Here is what has been racing through my mind since I left
Pecker's new Home: Imagine a Hydroponic Greenhouse system that
uses a wire screen drop basin located under a the floor of a
coop to gather and inject poultry waste into the water to create
the nutrient source load; along side of the fish colony or even
in place of the fish colony....this could easily be done and
would result in a more nutritious energy load for the plants.
That would mean that more plants would be supported by a smaller
system; or a system of this size would support a larger number
of plants.... If you set up an experiment where you collect
fresh droppings from poultry you could digest the material and
calculate the nitrogen content and thus the energy load present
for plants to absorb. The fresh droppings are needed because
ammonia from the droppings is not lost before it enters the
system. Once the nitrogen content of the poultry manure is
determined, the size of the system could then be scaled based
upon the number of poultry presen