Fresh raw chicken manure was delivered
from an egg production facility having 850 thousands laying hens. The characteristics
of raw chicken manure are depicted in Table 1. It had 24 2% TS (60 5%
being volatile) with a total COD of 178 20 g/L. NH4
þ concentration was 10.3 1 g/L.
Raw manure was blended with a hand blender after adding significant amount of
distilled water. Lastly manure was screened before diluting to desired amount of
TS content. The VS content of the feed ranged from 65 to 75%. Characteristics of
raw chicken manure are given in Table 1.
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