Litter re-use is a management practise that reduces the need for new bedding materials and therefore influences litter requirements. It involves growing multiple growth cycles of chickens on the same litter before removing that litter from the sheds for utilisation off site (e.g. as fertiliser), opposed to the practise of changing the litter between every growth cycles of chickens. See Litter re-use for more detail on litter re-use and management.
Best practice litter management manual for Australian meat chicken farms
- About
- Authors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and definitions
- Glossary
- Executive summary
- Introduction
- Impacts of bedding type and litter management
- Key factors in bedding material selection
- Properties of common bedding materials
- Sourcing litter and quality control
- Litter pre-treatment and additives
- Shed heating and cooling to manage litter moisture
- Wet litter management
- Caking and litter conditioning
- Litter pests and diseases
- Litter clean-out
- Litter re-use
- Spent litter utilisation
- Land application of spent litter – composition
- Land application of spent litter – uses and application
- Land application of spent litter – most suitable for land application
- Contaminant hazards – chemicals
- Contaminant hazards – heavy metals
- Contaminant hazards – pathogens
- Restricted uses
- Additional guidance
- Other options to utilise and treat spent litter – energy recover
- Other options to utilise and treat spent litter – composting
- Spent litter utilisation guide
- The role of litter in the Australian chicken meat industry
- Management of common bedding materials
- Troubleshooting guide for litter management
- Example agreement for the removal and use of spent litter from a meat chicken farm
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