Poultry litter as fertilizer...

Publication in Adobe Acrobat on Organic Standards to monitor arsenic from poultry manure:

http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/PDF/arsenic_poultry_litter.pdf

Man, that scared me at first. I thought it meant there was arsenic in the wood shavings (which I use in my coop). Phew!

it was so long I haven't read the entire thing yet, but that was also what I was assuming...

anyone wanting organic or sustainable information without having to spend a dime should give ATTRA a call. The postage is even free, our tax dollars at work LOL

It's the arsenic from all the antibiotics the commercial chickens are getting...

oh, what a relief. so that wouldn't apply to ORGANIC chickens, just organic gardeners gettings poop from non-organic chickens.... WHEW! i will be starting some type of free-range chicken & other poultry operation to make my gardening easier. no antibiotics needed! except medicated feed for the guinea keets at first...