Rabbit Manure Compost
Composting rabbit manure is an easy process and the end result will be the ideal fertilizer for garden plants and crops.
Sheep and rabbit manure make superb mulch and are so mild-acting that they can be used without ageing. With nitrogen contents running at less than 1% they are unlikely to damage even fresh seedlings.
Most pig manure comes from high-tech farms.
The exceptions would be goat and rabbit manure. This is due to the lower urea content from those animals. Cow and horse manure need a minimum of three to four months to compost. Poultry and pig manure need a minimum of six months to compost.
Rabbit manure is a personal favorite, though most any aged manure or compost produces big and tasty heads.
Rabbit manure and chicken manure are good fertilizers as well as others. Sewer sludge is usually 1-2-0 and is mainly a soil amendment. Chicken manure is on the average of 3-5-2. Dairy manure is 2-1-3.
-- with either finished compost or rotted manure (my preference is rabbit manure if you can get it.) ...
So if your soil is heavy, add lots of organic matter such as aged manure (rabbit manure is my personal favorite), compost, straw, hay, aged sawdust, grass clippings or shredded leaves.
Tom uses a mineral fertilizer such as Osmocote, but since I'm an organic gardener and raise rabbits, I plan to mix in a bucketful of composted rabbit manure plus a balanced slow-release granular fish fertilizer.
 See also: Compost, Manure, Plant, Soil, Gardening
  
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