Chicken pellets.

I think a lot of us use chicken pellets as a feed for veg etc.

Recently I've been wondering where these come from.
My guess is battery hens.
So I buy free range eggs but use chicken pellets on my garden, does that sound a bit hypocritical?

 

Commercial Free range sometimes looks as bad as battery,i bought pellets last yr and wondered the same,eggs are being sold for 69p per half dozen in home bargains so i suppose pellets are another source of income for battery farms,seems a shame that their poop is being sold for more than their eggs though x

 

Depends. I think free range eggs taste better, but maybe you are buying for moral reasons.

If you go the fully Organic route you then need to find Organic Chicken Poo Pellets - that won't be contaminated with antibiotics and the like. A lottery win would help with that project ...

 

It just requires a bit of ingenuity:

 

What is this even how is it for me to see?
Not even a little.

 

My thoughts are also about the cost of chicken pellets.
Is it my imagination or are they getting more expensive, I thinking of going down the road of using fish blood and bone rather than these as a bucket goes virtually nowhere.

 

I get mine from Wilko's.......

http://www.wilko.com/plant-food+fertilisers/wilko-poultry-manure-7kg/invt/0300377?VBMST=chicken manure pellets&VBMST=chicken manure pellets&VBMTC=8c128ade5f12e1c31550fe4e49ad9c79

 

i haven'y noticed them getting significantly more expensive. They go up each year, but in line with everything else. At times they seem expensive, but I stock up when they are on offer. I have considered some of the online suppliers, who are cheaper, but I have no idea if they cut their Chicken Poo with Talcum Powder

 

Am I missing something there Sheal?

It says £3.50 or £6.95 delivery, but doesn't say how much the stuff in the tub costs.

We dont actually have a sensible Wilkinsons here anyway, its in the town centre, which no one in their right mind goes to without being press ganged, due to congestion and parking charges.

 

Pete it's £4 for 7kg unless you live here on the island, I paid £7 for mine not delivered..... so called shipping cost. B&Q sell them as well for around the same price.

 

That's a lot cheaper than I have seen it sold for.