Is Goat Poop Good Fertilizer? (Revealed!)

I’ve recently converted a large part of my homestead into a planting ground.

I was thinking about getting an allotment to grow vegetables, but I decided it was easier to just have it on my grounds.

I’ve never had particularly green fingers, so it’s been a lot of new information to try and take on board.

One thing I’ve been thinking about since I started is fertilizer.

I know that I potentially have access to an endless supply from my goats, but is goat poop actually a suitable fertilizer?

So, is goat poop a good fertilizer?

Yes, goat poop is a great fertilizer! It will produce happier, healthier plants and higher yields of crops. You can use it for pretty much any and all kinds of plants. It’s cheap, easily available, and very easy to apply. There are tons of advantages to goat poop as a fertilizer!

While goat poop is a great and simple fertilizer, knowing how exactly to make best use of it is still really important.

That’s why I’ve compiled everything I’ve learned about this handy fertilizer so you don’t have to do the research yourself!

Let’s look further into this.

 

How do you use goat poop as fertilizer?

There are a variety of ways you can do it.

Most commonly, the fresh manure is simply applied directly to the soil bed that you want to fertilize.

This is a perfectly valid way of doing it, and cuts out a lot of the work that might be associated with other kinds of manure.

Generally, though, you’ll get better mileage by making a mixture with the fertilizer.

The simplest way to put it is that you want to mix the poop with something brown and something green—despite what you might think, the fertilizer is actually the green part.

Unless it’s already been mixed with barn straw or sawdust.

In any case, you then want something brown, like leaves, straw, or most dead plant matter.

Mix equal parts goat poop and brown material, and let it compost.

You can also add other things like grass clippings to help the composting process.

Let it compost for a while, and then you’ve got fertilizer.

So, how well does goat poop actually rank as a fertilizer?

 

Is goat dung good for plants?

It’s great for plants of pretty much any kind.

Soil is great, obviously, and many plants in the right environment do just fine without manure.

Indeed, if you don’t buy manure, plants you grow in your garden should never really come into contact with it.

That puts into perspective what a great effect it can have on the plants, then. they can thrive without it, so with it they will do even better.

Manure is packed with nutrients that your plants will absorb, and if you can keep their soil bed topped up with a constant supply, then plants and flowers will grow larger and fuller, crops will yield more fruit.

It’s a win-win.

Goat poop is indeed one of the most commonly used manures even in industrial settings, partly because of its quality but also partly because of its availability.

So, are any other manures better?

 

What animal poop is the best fertilizer?

It can often depend on what precisely you’re trying to do, but most would agree that the best manure for plant growth actually comes from chickens.

Chicken poop has the highest content of nitrogen of most commonly available manures.

Nitrogen is essential to a plant’s growth.

However, because of the quantity of nitrogen it needs to be very well composted otherwise it can burn plants.

So, it’s in that sense a bit less convenient than goat poop, which, while best composted, is a good fertilizer in its own right.

You may hear talk of the difference between cool and hot fertilizers, so which one is goat poop?

 

Is goat poop a cold fertilizer?

Goat poop is indeed considered a cool fertilizer, as it has a much more balanced pH level than other manures—particularly chicken poop.

It also has less salt, and is much drier.

Cold fertilizers are great as they are much more convenient to use, and stand a much lower chance of burning the plant.

Again, goat poop is great as a fertilizer in its own right, but it is certainly clear that it is favored for its convenience, too.

 

Which is better goat or cow manure?

Though people tend to think of cows as having very nutrient-rich manure, it’s actually pretty clear that goat manure is better than cow manure as a fertilizer.

For one thing, it’s much easier to work with and doesn’t smell nearly as bad.

Don’t underestimate the value of making your job easier!

Beyond that, though, it’s also higher in nitrogen and potassium, making it higher than cow and horse manure.

Overall, then, the answer seems pretty clear.

Goat manure is higher in those essential minerals, easier to obtain, and much easier to work with.

 

As you can see, then, goat fertilizer is one of the best options for any garden.

It’s incredibly versatile, easy and cheap to acquire, and will make your plants grow happy and healthy.

You do need to some extent to know what you’re doing in order to get the best results, but with the instructions I’ve given you here plus a bit of trial and error, you should find it really easy to use goat poop as fertilizer.

If you have goats of your own, it’s even better!