[GladesGuru]

One problem with urban chicken yards is chicken sh*t - it smells! Draws flies, too.

[DaxtonBrown]

[One problem with urban chicken yards is chicken sh*t - it smells! Draws flies, too.]

I’m no farmer, so the question is how many could you keep without them being a pest?

[bigheadfred]

One problem with urban chicken yards is chicken sh*t - it smells!

With all the other chicken sh!+ things going on in the world, who would even notice????

[hattend]

When I worked at a garden center you wouldn’t believe how many 30 pound bags of chicken manure I loaded into cars.

No difference. Actually, naturally occuring chicken poop doesn’t smell half as bad.

[NWFLConservative]

There is no denying that chicken guano stinks, Lord knows when I did industrial microbiology in poultry processing plants, no one had to remind me of that. But if you have a few chickens in your back yard, it is your responsiblity to clean up after them. Just like you would a dog or any other pet. Not only for the sanitariness of the pens, but to prevent the spread of Salmonella and Shigella spp. amongst the chickens and chicks and potentially to the people in the house. Trust me, the last disease you want to contract is Salmonellosis, you will have bad fevers, vomiting and be on the can nonstop for at least a week or two if not more.