(Apart from the smell!)

Don’t think so. But I’m no expert though.

wrangler

Farney Farmer wrote: »

Don’t think so. But I’m no expert though.

Any thing with dead fowl is dangerous, and leaving it without ploughing gives the wildlife an opportunity to spread it to adjoining farms.
Can't believe this isn't a spoof.....someone yanking our chain

orm0nd

wrangler wrote: »

Any thing with dead fowl is dangerous, and leaving it without ploughing gives the wildlife an opportunity to spread it to adjoining farms.
Can't believe this isn't a spoof.....someone yanking our chain

well the op has referred to chicken s£$% before , eventhough it was 4 years ago

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=90802076

Farney Farmer

wrangler wrote: »

Any thing with dead fowl is dangerous, and leaving it without ploughing gives the wildlife an opportunity to spread it to adjoining farms.
Can't believe this isn't a spoof.....someone yanking our chain

Yes your right, anything with dead fowl is dangerous. I clearly said it was the carcasses that caused the problem not the actual manure/fund/slurry.

Base price

Attached is a link from DAFM about spreading poultry litter. It states amongst other points that animals should not graze land where poultry litter has been spread and baled silage should not be made.
https://www.agriculture.gov.ie/farmingsectors/poultry/spreadingofpoultrylitteronland/

Say my name

_Brian wrote: »

I thought it had to be ploughed in now ??
Didn’t think it could be spread and grazed/cut.

Don’t think it would be worth the risk, look at the disaster in Fermanagh few months ago.
Know someone in Monaghan who lost 20 cows few years back after buying bales from a neighbor.

What'd be the outcome there?

The dept would no doubt be dealing with the original farmer who spread the poultry manure on their silage ground and sold the bales.

Westernrock

We spread hen manure early spring and again after silage is cut. Doesn’t get ploughing in but it comes in weekly trailer loads out of laying house, they’re on slats over a conveyor belt which brings it out to the trailer so all clean iykwim. We keep it under cover until spreading and have never had any problems.
Broilers is a completely different story the dead chicks can get trampled into the manure by others before they are seen, this leads to the botulism when the toxins from these rotting carcasses cause a clostridial infection when ingested by cattle.

kingping007

its been spread on the grass,from battery hens so fresh dung ,just wondering what bag fertiliser to put on?

Say my name

kingping007 wrote: »

its been spread on the grass,from battery hens so fresh dung ,just wondering what bag fertiliser to put on?

If ye''re 110% sure of no risk of botulism.
I wouldn't be but each to their own, why do you think you need bag fertilizer at all?

orm0nd

https://www.agriland.ie/?s=botulism&submit=