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Chicken Waste Disposal Equipment

Poultry manure carries more nitrogen, phosphorus and calcium than any other common farm manure, and more ammonia, salt and pathogens. Handling it properly is what turns a disposal problem into a profitable product line.

Drying and deodorising first — ammonia is driven off before anything else
Forced-aeration fermentation in tanks or covered channels for odour control
Powder or granule poultry fertilizer with a nutrient analysis that sells

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At a glance

Raw material: Layer and broiler manure, litter, wash-down water
Input moisture: 60–75%
Key stages: Drying, deodorising, fermentation, crushing, granulation, bagging
Product: Powder or 2–5 mm organic fertilizer pellets

Why chicken manure needs a different process from cattle manure

Poultry manure is a paradox. On a dry basis it contains more nitrogen, phosphorus and calcium than cattle or pig manure, which makes it the most valuable common farm manure and the reason poultry fertilizer sells at a premium. It also contains more ammonia, more soluble salt and more pathogens, and it attracts flies within hours of being removed from the shed. Fresh layer manure at 60–75% moisture releases ammonia immediately, and spreading it directly on a field can burn the crop it was meant to feed.

The process therefore starts differently. Where cattle slurry goes straight to a separator, poultry manure goes first to drying and deodorising. Drying drives off most of the ammonia and kills the fly larvae; a deodorising agent or a forced-aeration stage then removes the residual smell. Only after that is the material blended with a carbon source such as straw or rice hull and fermented for 7–12 days with regular turning, which stabilises the remaining nitrogen and brings the material to a mature, earthy compost.

The payoff is substantial. Poultry manure that has been correctly dried, fermented and granulated can be sold as a high-analysis organic fertilizer, and the equipment usually pays for itself on the value of the product alone rather than on any disposal cost avoided. Because the material is so reactive, however, process control matters more than on any other manure: temperature, turning frequency and moisture determine whether you end up with fertilizer or with a smell problem.

The poultry manure process, stage by stage

1. Collection and drying

Manure leaves the belt or the pit at 60–75% moisture. Air drying under cover, a rotary manure dryer or a belt dryer reduces this to 30–40%, driving off ammonia and killing fly larvae in the process.

2. Deodorising and conditioning

A deodorising agent or a biological inoculant is blended in, together with straw, rice hull or sawdust to lift the carbon-to-nitrogen ratio and open the material for airflow.

3. Fermentation

In-vessel tanks with forced aeration, or covered channels with a groove-type turner, hold the pile at 55–65 °C for 7–12 days. Covering the fermentation area is what keeps odour inside the plant rather than in the neighbourhood.

4. Crushing and screening

Cage mill or semi-wet crushing below 3 mm, then screening to remove stones, feathers, plastic and lumps. This is where the visual quality of the final product is decided.

5. Granulating and finishing

Disc, drum or stirring-tooth granulation with a binder, then drying to 12–14%, cooling, coating and grading into uniform pellets.

6. Bagging

Automatic weighing and sealing into 25 kg, 40 kg or 50 kg bags with a batch number and a declared analysis on the label.

Equipment set by poultry operation size

Operation	Daily manure	Recommended process	Key equipment
Small layer farm	1–5 t/day	Covered air drying, windrow fermentation, powder product	Deodorising mixer, small turner, crusher, screener, packing scale
Commercial layer farm	5–20 t/day	Rotary drying, forced-aeration fermentation, powder or pellets	Manure dryer, fermentation tank or groove turner, cage mill, screener, disc granulator, dryer, cooler, packer
Integrator or large farm	20–60 t/day	Belt or rotary drying, in-vessel fermentation, granule line	Full granule line with automatic batching, large dryer, dust collection, automatic bagging and palletising
Broiler litter processor	10–40 t/day	Drying, screening, pelletising into fuel or fertilizer	Dryer, destoner, hammer mill, pellet mill, cooler, bagger

Controlling odour and ammonia — the critical points

Remove manure from the shed promptly. Ammonia emission rises steeply with the time manure sits under the birds, and every kilogram of ammonia lost is nitrogen you cannot sell.
Keep the carbon-to-nitrogen ratio above 25:1 during fermentation. Ammonia is released when there is more nitrogen than the microbes can use; adding straw or rice hull captures it in the biomass instead.
Cover or enclose the fermentation area, and route exhaust air through a biological filter where the plant is near housing. This single measure resolves most neighbour complaints.
Maintain 50–60% moisture. Dry piles do not ferment and wet piles go anaerobic; both produce odour, and both are correctable by adjusting the blending ratio.
Never stockpile raw poultry manure in the open. A heap of fresh poultry manure in the rain leaches nitrate and generates odour within a day, and it is the most common source of environmental complaints against poultry operations.
Record pile temperature daily during fermentation. It is both a process control and, increasingly, the evidence registration authorities ask for to demonstrate pathogen reduction.

Chicken waste can become superior organic fertilizer by proper disposal. Aerobic composting will be your best choice to turn chicken poop into organic fertilizer. In addition, you can also make commercial organic fertilizer to sale by subsequent process, such as crushing, screening, granulating, packing and so on. In terms of chicken waste disposal equipment and process, we will make a detailed analysis below.

How to dispose chicken manure and convert it to good fertilizer?

You can dispose chicken manure by composting. Chicken manure contains much nutrient elements, but you cannot apply it to soil and plants directly. On the one hand, chicken waste is too strong, which may damage roots and even kill your plants. On the other hand, chicken waste contains pathogens, weed seeds and eggs, which will pollute plants and soil.

However, the heat generated by the degradation of organism during composting will kill mentioned harmful materials. After fully fermentation, chicken waste will become nutrient-rich compost, which is a good soil amendment and is good fertilizer for plants. If you want to make commercial chicken manure fertilizer, you can produce powdery or granular chicken manure fertilizer. And you may need chicken manure composting machine, compost crusher, compost screen, chicken manure granulator, fertilizer packaging machine and so on. All mentioned chicken manure disposal equipment will be you best assistants.

How to make organic fertilizer from chicken manure with chicken waste disposal equipment?

After composting, chicken waste can become chicken waste fertilizer, which can be used as base fertilizer. Then, you can deeply process it to make bagged chicken manure fertilizer powder or pellets. They are available for both chicken farm waste management and organic fertilizer factory.The necessary processes include:

Composting chicken waste

You need to pile up chicken manure and auxiliary materials (straw, sawdust and rice hull, etc.) on the ground or in fermentation grooves. And then you need to mix them evenly. When the temperature of compost pile reaches 60-70℃, you should start to turn it regularly. Finally, you can get high-quality chicken manure compost, when the temperature never change, odor disappears and the compost become loose and black.

For more information about Shunxin compost turner, please contact us!

Crushing chicken manure compost

After long time stack, there may exist caking and bulks in the chicken manure compost. Therefore, we need to deal with chicken manure compost by compost crusher. On the one hand, you can make fine chicken manure fertilizer powder. On the other hand, fine fertilizer powder can make granulating process much smoother.

Screening process

This process is mainly for selecting out impurities, such as stone, undecomposed materials or larger things. The purity of chicken manure fertilizer also decides its quality. If you just want to produce chicken manure fertilizer powder, you can package it after screening. If you want to make organic chicken fertilizer pellets, you need to granulate it.

Granulating process

Crushing and screening are preparations for granulating process. Because fine and pure compost fertilizer is more easily for granulating. The granulating process is used for making pelleted chicken manure organic fertilizer. With the mechanical force and water, Shunxin chicken manure pelleting equipment can convert powdery chicken manure fertilizer into uniform and beautiful pellets. Compared with fertilizer powder, fertilizer pellets are more convenient for application, storage and transportation.

Packaging process

Packing process is used for producing bagged chicken poop fertilizer. You can make 25kg or 50 kg for each bag. In this process, you can adopt Shunxin fertilizer packaging machine, which can greatly improve packing efficiency and save workforce.

If you want to make fertilizer production line, we can provide your professional design!

Shunxin chicken waste disposal equipment for making organic fertilizer from chicken manure?

Now that the above-mentioned processes can help you to make chicken poop fertilizer, what equipment can we adopt to finish these works. As a professional organic fertilizer equipment manufacturer, we recommend the following chicken waste disposal equipment to you.

Chicken waste composting machine

Compost turner can evenly stir chicken waste heap. During composting, microorganisms will convert organic matters into nutrients by consuming oxygen, water and producing heat. By turning, the heat in the center of compost pile will be released and aerate compost pile, so as to accelerate composting process and improve quality of chicken manure compost.

Compost turner for turning chicken manure in fermentation groove: You need to build two or more grooves for placing chicken waste. The groove type compost turner will move on the paralleled walls of groove, while turning the chicken waste. You can control it by electric control cabinet.

Windrow compost turner for composting chicken waste: After collecting chicken manure, you can pile it up in long rows with auxiliary materials. You can decide the size by the model of windrow compost turner. Windrow compost turner is easy for operation and belongs to diesel powered machinery.

Pelleted chicken manure organic fertilizer making machines

As an important chicken waste disposal equipment, manure pellet machine is essential for commercial chicken poo fertilizer production. There are three types chicken manure granulators:

Disc granulator: Disc granulator adopts wet granulation. With the help of water, the rotating disc can convert chicken manure powder into pellets by centrifugal force. Meanwhile, with the rotation of disc, qualified pellets will overflow and smaller pellets will continue to become bigger.

Rotary drum stirring granulator: The pellets made by this granulator is more perfect on appearance and size. It can finish mixing, granulating and polishing.

In a word, all of them has higher granulation rate. And they are easy for operation and has higher working efficiency and multiple models.

Other necessary chicken waste disposal equipment for chicken waste management

Chicken manure dewatering machine: The suitable water content for composting is 50% to 60% (gripping a handful chicken manure, water strain can be seen, but without dropping and the chicken manure disperse once falling to the ground). Here you can adopt chicken manure dewatering machine, which can separate extra water from manure. Its minimum water content can achieve 30% to 40%.

Compost crusher and screen: Shunxin new type vertical crusher and rotary screen machine can make fine and pure chicken manure fertilizer powder. The screening levels of compost screen usually are two or three.

Chicken manure pellets drying and cooling machines: They can remove extra moisture and maintain normal temperature of pellets. You can utilize hot blast furnace to supply hot air, and dust collector to collect produced dust.

What’s the cost of chicken waste disposal equipment?

There are three factors decide the cost of chicken waste disposal equipment, model (capacity), type of single equipment and the type and quantity of equipment for production line. The powdery chicken manure fertilizer production line needs less equipment, including composting equipment, compost crusher, compost screen and packing machine. On the contrary, chicken manure fertilizer pellets production is more complex, which includes compost turner, crushing equipment, screening machine, granulator, drying and cooling machine and packing machine. The selection of equipment and capacity of these equipment greatly influence the cost of chicken waste disposal.

In order to minimize the disposal cost, you can tell us your budget, disposal plan and actual requirements. Our engineer can design reasonable proposal and recommend suitable equipment to you.

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Frequently asked questions

How is chicken manure turned into fertilizer?

In four stages: dry it to 30–40% moisture to drive off ammonia and kill fly larvae, blend it with a carbon source and a deodorising agent, ferment it at 55–65 °C for 7–12 days with regular turning, then crush, screen and either bag it as powder or granulate, dry and bag it as pellets. The drying and deodorising stages are what distinguish poultry manure processing from cattle manure processing.

How do I stop chicken manure from smelling?

Odour comes from anaerobic decomposition and from ammonia release. Three measures control it: remove manure from the shed frequently, blend it with a carbon source so the carbon-to-nitrogen ratio sits above 25:1, and keep the fermentation aerobic by turning and by holding 50–60% moisture. Where the plant is close to homes, covering the fermentation area and passing exhaust air through a biological deodorising filter is the decisive step.

Can fresh chicken manure be applied directly to crops?

It should not be. Fresh poultry manure is high in soluble ammonia and salt, carries pathogens and weed seeds, and will burn germinating crops. Composting above 55 °C for several days destroys the pathogens and stabilises the nitrogen, and drying reduces the salt load. This is exactly the sequence the equipment is designed to perform.

What is chicken manure fertilizer worth?

Poultry manure fertilizer normally commands a higher price than cattle manure fertilizer because its nitrogen, phosphorus and calcium content are higher, which lets you declare a stronger analysis on the bag. Its value is further increased by granulation, because pellets can be spread mechanically and stored without caking. The actual price depends entirely on your local market, and we recommend confirming it with a distributor before finalising the plant specification.

Does chicken manure need to be dried before composting?

Usually yes, or at least partially. Manure at 60–75% moisture blended directly into a pile produces a dense, airless mass, and the ammonia release during fermentation is severe. Drying to 30–40% first, or pre-mixing with a large proportion of dry straw, makes the fermentation controllable and dramatically reduces odour.

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