Using Fresh Goat Manure
greenbrier517
13 years ago
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Is goat Manure Hot or Cold?
Comments (7)Aside from all this sh** talk, a number of farmers around this part of Ontario have donkeys patrolling their meadows where cattle roam.....and goats as well. A farmer I stopped to talk to about his having those particular animals told me.....there's no better insurance against predators such as coyotes (and I suppose wolves where prevalent), than having a mean donkey to deal with. Last year I almost put us into the ditch when I was surprised and yelled into hubby's ear when he was paying attention to the road when I saw a ZEBRA on a local farm. Same reason applies....See Moregoat manure as mulch
Comments (12)Looking at this while covid and many other food recalls are still on going......Yes you do not want to use manure with root vegies. Anything that grows above ground is fine. And healthy animals helps prevent E-Coli! Escherichia coli is one of many causes of diarrhea in goats found frequently throughout the world. There is a high incidence associated with intensive rearing of kids under conditions of overcrowding and poor sanitation. So as long as YOU know your animals you WILL be fine. Goat manure can even be composted and used as mulch. Same as rabit poop. If your worried about geting goat poop liquid from watering you could go with a tea instead. All n All Watch your pets health. Look for SIGNS of disease IN THE ANIMALS before you use there poop. This goes with Vegies dyeing from Disease aswell. DONT use it as MULCH or COMPOST! And wash your hands....See MoreCan you use fresh goat manure?
Comments (7)I have heard the same thing about the goat manure. Apparently they utilize their food to an extent that it is not ' hot'when it is excreted and is a drier pellet-kinda like rabbits. Goat manure has over twice as much nitrogen per ton as cow manure. We put deposits on some registered Nubian dairy goat kids so we will have some soon and be able to test that theory out lol. We use our rabbit manure straight into the planting holes in our edible garden and flower beds and whatever I put in there goes crazy compared to the plants that I don't use it on. It would be nice if I could also use the goat manure the same way. We also use poultry manure but we have to compost that first....See Morefresh vs dehydrated manure vs composted manure
Comments (10)Squashing some misinformation above... cows in feedlots don't have "large amounts of antibiotics". If you think that, then you don't know what antibiotics are for, or how highly regulated they are. As well, you don't know what antibiotics are if you believe they are "fed to these animals" or if you think antibiotics somehow "help them gain weight on less feed"... I didn't read the rest of what you posted because clearly you speak of things you do not know about. Thank you to all else for the helpful information, because what I was looking for was about the difference between dried manure and composted, not some hit-piece on feedlots (which I have nothing to do with, but I don't agree with false information being loosely passed around, especially when it makes farmers look bad... because a farmer, I am). If you'd like a little fact of the day... you will not EVER eat meat or drink milk that is raised in the USA, that has ANY antibiotics in it, organic or not. This is a FACT. These things are the most highly regulated commodities in the United States, and there are withholding periods specifically so that no antibiotic is ever in the product for human consumption. This is dangerous information to spread around. As well, it is a FACT that these things are not just generously pumped into animals... like your dog, when a cow gets sick, it may get treated with an antibiotic (like penicillin, just like what us humans get in the hospital) to make that cow not sick anymore. It is not something that helps them grow, it it not something that is ever used in large amounts or if not needed, and it is not something us humans will EVER consume from food produced in the USA. Thank you again for the information on manure for the garden....See Moregreenbrier517
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