Rabbit poop for lawn?

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Rabbit poop for lawn?

Postby coliphage » September 12th, 2011, 10:26 am

My local rabbit farm is selling rabbit manure at $5 per 30 lbs. I did a little search and found that NPK for rabbit poop is 2.4-1.4-0.6. Some also say rabbit poop can be used directly without composting. Have anyone had experience with rabbit poop as lawn fertilizer?
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Re: Rabbit poop for lawn?

Postby ROC » September 12th, 2011, 11:32 am

I don't have any experience with unprocessed animal feces. It has always been too risky for me. Any idea what they use as feed? I would think that is especially important when there is no processing. Hopefully they use high protein feeds and quality medicine.
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Re: Rabbit poop for lawn?

Postby eriocaulon » September 12th, 2011, 12:06 pm

Is it composted and pelletized like chicken poop fertilizer? If so, heck yeah I would give it a try. Don't they feed rabbits a lot of alfalfa pellets?
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Re: Rabbit poop for lawn?

Postby jglongisland » September 12th, 2011, 10:44 pm

I have rabbit poop in the lawn in various places, never seems to burn the lawn and the mircoherd takes care of it in 3-4 days.
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Re: Rabbit poop for lawn?

Postby xxryu139xx » September 12th, 2011, 10:48 pm

damn rabbits, i caught one that snuck into my backyard nibbling on my sprouts and he also found my front yard too!
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