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Usage and value of chicken manure ?

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Chicken manure is the feces of chickens used as an organic fertilizer, especially for soil low in nitrogen.  Of all animal manures, it has the highest amount of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. Chicken manure is sometimes pelletized for use as a fertilizer, and this product may have additional phosphorus, potassium or nitrogen added.

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A segment of the intestine of a chicken. After the feed enters the body, its nutrients will not be fully absorbed. It contains a large amount of nutrients, suitable for use as organic fertilizer. However, chicken manure cannot be directly applied to the soil. It needs to be fully decomposed and undergo harmless treatment before it can be used on crops.


It's high in nitrogen whcih is great for vegging plants not flowering, but it can easily burn plants unless composted first. A small amount of dried chicken manure can be mixed in small concentrations directly into soil. Chicken manure is also a common ingredient in some mushroom compost recipes. Chicken manure also can be used as additives of animal feed.


THe fresh chicken manure is with big moisture content about 70-80%,and it is not suitable to be used as fertilizer or feed directly.  Fresh chicken manure contains 0.5% to 0.9% nitrogen,0.4% to 0.5% phosphorus, and 1.2% to 1.7 %potassium. One chicken produces approximately 8–11 pounds of manure monthly. Chicken manure can be used to create homemade plant fertilizer.

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Then we need to find one suitable machine to get rid most of the moisture of the fresh chicken manure in advance, also kill the bacterials inside the wet manure.


Sunco Machinery chicken manure dryer can be used to dry the fresh chicken manure moisture content from 65-70% to 13% directly without special dewatering device. It not only dry the chicken manure and get rid of the water, but also most nutrition of the chciken manure is still kept.


Chicken manure dryer also is called poultry manure dryer machine, it is to use high temperature flue gas to heat and dry the wet manure strongly and quickly, and when the manure temperature rising, then the water become vapor gradually, then under the action of induced draft fan,  the water vapor is sucked out of the chicken manure dryer and to be discharged into atmosphere.


The dried chicken manure fianlly is taked away by belt conveyor from the chicken manure drying machine, and to be sent to the product packing and storage room. Also can use the pellet mill to make the dry manure into organic fertilizer pellets, and to be packed into small bags, and to be sold for the clients of flower, vegetables, etc.


For detail of poultry manure drying machine, please feel free to contact Sunco Machinery at your convenience.


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