Chicken manure organic fertilizer has a variety of active enzymes secreted by the digestive tract of animals, as well as a variety of enzymes produced by microorganisms, which can greatly increase the enzyme activity of the soil after applying these substances to the soil. However, fresh chicken manure also called ‘hot’ chicken manure needs to be aged before using the manure in vegetable or edible gardens. 
 
Our farm's 'hot' chicken manure is removed regularly from the farm’s hen houses. As per the available literature, chicken litter has an initial moisture content of 75%. By the time the manure is collected from the floor along with other constituents, its moisture content is approximately 20 to 40%. What comes out of a chicken coop isn’t simply fecal matter; it consists of urine, feathers, undigested food and coop bedding material. The next step in the process is to let the ‘hot’ chicken manure age for a minimum of 6 months up to 1 year, until the final moisture content is around 10%. 
 
Makeup: Dry chicken manure
Properties: High in nitrogen and phosphorus
Uses: Fertilizing gardens, vegetables, and fields.
 
Compared to other manures, chicken manure and the associated litter are higher in nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus and calcium, and are also rich in organic matter (Zublena). When mixing Ferentinos Farm dry chicken manure with compost, you can try these tips: Most composters follow the general rule of 1 part brown to 2 parts green. However, because chicken manure is so high in Nitrogen you may be more successful using a 1:1 or even a 2:1 mixture.
 
Brown Materials: wood shavings, straw, corn husks, dried leaves, dried pine needles, cardboard 
Green Materials: chicken poop*, kitchen and garden scraps, fresh grass clippings, hay, other livestock manure (not cat or dog feces)  
 
* The main green material that you will be using in your compost is chicken manure. Fresh chicken manure is considered green material because of its high nitrogen content.