If you keep chickens, you are sitting on one of the best free fertilizers a gardener could ask for Chicken manure is famously high in nitrogen, the nutrient that drives healthy, green growth, and it delivers phosphorus and potassium too The catch is that you cannot use it straight from the coop Composting chicken coop bedding is the key step that turns raw, smelly droppings into rich, garden-ready compost your plants will love Done right, it costs almost nothing, reduces waste, and rewards you with healthier soil Here is how to compost chicken manure and bedding the simple way,