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Re: Chicken Feathers

>        It has been said, "There are no dumb questions."
>        Therefore I ask the question, "Can chicken feathers be added to the
>compost pile?"
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They sure can, Clark.  Chicken feathers are a wonderful source of carbon. I
even collect hair for the local poodle parlor for my compost pile.  The
owner of the establishment worried that I'd be putting fleas in my compost,
but it doesn't happen.  The pile gets so hot that the fleas run!!!  Other
good sources of carbon are beauty parlors and barbershops and cabinet shops
for sawdust.  I'm not to proud to beg at all of them for leftovers.  Green
stuff for compost is alway easy to come by, but carbon (other than in fall
when leaves fall) is another story.
Doreen Howard
Zone 9b, 50 hot, humid, sticky miles south of Houston, TX

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