https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/7c144867-db65-4c21-a5ff-416cb4929f2d Chickens as domestic animals have a long history and likely originated in Asia somewhere around 8000 years ago. [1] They are common place on many farms and acreages providing a variety of services including food, waste disposal and their manure and bedding can be source of material for compost. On today’s Testing Garden Assumptions series video I am going to evaluate if chicken manure and bedding as a source of nutrients for your garden and if it is safe to use. [1] History of Domestic Chickens: http://archaeology.about.com/od/domestications/qt/chicken.htm [2] Nutrient content of Manures http://www.jswconline.org/content/57/6/470.short [3] Fertilizer Burn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertilizer_burn [4] Composting Chicken Manure to Kill Pathogens http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096085240100133X [5] Mortality Composting http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2672.2006.03274.x/full Check us out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlbertaUrbanGarden/ Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:38:22 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/7c144867-db65-4c21-a5ff-416cb4929f2d All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.