chicken poop

[New to all this]

can I put my chicken poop onto my vegetables? Do I need to rot it down first in the composter?

[Mo]

It has very high nitrogen, and is said to 'burn' plants.
And a go though the compost heap would kill any germs that you wouldn't want on your salad.
My fruit growing book says that blackcurrants are gross feeders and will tolerate raw chicken manure, which suggests that most things won't.

[Citrine]

...I read somewhere that chicken dung has to be composted for a year beofre putting it directly on the garden in the hens first year.

[Willow]

Didnt someone on here say they put it on their veg and they grew like blazes for a week and then keeled over?

[AnnaB]

Tina
It was Richard that had the 'problem'

Chicken feather mulch are supposed to encourage blackcurrants to fruit heavily.