[suziequeue]

Anybody any wisdom about composting pig poo?

I have picked up alot of it form the little paddock where we have our piggies and want to put it on the compost heap but it looks a bit "indigestible" (i.e. big lumps).

Any advice?

Susanna

[JD]

Have'nt tried it but it is said to be very high in nutrients and should be allowed to rot down on the compost heap before use.
JD

[clydesdaleclopper]

I just put mine on the muck heap with everything from the horses and goats. I'm sure if you give it time in the compst heap it will be fine. It should act as a good accelerator.

[Sylvia]

Ours goes on with sheep droppings, straw, the contents of the chicken houses, strimmed thistles and nettles and, last but not least,human pee.

[suziequeue]

I gathered up all the pig poo this morning and put them on with some straw and layered it with grass cuttings.

Have built new compost heap out of pallets and am SOOOOOOO pleased with it. Looking for anything brown to compost to offset the copious grass clippings that are beginning to accumulate but couldn't get my Mum to part with her decades-old collection of old toilet rolls javascript:void(0);

DH pees on it when he remembers and chicken house contents go on.

[Oddish]

Perhaps if you try breaking it up with a spade or some sort of tool then put it on your heap it
 might accelarate the process of rotting down 

[manian]

hi

A large prportion of nitrogen and potash is passed through urine and phosphorus is passed out in dung

pig manure is fine for compost, however,

it is highly concentrated 
use sparingly
Best mixed with straw or peat
more nitrogen and phosphorus
 

quite acidity so may need to add lime to correct
 

that said  mine all gets mixed with grass cuttings chicken muck and sawdust etc etc...

[claire]

more or less everything is compostable given enough time, even old books and wooly jumpers.....

for pig poo my only advice would be --- really far away from the house ----

lol

good luck!!

Claire