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Hello Permies! I’ve been wooed by this forum at every turn as I’m constructing my own space in the country. I have a question I can’t find an answer to in “polite” society but I’m banking someone here does. I need to know how to heat treat my pigeon droppings so as to use them in a homemade fertilizer mix. I need to know what temperature and how long they must be kept there in order to kill pathogens with out hot composting them? Thanks a ton!
 
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From https://www.compostthis.co.uk/pigeon-waste
Pigeon droppings can be composted – though it is best to only compost it from healthy, captive birds (such as racing stock), as poop from wild birds may contain harmful diseases or pathogens.

Like chicken poo, pigeon droppings can be a useful fertiliser in the garden but it needs time to “cool down” first. (It’s highly alkaline to start with and can burn delicate roots and stems of plants.) It will work as a compost activator in your heap – helping things rot down in a nice, timely manner – and the resulting compost will be great for your garden.
.........be careful using the resulting compost on acid-loving plants – the compost can still be leaning towards alkalinity even after it is rotted down.
https://permies.com/t/20577/composting/dangers-pigeon-manure
 
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