• Post Reply Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic
permaculture forums growies critters building homesteading energy monies kitchen purity ungarbage community wilderness fiber arts art permaculture artisans regional education skip experiences global resources cider press projects digital market permies.com pie forums private forums all forums
this forum made possible by our volunteer staff, including ...
master stewards:
  • Carla Burke
  • John F Dean
  • Timothy Norton
  • Nancy Reading
  • r ranson
  • Jay Angler
  • Pearl Sutton
stewards:
  • paul wheaton
  • Tereza Okava
  • Andrés Bernal
master gardeners:
  • Christopher Weeks
gardeners:
  • Jeremy VanGelder
  • M Ljin
  • Matt McSpadden

What do you do with your rotten eggs unhatched eggs?

 
Posts: 31
Location: catalonia spain
1
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Hi guys, like it says in the title, we have a bunch of rotten eggs that didn't hatch out (chicken, duck, geese), and I'm wondering how you may be recycling them back into your system..

I've thought about planting them in the ground with a tree/shrub on top, and letting them break down in the earth, but really don't know it that's a good idea or not.

It seems a shame not to have a clear idea with the best method of using them, and yes as each day goes by the smell intensifies! :)

So any ideas are most welcome!

Cheers
Marcus
 
pollinator
Posts: 3910
Location: Kent, UK - Zone 8
718
books composting toilet bee rocket stoves wood heat homestead
  • Likes 1
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Break them into the compost heap and bury/cover them with other material.
 
out to pasture
Posts: 12795
Location: Portugal
3794
goat dog duck forest garden books wofati bee solar rocket stoves greening the desert
  • Likes 2
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
I use a long handled hoe to make a 'well' in the compost heap, put the eggs in, bash them with the hoe while holding my breath and quickly cover the well up again.

 
Marcus vandell
Posts: 31
Location: catalonia spain
1
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Thanks for your responses!

Ha well, believe it or not I don't actually have a 'compost pile' as such.. All my composting is done with animals, between the Sheep, chickens, ducks, geese, worms, dogs and cats I really don't have anything left to compost (exept a bunch of rotten eggs! .. Hence the planting them directly into the soil idea..
 
Burra Maluca
out to pasture
Posts: 12795
Location: Portugal
3794
goat dog duck forest garden books wofati bee solar rocket stoves greening the desert
  • Likes 1
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Maybe I should have called it the humanure pile...
 
Marcus vandell
Posts: 31
Location: catalonia spain
1
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator

Burra Maluca wrote:Maybe I should have called it the humanure pile...

ok now we’re talking!
Yes I’m about to build a compost toilet. Been in my extremely long ever growing (well fertilized by frequenting places like here!) ‘things to do’ list .. guess I’m just going to bury them stinkers in places I have earmarked for new plantings.
 
This tiny ad just broke up with me.
Learn Permaculture through a little hard work
https://wheaton-labs.com/bootcamp
reply
    Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic