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ernest99

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I'll get right to the point... rabbit poop.

Not exclusively mind you but what do you say about mixing small quantities of rabbit dung in with the pellets? If you're not familiar with bunnies their "output" is small, hard, dry, a bit larger than a corn kernel but smaller than a pea. If you drop it on a hard floor they bounce and roll like BBs. Their poop looks like little raisins and is essentially odorless. If what goes in goes out, it's not much more than fully depreciated grass.

I wouldn't try to burn it all by itself, but do your think a cup or so in a bag of hardwood pellets going to hurt anything?

I'm thinking it's easier to put it in the hopper than to trudge outside in the compost. It's cold out there.
 
i think it'll burn just fine...i just wonder what the auger would do to them..all that churning may just pulverize them, possibly leaving you auger all nasty, or you hopper kinda stinky. throw a handful into the burnpot by hand and see how they burn (cuz I'd really like to know) and maybe try to grind some in your hand to see how they might hold up in th eauger system. good luck...neat idea.
 
I agree with Delta. I'd try burning them a handul in the pot first. Then I would add a 10% mix with pellets and after each hopper full give the stove a good once over.
 
too much moisture, you'll have to dry'em out first.
 
If it were me I'd give it a try. 10% sounds good as a starting point.
 
If I could do the same with dog crap I wouldn't have to buy pellets. :bug:
 
FordMastertech said:
If I could do the same with dog crap I wouldn't have to buy pellets. :bug:
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Aint that the truth,, I walk my dog on a leash every morning and evening, she goes in the woods, my A-hole neighbors let their 2 cows out to roam around the neighborhood and I got a dozen loads of crap all over my yard because they are too lazy to walk their dogs. I told my wife i'm getting a paint ball gun and going to let them have it and when the neighbor says anything about it i'll tell them if they weren't in my yard they wouldn't get shot.. I got so mad one day I took the snow shovel and launched the poop up onto their roof.
 
FordMastertech said:
If I could do the same with dog crap I wouldn't have to buy pellets. :bug:
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highly recommend sticking with "grass eating" animal feces....but agreed....if we could use dog crap, the pellet industry would collapse around us :lol:
 
chris288 said:
FordMastertech said:
If I could do the same with dog crap I wouldn't have to buy pellets. :bug:
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Aint that the truth,, I walk my dog on a leash every morning and evening, she goes in the woods, my A-hole neighbors let their 2 cows out to roam around the neighborhood and I got a dozen loads of crap all over my yard because they are too lazy to walk their dogs. I told my wife i'm getting a paint ball gun and going to let them have it and when the neighbor says anything about it i'll tell them if they weren't in my yard they wouldn't get shot.. I got so mad one day I took the snow shovel and launched the poop up onto their roof.
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If the dogs know you and allow you to approach and give them a pat or ear rub, you might be able to paint a bulls eye on them. That should get the message across and not sting the dog (which by the way can be construed as animal cruelty).
 
SmokeyTheBear said:
chris288 said:
FordMastertech said:
If I could do the same with dog crap I wouldn't have to buy pellets. :bug:
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Aint that the truth,, I walk my dog on a leash every morning and evening, she goes in the woods, my A-hole neighbors let their 2 cows out to roam around the neighborhood and I got a dozen loads of crap all over my yard because they are too lazy to walk their dogs. I told my wife i'm getting a paint ball gun and going to let them have it and when the neighbor says anything about it i'll tell them if they weren't in my yard they wouldn't get shot.. I got so mad one day I took the snow shovel and launched the poop up onto their roof.
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If the dogs know you and allow you to approach and give them a pat or ear rub, you might be able to paint a bulls eye on them. That should get the message across and not sting the dog (which by the way can be construed as animal cruelty).
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Your absolutely correct, I love animals wayy to much to ever hurt one, I should probably just shoot the neighbors !
 
SmokeyTheBear said:
Oh as I understand it rabbit waste is actually rather dry if allowed to sit a bit.
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Give'm the old microwave test,,,, Just try and explain that one to the wife when she walks in and there's steaming rabbit turds going roundy round in the microwave !
 
chris288 said:
SmokeyTheBear said:
Oh as I understand it rabbit waste is actually rather dry if allowed to sit a bit.
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Give'm the old microwave test,,,, Just try and explain that one to the wife when she walks in and there's steaming rabbit turds going roundy round in the microwave !
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too true and too funny.
 
My boss is full of crap, he could probably supply me with a years worth. :)
 
ernest99- where's the feedback???? if all goes well you might be on to the next million dollar idea!
 
SmokeyTheBear said:
If the dogs know you and allow you to approach and give them a pat or ear rub, you might be able to paint a bulls eye on them. That should get the message across and not sting the dog (which by the way can be construed as animal cruelty).
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If you've ever been hit by a paint ball, it more than stings! It hurts like hell!!!!!! I raised a kid when they were popular and I became the 'target' more than once in the woods behind my house. They travel at 300 fps max. I got a chronometer to adjust them. Yep, you'd have the pOlice after you in no time and get your butt sued. Too bad because I would love to thin out the 'herd' of dogs around here. We have lease laws but they're not enforced. Now hot dogs and rat poison...........................
 
Humans have been burning animal dung for tens of thousands of years....they will probably burn fine!!
 
Totally awesome idea. Seriously, go for it. Makes sense right? I mean, as long as you tediously pick through the shavings, hay and straw. Then be sure to rinse off any urine that will be mixed in as i am sure that those lil dungdungs won't be soaked- right?. Then all you need to do is seperate the poo poo and wait, wait and wait until your little bunny poops enough to fill the hopper. Then hope that the auger does not jam from the softness of the turds. But with wood pellets at record high prices, why would anyone not want to give this a whirl?.....er ..um....check that. Anyways...Awesome idea!
 
actually paintballs can travel faster than 300fps, the 300fps limit is whats allowed on a paintball field.
 
[quote author="ernest99" date="1295639358"]I'll get right to the point... rabbit poop.






Let us all know how it burns!!
I may let the kids have a rabbit or two, after all!
 
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