Composting Dead Poultry

Publication Number 442-037, November 1996

Table 2. Composition of dead poultry compost*

Analysis	Amount
Moisture, percent	46.10 +/- 2.19
Nitrogen, percent	2.20 +/- 0.19
Phosphorus (P2O5), percent	3.27 +/- 0.23
Potash (K2O), percent	2.39 +/- 0.13
Calcium, percent	1.33 +/- 0.15
Magnesium, percent	0.82 +/- 0.10
Sulfur, percent	0.40 +/- 0.02
Manganese, parts per million	122.00 +/- 18.00
Zinc, parts per million	245.00 +/- 32.00
Copper, parts per million	197.00 +/- 28.00

* University of Maryland, 1991.

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