On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 11:46:07 -0600, Steve Wertz wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 08:14:09 GMT, Tim Challenger
> <"timothy(dot)challenger(at)apk(dot)at"> wrote:
>
>>I've got a small free-range egg/chicken farmer round the corner.
>>If I can get him to give me some of his animal's muck, say from the stalls
>>or whatever, can I use it on the garden? In the compost? Or am I wasting my
>>time? Does it have to be rotted like horse manure? What about diseases,
>>are there likely to be any problems?
>>
>>I would like to know a bit more about the pros and cons before I approach
>>the chap.
>
> Be careful what you ask for. The Homeland Security Dept is
> watching out for people collecting large amounts of bird shit.
>
> -sw

Use it as a replacement for nitrite and make chicken-shit bombs.
Paranoid or what?
--
Tim C.